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+###################################################################
+#           Copyright (c) 2016 by TAOS Technologies, Inc.
+#                     All rights reserved.
+#
+#  This file is proprietary and confidential to TAOS Technologies.
+#  No part of this file may be reproduced, stored, transmitted,
+#  disclosed or used in any form or by any means other than as
+#  expressly provided by the written permission from Jianhui Tao
+#
+###################################################################
+
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+
+from util.log import *
+from util.cases import *
+from util.sql import *
+from util.common import *
+from util.sqlset import *
+from util.cluster import *
+
+# should be used by -N  option
+class TDTestCase:
+    updatecfgDict = {'checkpointInterval': 60 ,
+                     }
+    def init(self, conn, logSql, replicaVar=1):
+        self.replicaVar = int(replicaVar)
+        tdLog.debug("start to execute %s" % __file__)
+        tdSql.init(conn.cursor(), True)
+    def find_checkpoint_info_file(self, dirpath, checkpointid, task_id):
+        for root, dirs, files in os.walk(dirpath):
+            if f'checkpoint{checkpointid}' in dirs:
+                info_path = os.path.join(root, f'checkpoint{checkpointid}', 'info')
+                if os.path.exists(info_path):
+                    if task_id in info_path:
+                        return info_path
+                    else:
+                        continue
+                else:
+                    return None
+    def get_dnode_info(self):
+        '''
+        get a dict from vnode to dnode
+        '''
+        self.vnode_dict = {}
+        sql = 'select dnode_id, vgroup_id from information_schema.ins_vnodes'
+        result = tdSql.getResult(sql)
+        for (dnode,vnode) in  result:
+            self.vnode_dict[vnode] = dnode
+    def print_time_info(self):
+        '''
+        sometimes, we need to wait for a while to check the info (for example, the checkpoint info file won't be created immediately after the redistribute)
+        '''
+        times= 0
+        while(True):
+            if(self.check_info()):
+                tdLog.success(f'Time to finish is {times}')
+                return 
+            else:
+                if times > 400:
+                    tdLog.exit("time out")
+                times += 10
+                time.sleep(10)
+    def check_info(self):
+        '''
+        first, check if the vnode is restored
+        '''
+        while(True):
+            if(self.check_vnodestate()):
+                break
+        sql = 'select task_id, node_id, checkpoint_id, checkpoint_ver from information_schema.ins_stream_tasks where `level` = "source" or `level` = "agg" and node_type == "vnode"'
+        for task_id, vnode, checkpoint_id, checkpoint_ver in tdSql.getResult(sql):
+            dirpath = f"{cluster.dnodes[self.vnode_dict[vnode]-1].dataDir}/vnode/vnode{vnode}/"
+            info_path = self.find_checkpoint_info_file(dirpath, checkpoint_id, task_id)
+            if info_path is None:
+                return False
+            with open(info_path, 'r') as f:
+                info_id, info_ver = f.read().split()
+                if int(info_id) != int(checkpoint_id) or int(info_ver) != int(checkpoint_ver):
+                    return False
+        return True
+
+    def restart_stream(self):
+        tdLog.debug("========restart stream========")
+        for i in range(5):
+            tdSql.execute("pause stream s1")
+            time.sleep(2)
+            tdSql.execute("resume stream s1")
+    def initstream(self):
+        tdLog.debug("========case1 start========")
+        os.system("nohup taosBenchmark -y -B 1 -t 4 -S 500 -n 1000 -v 3  > /dev/null 2>&1 &")
+        time.sleep(5)
+        tdSql.execute("create snode on dnode 1")
+        tdSql.execute("use test")
+        tdSql.execute("create stream if not exists s1 trigger at_once  ignore expired 0 ignore update 0  fill_history 1 into st1 as select _wstart,sum(voltage),groupid from meters partition by groupid interval(1s)")
+        tdLog.debug("========create stream using snode and insert data ok========")
+        self.get_dnode_info()
+    def redistribute_vnode(self):
+        tdLog.debug("========redistribute vnode========")
+        tdSql.redistribute_db_all_vgroups()
+        self.get_dnode_info()
+    def replicate_db(self):
+        tdLog.debug("========replicate db========")
+        while True:
+            res = tdSql.getResult("SHOW TRANSACTIONS")
+            if res == []:
+                tdLog.debug("========== no transaction, begin to replicate db =========")
+                tdSql.execute("alter database test replica 3")
+                return
+            else:
+                time.sleep(5)
+                continue
+    def check_vnodestate(self):
+        sql = 'select distinct restored from information_schema.ins_vnodes'
+        if tdSql.getResult(sql) != [(True,)]:
+            tdLog.debug(f"vnode not restored, wait 5s")
+            time.sleep(5)
+            return False
+        else:
+            return True
+    def run(self):
+        self.initstream()
+        self.replicate_db()
+        self.print_time_info()
+        self.restart_stream()
+        time.sleep(60)
+        self.print_time_info()
+
+    def stop(self):
+        tdSql.close()
+        tdLog.success(f"{__file__} successfully executed")
+
+tdCases.addLinux(__file__, TDTestCase())
+tdCases.addWindows(__file__, TDTestCase())
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