Create and get dataset/table return the same resource but different etags

[mziccard]

Creating a dataset returns:

{
 "kind": "bigquery#dataset",
 "etag": "\"Bop49sEVg6UBKwr7tLdL8AavHaw/xpdkOhgn_hczcTdfFCaB6fS1A2Q\"",
 "id": "gcloud-devel:test_create_dataset_tag",
 "selfLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/bigquery/v2/projects/gcloud-devel/datasets/test_create_dataset_tag",
 "datasetReference": {
  "datasetId": "test_create_dataset_tag",
  "projectId": "gcloud-devel"
 },
 "access": [
  {
   "role": "OWNER",
   "specialGroup": "projectOwners"
  },
  {
   "role": "WRITER",
   "specialGroup": "projectWriters"
  },
  {
   "role": "READER",
   "specialGroup": "projectReaders"
  }
 ],
 "creationTime": "1450265774254",
 "lastModifiedTime": "1450265774254"
}

Getting that same dataset immediately after creation returns:

{
 "kind": "bigquery#dataset",
 "etag": "\"Bop49sEVg6UBKwr7tLdL8AavHaw/MTQ1MDI2NTc3NDI1NA\"",
 "id": "gcloud-devel:test_create_dataset_tag",
 "selfLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/bigquery/v2/projects/gcloud-devel/datasets/test_create_dataset_tag",
 "datasetReference": {
  "datasetId": "test_create_dataset_tag",
  "projectId": "gcloud-devel"
 },
 "access": [
  {
   "role": "OWNER",
   "specialGroup": "projectOwners"
  },
  {
   "role": "WRITER",
   "specialGroup": "projectWriters"
  },
  {
   "role": "READER",
   "specialGroup": "projectReaders"
  }
 ],
 "creationTime": "1450265774254",
 "lastModifiedTime": "1450265774254"
}

As you can see the resources are identical but the etag is different.
This behaviour is unexpected to me and might cause troubles when using the etag value in etagMatch or etagNotMatch options.

[aozarov]

/cc @jtigani

[mziccard]

This issue occurs also for tables. @jtigani @jcondit any idea on this?

[garrettjonesgoogle]

Closing stale issue