Inserting to ACID tables are broken in local_catalog mode with hms event polling

bin/start-impala-cluster.py --catalogd_args="--hms_event_polling_interval_s=1 --catalog_topic_mode=minimal" --impalad_args="--use_local_catalog=1"

set default_transactional_type=insert_only;
create table tpa (i int) partitioned by (p int);
insert into tpa partition (p=1) values(1);
ERROR: NullPointerException: Invalid partition name: p=1

I0430 19:18:03.091575 11521 jni-util.cc:286] java.lang.NullPointerException: Invalid partition name: p=1
        at com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull(Preconditions.java:897)
        at org.apache.impala.catalog.HdfsTable.getPartitionsForNames(HdfsTable.java:1657)
        at org.apache.impala.service.CatalogOpExecutor.createInsertEvents(CatalogOpExecutor.java:4921)
        at org.apache.impala.service.CatalogOpExecutor.updateCatalog(CatalogOpExecutor.java:4830)
        at org.apache.impala.service.JniCatalog.updateCatalog(JniCatalog.java:327)