This situation was discussed at length after a recent talk I gave. This KIP would be a great step towards increased availability and in facilitating lightweight rebalances.
anna On Fri, Feb 7, 2020, 9:38 PM Sophie Blee-Goldman <sop...@confluent.io> wrote: > Hi all, > > In light of some recent and upcoming rebalancing and availability > improvements, it seems we have a need for explicitly triggering a consumer > group rebalance. Therefore I'd like to propose adding a new > rejoinGroup()method > to the Consumer client (better method name suggestions are very welcome). > > Please take a look at the KIP and let me know what you think! > > KIP document: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-568%3A+Explicit+rebalance+triggering+on+the+Consumer > > JIRA: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-9525 > > Cheers, > Sophie >
