Hi Jun,
Thanks for your response.

JR25: I agree. I've changed to a headerVersions map in both the request and 
response schemas.

Let me know what you think.

Thanks,
Andrew

On 2026/06/12 03:39:39 Jun Rao via dev wrote:
> Hi, Andrew,
> 
> Thanks for the updated KIP.
> 
> JR25. I have some concerns about adding the clientInstanceIdVersions field
> to the schema. First of all, it only applies to requests, but not
> responses. So, it's a bit weird to add it to the general schema. Secondly,
> it's very specific to the new field added to the request header. If we
> change the request header again in the future, we need another way to map
> request versions to the new header version. Ideally, we should have a
> generic way to map request versions to all future header versions. One
> possibility is to introduce a headerVersion field in the schema. Then, each
> request/response can use this field to map its versions to the header
> versions.
> 
> Jun
> 
> On Tue, Jun 9, 2026 at 4:55 AM Andrew Schofield <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Matthias,
> > Thanks for your response.
> >
> > I have change the version property for introducing client instance ID into
> > the request headers to be `clientInstanceIdVersions` which is now an
> > open-ended range, such as "3+", more closely matching what we have for
> > flexible versions.
> >
> > I also added a change to the RebalanceConsumer.clientInstanceId method
> > introduced in KIP-1306.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Andrew
> >
> > On 2026/06/03 18:31:06 "Matthias J. Sax" wrote:
> > > Thanks Andrew.
> > >
> > >  From a KIP-714 perspective, this is a great change, as it make the new
> > > RPCs and client/broker cross-version compatibility clean.
> > >
> > > One question about your `DeleteGroups` RPC example. Should the new
> > > version of the RPC say
> > >
> > > > "clientInstanceIdVersion": "3+",
> > >
> > > ie, 3+ instead of 3? Similar for other request, which don't use `+` on
> > > `clientInstanceIdVersion` field.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -Matthias
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 6/2/26 7:42 AM, Andrew Schofield wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > Following on from the discussion in the community, and the difficulty
> > of trying to accommodate the client instance ID in a tagged field with
> > acceptable complexity, I have made a significant change to the KIP. Now, it
> > introduces v3 of the request header containing the client instance ID as a
> > proper field.
> > > >
> > > >
> > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-1313*3A*Client*instance*ID*in*all*request*headers__;JSsrKysrKys!!Ayb5sqE7!pUZS25PuTKdhiqvTGcwDKbclqpG8dFOzw2Ax9WxVM6Sb09PVQ0gl1i0gjlr2_Krr66agbuVC2qLGgUcg7vrW$
> > > >
> > > > Please review and let me know what you think.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Andrew
> > > >
> > > > On 2026/05/28 21:51:01 "Matthias J. Sax" wrote:
> > > >> Thanks Andrew. I agree to the issue that tagged fields are optional.
> > > >>
> > > >> Nevertheless, I find the proposed compatibility protocol too complex
> > and
> > > >> unnecessary, and would still prefer a version bump for
> > > >> `GetTelemetrySubscriptionsRequest/Reponse` to clean it all up. -- For
> > > >> `PushTelemetryRequest` the argument from above applies, so leaving it
> > > >> untouched is ok.
> > > >>
> > > >> I don't see why `GetTelemetrySubscriptionsRequest` would need to
> > encode
> > > >> the `clientInstandId` in it's request body. Given that the
> > > >> `clientInstanceId` is a random UUID, the returned subscription cannot
> > > >> really depend on it. So why would we need to send it to the broker?
> > > >> Right now, it's set to ZERO only for the purpose to get the broker to
> > > >> assign a new UUID. But it has nothing to do with the actual "what
> > > >> metrics should I send" question.
> > > >>
> > > >> To be fair, KIP-714 lists `client_instance_id` as a field that can be
> > > >> used to define a subscription. But it seems rather useless in practice
> > > >> to me? I a user defines a subscription, they cannot know the UUID.
> > Thus,
> > > >> I think we should actually drop supporting `client_instance_id` as a
> > > >> "subscription matching parameter"? Of course, there is a backward
> > > >> compatibility question, but I think we can address this: if brokers
> > are
> > > >> upgraded and they have an existing `client_instance_id` based
> > > >> subscription defined, they could advertise to only support v0, and
> > they
> > > >> should log a warning that this feature is deprecated. New brokers
> > would
> > > >> also not allow to use `client_instance_id` any longer to define a
> > > >> subscription.
> > > >>
> > > >> Similarly, for `GetTelemetrySubscriptionsResponse`, we only need
> > > >> `clientInstanceId` if the broker computes the UUID. But if we let the
> > > >> client compute it, this field is not needed any longer.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> -Matthias
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> On 5/28/26 1:21 AM, Andrew Schofield wrote:
> > > >>> Hi Jun,
> > > >>> Thanks for your response.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> JR24: I'll update the KIP shortly. Here's a summary. The various
> > modern group protocol heartbeat requests encode the member ID as a string
> > for historical reasons, even though it's in practice a UUID. The Apache
> > Kafka Java client happens to use org.apache.kafka.common.Uuid to create the
> > member ID and convert it into a string. This means that when the
> > clientInstanceId is converted into a string, its encoding matches the
> > member ID and it all lines up. However, there are other ways to encode a
> > UUID into a string and I know for a fact that the librdkafka client does it
> > differently.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Thanks,
> > > >>> Andrew
> > > >>>
> > > >>> On 2026/05/27 17:11:25 Jun Rao via dev wrote:
> > > >>>> Hi, Andrew,
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Thanks for the reply. One more comment.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> JR24. "The alignment of other identifiers is by convention (and the
> > Java
> > > >>>> client will follow the convention) rather than mandate." Could you
> > describe
> > > >>>> the convention to convert a clientInstanceId (UUID) to a memberId
> > (String)?
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Jun
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> On Tue, May 19, 2026 at 2:36 AM Andrew Schofield <
> > [email protected]>
> > > >>>> wrote:
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>> Hi Jun,
> > > >>>>> Thanks for your response.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> JR23: You are absolutely correct. It seems to me that not sending a
> > > >>>>> clientInstanceId in the header and explicitly sending a zero UUID
> > as the
> > > >>>>> clientInstanceId in the header can be treated as semantically
> > equivalent.
> > > >>>>> I've tweaked the words slightly.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> Thanks,
> > > >>>>> Andrew
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> On 2026/05/19 03:42:16 Jun Rao via dev wrote:
> > > >>>>>> Hi, Andrew,
> > > >>>>>>
> > > >>>>>> Thanks for the reply.
> > > >>>>>>
> > > >>>>>> JR23. Our message protocol doc says "Any fields in the message
> > object
> > > >>>>> that
> > > >>>>>> are not present in the version that you are deserializing will be
> > reset
> > > >>>>> to
> > > >>>>>> default values.  Unless a custom default has been set:". Uuid
> > fields
> > > >>>>>> default to zero uuid.
> > > >>>>>> So if the server gets header.clientInstanceId=0 in the
> > deserialized
> > > >>>>> header,
> > > >>>>>> could it distinguish between the ID not being present (since
> > client is
> > > >>>>> old)
> > > >>>>>> and the ID being explicitly set to 0 by the client?
> > > >>>>>>
> > > >>>>>> Jun
> > > >>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>
> > > >>>>>> On Mon, May 18, 2026 at 7:45 PM Andrew Schofield <
> > [email protected]>
> > > >>>>>> wrote:
> > > >>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>> Hi Jun,
> > > >>>>>>> Thanks for your reply. It's tricky squaring a circle.
> > > >>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>> JR23: For GetTelemetrySubscriptions, I have changed it so that a
> > client
> > > >>>>>>> which omits the ClientInstanceId from the request header is
> > permitted
> > > >>>>> to
> > > >>>>>>> specify a zero ClientInstanceId in the request body, following
> > original
> > > >>>>>>> KIP-714 precedent. However, a client which specifies a
> > > >>>>> ClientInstanceId in
> > > >>>>>>> the request header MUST specify the same ClientInstanceId in the
> > > >>>>> request
> > > >>>>>>> body. This ensures that the header and telemetry UUIDs are the
> > same.
> > > >>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>> Thanks,
> > > >>>>>>> Andrew
> > > >>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>> On 2026/05/12 17:48:23 Andrew Schofield wrote:
> > > >>>>>>>> Hi Jun,
> > > >>>>>>>> Thanks for the reply and digging into the details.
> > > >>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>> JR23: Correct. The client telemetry component will use UUID-B
> > as the
> > > >>>>>>> client instance ID.
> > > >>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>> JR23.1: Yes, I agree. It's not ideal. When I was drawing up the
> > > >>>>> tables,
> > > >>>>>>> I was thinking that this might be a possibility, but I'm less
> > convinced
> > > >>>>>>> now. I think that I should mandate that if a client specifies
> > > >>>>>>> header.ClientInstanceId on GetTelemetrySubscriptions request,
> > then
> > > >>>>>>> request.ClientInstanceId must either be zero or equal to
> > > >>>>>>> header.ClientInstanceId.
> > > >>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>> JR23.2: This is perhaps the interesting one. From its original
> > > >>>>> intent,
> > > >>>>>>> it should be UUID-B (the telemetry UUID), but then that
> > contradicts the
> > > >>>>>>> change in signature to remove the timeout. Unless I make the
> > change
> > > >>>>> above,
> > > >>>>>>> in which case it will be UUID-H.
> > > >>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>> Thanks,
> > > >>>>>>>> Andrew
> > > >>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>> On 2026/05/12 17:23:58 Jun Rao via dev wrote:
> > > >>>>>>>>> Hi, Andrew,
> > > >>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>> Thanks for the reply.
> > > >>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>> JR23. In the new client -> old broker case, we have
> > > >>>>>>>>> header.ClientInstanceId=UUID-H
> > > >>>>>>>>> request.ClientInstanceId=UUID-B
> > > >>>>>>>>> response.ClientInstanceId=0
> > > >>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>> On the server side, I guess the telemetry component will use
> > > >>>>> UUID-B as
> > > >>>>>>> the
> > > >>>>>>>>> clientInstanceId? This has a couple of implications.
> > > >>>>>>>>> JR23.1 On the server side, we have two different
> > clientInstanceIds
> > > >>>>>>> used in
> > > >>>>>>>>> different places, UUID-H for request logging and UUID-B in
> > > >>>>> telemetry.
> > > >>>>>>> This
> > > >>>>>>>>> seems confusing since we can't uniquely identify a client on
> > the
> > > >>>>> server
> > > >>>>>>>>> side.
> > > >>>>>>>>> JR23.2 On the client side. what uuid does
> > clientInstanceId(Duration
> > > >>>>>>>>> timeout) return? If it returns UUID-H, it will be confusing
> > since
> > > >>>>> it
> > > >>>>>>>>> doesn't match the ID used for telemetry on the server.
> > > >>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>> Jun
> > > >>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>> On Tue, May 12, 2026 at 12:58 AM Andrew Schofield <
> > > >>>>>>> [email protected]>
> > > >>>>>>>>> wrote:
> > > >>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>> Hi Jun,
> > > >>>>>>>>>> Thanks for your response.
> > > >>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>> JR20: I have improved (I hope) the wording. The client sends
> > > >>>>>>>>>> request.clientInstanceId = 0 and header.clientInstanceId =
> > > >>>>> UUID-H,
> > > >>>>>>> and the
> > > >>>>>>>>>> broker responds response.clientInstanceId=UUID-H. In this way,
> > > >>>>> the
> > > >>>>>>> broker
> > > >>>>>>>>>> will have taken the UUID-H from the header, and told the
> > client
> > > >>>>> to
> > > >>>>>>> use it
> > > >>>>>>>>>> for client telemetry also.
> > > >>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>> JR21: Done. Look for "henceforth".
> > > >>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>> JR22: Summary table added.
> > > >>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
> > > >>>>>>>>>> Andrew
> > > >>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>> On 2026/05/11 19:18:24 Jun Rao via dev wrote:
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> Hi, Andrew,
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for the reply.
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> JR20. "If the client requests a new client instance ID on its
> > > >>>>>>> initial
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> GetTelemetrySubscriptions  request and it sends a client
> > > >>>>> instance
> > > >>>>>>> ID in
> > > >>>>>>>>>> the
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> request header, the broker will send back that client
> > instance
> > > >>>>> ID
> > > >>>>>>> rather
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> than generating a new UUID. This will automatically align the
> > > >>>>> UUID
> > > >>>>>>> in the
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> request headers and client telemetry."
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> This seems inconsistent with what's in the table. In the
> > > >>>>> table, for
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> example, if the client has the following:
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> GetTelemetrySubscriptions v0
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> header.ClientInstanceId = UUID-H
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> request.ClientInstanceId = UUID-H
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> or
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> GetTelemetrySubscriptions v0
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> header.ClientInstanceId = UUID-H
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> request.ClientInstanceId = UUID-R
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> the broker returns
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> response.ClientInstanceId = 0.
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> JR21. It will be useful to document what the new client does
> > > >>>>> with
> > > >>>>>>> the
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> returned response.ClientInstanceId. Note that return value
> > may
> > > >>>>> or
> > > >>>>>>> may not
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> be 0.
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> JR22. It's probably clearer if we could populate the table
> > > >>>>> with 4
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> combinations: old/new clients with old/new brokers.
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> Jun
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, May 8, 2026 at 2:49 AM Andrew Schofield <
> > > >>>>>>> [email protected]>
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Jun and Chia-Ping,
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>> I've overhauled part of the KIP to do with alignment of the
> > > >>>>>>> request
> > > >>>>>>>>>> header
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>> client instance ID, client telemetry client instance ID and
> > > >>>>> group
> > > >>>>>>>>>> protocol
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>> member IDs. The alignment is by convention, not mandate
> > > >>>>> (SHOULD
> > > >>>>>>> not
> > > >>>>>>>>>> MUST).
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>> It would be possible to go around the existing RPCs such as
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>> ConsumerGroupHeartbeat and GetTelemetrySubscriptions, and
> > > >>>>> remove
> > > >>>>>>> the
> > > >>>>>>>>>> fields
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>> containing the existing identifiers which are intended to be
> > > >>>>>>> aligned.
> > > >>>>>>>>>> Doing
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>> so would be a bad idea though, because we would then have
> > RPC
> > > >>>>>>> versions
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>> which essentially depend upon the presence of a tagged field
> > > >>>>> in
> > > >>>>>>> the
> > > >>>>>>>>>> request
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>> header. This is a protocol-compatibility nightmare.
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>> I have removed the new versions of GetTelemetrySubscriptions
> > > >>>>> and
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>> PushTelemetry. I have also explained the behavior of
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>> GetTelemetrySubscriptions in the presence and absence of a
> > > >>>>> client
> > > >>>>>>>>>> instance
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>> ID in the request header.
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>> Let me know what you think.
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>> Andrew
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>> On 2026/05/07 15:09:31 Andrew Schofield wrote:
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Jun and Chia-Ping,
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>> I've been thinking and discussing the changes to the
> > > >>>>> KIP-714
> > > >>>>>>> RPCs.
> > > >>>>>>>>>> There
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>> are too many combinations for my liking at the moment. I
> > > >>>>> want to
> > > >>>>>>> take
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>> another pass at this area and will make an update in a few
> > > >>>>> days.
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>> I intend to start a new vote once we have consensus because
> > > >>>>>>> the spec
> > > >>>>>>>>>> has
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>> changed somewhat since the earliest votes.
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>> Andrew
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2026/05/06 17:28:27 Chia-Ping Tsai wrote:
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> hi Andrew
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> chia_0: If the consensus is to remove the "duplicate"
> > > >>>>> field
> > > >>>>>>> from
> > > >>>>>>>>>> the
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>> RPC payloads, the tagged field in the header will
> > essentially
> > > >>>>>>> become a
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>> required field. This means the broker needs to handle the
> > > >>>>> edge
> > > >>>>>>> case
> > > >>>>>>>>>> where
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>> both the header and the request body have no
> > > >>>>> ClientInstanceId,
> > > >>>>>>> right?
> > > >>>>>>>>>> If
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>> so, would you mind clarifying the expected broker behavior
> > in
> > > >>>>>>> the KIP?
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Best,
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Chia-Ping
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2026/04/03 16:17:37 Andrew Schofield wrote:
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I would like to start the discussion on KIP-1313. This
> > > >>>>>>> adds a
> > > >>>>>>>>>> unique
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>> client instance ID to the request header of all Kafka
> > > >>>>> protocol
> > > >>>>>>>>>> requests to
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>> give a unique identifier which can be used to correlate the
> > > >>>>>>> requests
> > > >>>>>>>>>> from
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>> each client for the purposes of problem determination.
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>
> > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-1313*3A*Client*instance*ID*in*all*request*headers__;JSsrKysrKys!!Ayb5sqE7!uqWf0-b_X82WmpmCYImD2W2rht_s_q5vHcqB9ToMV4IaeQbZF42eMJyS5XC5b5qE_qJJUj3KTCXcqEvYbwYS$
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Andrew
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
> 

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