Hi Matthias, Thank you, I will look into them and start contributing.
Best Regards, Naveen On Wed, Aug 19, 2026 at 10:30 PM Matthias J. Sax <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for you interest in contribution to Kafka. > > For "streams" in particular, here are few tickets you could pick up: > > - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-20922 > > - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-20776 (it's assigned to > Jess, but I am not sure if she will be able to pick it up -- if you find > this ticket interesting, just leave a comment and ask about it) > > - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-20508 (similar to above; > while the ticket is assigned, there was no activity, so I think we could > re-assign) > > - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-19657 (same) > > - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-5676 > > - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-6621 > > - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-7380 > > > Just a heads up: we are really struggling to keep up with PR reviews, so > you will need some patients... > > > -Matthias > > On 8/19/26 3:47 AM, Naveen wrote: > > Hi Matthias, > > > > Thank you for looking into this, I did go over KIP-1071 and I do feel > that > > I would be duplicating the work once it is done. I was looking into > issues > > for new contributors and landed on that one seeing it marked as "code > > cleanup". I hope you could steer me in the right direction for new > > contributions perhaps over to some specific module. > > > > Meanwhile, I am looking over issues under the labelled "newbie" to work > on. > > > > Best Regards, > > Naveen > > > > On Wed, Aug 19, 2026 at 4:00 AM Matthias J. Sax <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> Naveen, > >> > >> thanks for your interest. Nothing is blocking these tickets. However, I > >> am wondering if it's worth doing this work? With KIP-1071, we are moving > >> from client side to broker side assignment, so we will delete the > >> corresponding client side code eventually. > >> > >> To be fair: KIP-1071 is not completed yet, and there is also no timeline > >> when we would remove "classic"; and most likely, it will only be in AK > >> 6.0 release, so many years out. > >> > >> Nevertheless, it feels a little bit like busy work? > >> > >> > >> -Matthias > >> > >> > >> On 8/18/26 4:02 AM, Naveen wrote: > >>> Hi Kafka Community, > >>> > >>> While going through Kip's that are completed, I came across the > umbrella > >>> issue KAFKA-16868 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-16868> > >>> for code cleanup for KIP-924 > >>> < > >> > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/spaces/KAFKA/pages/255071551/KIP-924+customizable+task+assignment+for+Streams#KIP924:customizabletaskassignmentforStreams-TaskAssignor > >>> , > >>> what I wanted to know is if these are currently being worked on? or are > >>> there any blockers that I need to be aware of? > >>> > >>> Specifically issue KAFKA-16873 > >>> <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-16873> to > >>> remove INTERNAL_TASK_ASSIGNOR_CLASS config. My plan was to deprecate > this > >>> config first then remove it later on, since the related new task > assignor > >>> is already present as part of KIP-924. > >>> > >>> Let me know your thoughts. > >>> > >>> Best Regards, > >>> Naveen > >>> > >> > >> > > > >
