Github user srdo commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/storm/pull/2480#discussion_r158705812
--- Diff:
external/storm-kafka-client/src/main/java/org/apache/storm/kafka/spout/KafkaSpout.java
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@@ -568,6 +584,8 @@ private void subscribeKafkaConsumer() {
public void deactivate() {
try {
shutdown();
+ metricsConsumer.close();
--- End diff --
I think this belongs in shutdown.---
