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Jason Gustafson commented on KAFKA-7481: ---------------------------------------- [~lindong] [~ijuma] For consideration, I drafted a short KIP: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-384%3A+Add+config+for+incompatible+changes+to+persistent+metadata. We could either try to get this in for this release or choose one of the other options for now. I think long term we should probably have something like this, so if we can agree on the approach, perhaps now is as good of a time as any. > Consider options for safer upgrade of offset commit value schema > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: KAFKA-7481 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-7481 > Project: Kafka > Issue Type: Bug > Reporter: Jason Gustafson > Priority: Blocker > Fix For: 2.1.0 > > > KIP-211 and KIP-320 add new versions of the offset commit value schema. The > use of the new schema version is controlled by the > `inter.broker.protocol.version` configuration. Once the new inter-broker > version is in use, it is not possible to downgrade since the older brokers > will not be able to parse the new schema. > The options at the moment are the following: > 1. Do nothing. Users can try the new version and keep > `inter.broker.protocol.version` locked to the old release. Downgrade will > still be possible, but users will not be able to test new capabilities which > depend on inter-broker protocol changes. > 2. Instead of using `inter.broker.protocol.version`, we could use > `message.format.version`. This would basically extend the use of this config > to apply to all persistent formats. The advantage is that it allows users to > upgrade the broker and begin using the new inter-broker protocol while still > allowing downgrade. But features which depend on the persistent format could > not be tested. > Any other options? -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)