kowshik commented on a change in pull request #9001: URL: https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/9001#discussion_r463934948
########## File path: core/src/main/scala/kafka/controller/KafkaController.scala ########## @@ -1395,7 +1596,7 @@ class KafkaController(val config: KafkaConfig, if (newMetadataOpt.nonEmpty && oldMetadataOpt.nonEmpty) { val oldMetadata = oldMetadataOpt.get val newMetadata = newMetadataOpt.get - if (newMetadata.endPoints != oldMetadata.endPoints) { + if (newMetadata.endPoints != oldMetadata.endPoints || !oldMetadata.features.equals(newMetadata.features)) { Review comment: I do not understand the concern. Which code path can possibly introduce `null` features attribute in `Broker` object? It is impossible.... ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org