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Peter Sinoros-Szabo commented on KAFKA-9752: -------------------------------------------- Do you think [~hachikuji] that the problem we described [in this thread|https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdf907dbb78092d46e039a9669a40edc7f36bd2eaacfd1a3025db4b6e%40%3Cusers.kafka.apache.org%3E] is caused by the bug you solved in this ticket? Thanks > Consumer rebalance can be stuck after new member timeout with old JoinGroup > version > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: KAFKA-9752 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-9752 > Project: Kafka > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: 2.2.2, 2.3.1, 2.4.1 > Reporter: Jason Gustafson > Assignee: Jason Gustafson > Priority: Blocker > Fix For: 2.2.3, 2.5.0, 2.3.2, 2.4.2 > > > For older versions of the JoinGroup protocol (v3 and below), there was no way > for new consumer group members to get their memberId until the first > rebalance completed. If the JoinGroup request timed out and the client > disconnected, the member would nevertheless be left in the group until the > rebalance completed and the session timeout expired. > In order to prevent this situation from causing the group size to grow > unboundedly, we added logic in KAFKA-7610 to limit the maximum time a new > member will be left in the group before it would be kicked out (in spite of > rebalance state). > In KAFKA-9232, we addressed one issue with this solution. Basically the new > member expiration logic did not properly get cancelled after the rebalance > completed which means that in certain cases, a successfully joined member > might get kicked out of the group unnecessarily. > Unfortunately, this patch introduced a regression in the normal session > expiration logic following completion of the initial rebalance. Basically the > expiration task fails to get scheduled properly. The issue is in this > function: > {code} > def shouldKeepAlive(deadlineMs: Long): Boolean = { > if (isNew) { > // New members are expired after the static join timeout > latestHeartbeat + GroupCoordinator.NewMemberJoinTimeoutMs > deadlineMs > } else if (isAwaitingJoin || isAwaitingSync) { > // Don't remove members as long as they have a request in purgatory > true > } else { > // Otherwise check for session expiration > latestHeartbeat + sessionTimeoutMs > deadlineMs > } > } > {code} > We use this logic in order to check for session expiration. On the surface, > there is nothing wrong with it, but it has an odd interaction with the > purgatory. When the heartbeat is first scheduled with `tryCompleteElseWatch`, > the code relies on `shouldKeepAlive` returning false so that the heartbeat > task is not immediately completed. This only works because we update > `latestHeartbeat` just prior to calling `tryCompleteElseWatch`, which means > that the first or third checks will fail, `shouldKeepAlive` will return > false, and the heartbeat expiration task will not be immediately completed. > The bug in this case has to do with the case when `isNew` is true. When we > schedule the session expiration task, the `isNew` flag is still set to true, > which means we will hit the first check above. Since in most cases, the > session timeout is less than the new member timeout of 5 minutes, the check > is very likely to return true. This seems like what we would want, but as > noted above, we rely on this function returning false when the expiration > task is passed to `tryCompleteElseWatch`. Since it returns true instead, the > task completes immediately, which means we cannot rely on its expiration. > The impact of this bug in the worst case is that a consumer group can be left > in the `PreparingRebalance` state indefinitely. This state will persist until > there is a coordinator change (e.g. as a result of restarting the broker). > Note that this is only possible if 1) we have a consumer using an old > JoinGroup version, 2) the consumer times out and disconnects from its initial > JoinGroup request. -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.3.4#803005)