machi1990 opened a new pull request, #13664: URL: https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/13664
1. Ensures that NPE are not thrown 2. Ensures that the background thread has been started to avoid flasky assertions failures on isRunning 3. Add a check that the thread is not running when closed ### Committer Checklist (excluded from commit message) - [ ] Verify design and implementation - [ ] Verify test coverage and CI build status - [ ] Verify documentation (including upgrade notes) -- 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. To unsubscribe, e-mail: jira-unsubscr...@kafka.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org