Hi, One of our brokers went down (Kafka 1.1.1) and when it came back up some consumers couldn’t read original topics using their the original consumer group.
This doesn’t output anything: bin/kafka-console-consumer --bootstrap-server server --topic ASSETS --group group_name However, if I change the name of the group it does output data: bin/kafka-console-consumer --bootstrap-server server --topic ASSETS --group group_name_renamed I then tried to analyze the faulty group (making sure it’s not running at the same time): bin/kafka-consumer-groups --bootstrap-server server --describe --group group_name Error: Executing consumer group command failed due to The consumer group command timed out while waiting for group to initialize If I enable the logs for the kafka-console-consumer command here is the endless logs that I get: kafka-console-consumer --bootstrap-server ip1:9092,ip2:9092 --topic ASSETS --group ASSETS_PROCESSOR_TOPOLOGY [2018-12-26 15:47:15,243] INFO Registered kafka:type=kafka.Log4jController MBean (kafka.utils.Log4jControllerRegistration$) [2018-12-26 15:47:15,387] INFO ConsumerConfig values: auto.commit.interval.ms = 5000 auto.offset.reset = latest bootstrap.servers = [ip1:9092, ip2:9092] check.crcs = true client.id = connections.max.idle.ms = 540000 default.api.timeout.ms = 60000 enable.auto.commit = true exclude.internal.topics = true fetch.max.bytes = 52428800 fetch.max.wait.ms = 500 fetch.min.bytes = 1 group.id = ASSETS_PROCESSOR_TOPOLOGY heartbeat.interval.ms = 3000 interceptor.classes = [] internal.leave.group.on.close = true isolation.level = read_uncommitted key.deserializer = class org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.ByteArrayDeserializer max.partition.fetch.bytes = 1048576 max.poll.interval.ms = 300000 max.poll.records = 500 metadata.max.age.ms = 300000 metric.reporters = [] metrics.num.samples = 2 metrics.recording.level = INFO metrics.sample.window.ms = 30000 partition.assignment.strategy = [class org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.RangeAssignor] receive.buffer.bytes = 65536 reconnect.backoff.max.ms = 1000 reconnect.backoff.ms = 50 request.timeout.ms = 30000 retry.backoff.ms = 100 sasl.client.callback.handler.class = null sasl.jaas.config = null sasl.kerberos.kinit.cmd = /usr/bin/kinit sasl.kerberos.min.time.before.relogin = 60000 sasl.kerberos.service.name = null sasl.kerberos.ticket.renew.jitter = 0.05 sasl.kerberos.ticket.renew.window.factor = 0.8 sasl.login.callback.handler.class = null sasl.login.class = null sasl.login.refresh.buffer.seconds = 300 sasl.login.refresh.min.period.seconds = 60 sasl.login.refresh.window.factor = 0.8 sasl.login.refresh.window.jitter = 0.05 sasl.mechanism = GSSAPI security.protocol = PLAINTEXT send.buffer.bytes = 131072 session.timeout.ms = 10000 ssl.cipher.suites = null ssl.enabled.protocols = [TLSv1.2, TLSv1.1, TLSv1] ssl.endpoint.identification.algorithm = https ssl.key.password = null ssl.keymanager.algorithm = SunX509 ssl.keystore.location = null ssl.keystore.password = null ssl.keystore.type = JKS ssl.protocol = TLS ssl.provider = null ssl.secure.random.implementation = null ssl.trustmanager.algorithm = PKIX ssl.truststore.location = null ssl.truststore.password = null ssl.truststore.type = JKS value.deserializer = class org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.ByteArrayDeserializer (org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.ConsumerConfig) [2018-12-26 15:47:15,579] INFO Kafka version : 2.0.1-cp1 (org.apache.kafka.common.utils.AppInfoParser) [2018-12-26 15:47:15,579] INFO Kafka commitId : 3d167ab3fdad2e73 (org.apache.kafka.common.utils.AppInfoParser) [2018-12-26 15:47:16,711] INFO Cluster ID: AkXF_gdZS5eVEEYbvUiyRg (org.apache.kafka.clients.Metadata) [2018-12-26 15:47:16,712] INFO [Consumer clientId=consumer-1, groupId=ASSETS_PROCESSOR_TOPOLOGY] Discovered group coordinator ip_address1:9092 (id: 2147483643 rack: null) (org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.AbstractCoordinator) [2018-12-26 15:47:16,713] INFO [Consumer clientId=consumer-1, groupId=ASSETS_PROCESSOR_TOPOLOGY] Revoking previously assigned partitions [] (org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.ConsumerCoordinator) [2018-12-26 15:47:16,714] INFO [Consumer clientId=consumer-1, groupId=ASSETS_PROCESSOR_TOPOLOGY] (Re-)joining group (org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.AbstractCoordinator) [2018-12-26 15:47:17,351] INFO [Consumer clientId=consumer-1, groupId=ASSETS_PROCESSOR_TOPOLOGY] Group coordinator ip_address1:9092 (id: 2147483643 rack: null) is unavailable or invalid, will attempt rediscovery (org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.AbstractCoordinator) [2018-12-26 15:47:18,189] INFO [Consumer clientId=consumer-1, groupId=ASSETS_PROCESSOR_TOPOLOGY] Discovered group coordinator ip_address2:9092 (id: 2147483645 rack: null) (org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.AbstractCoordinator) [2018-12-26 15:47:18,190] INFO [Consumer clientId=consumer-1, groupId=ASSETS_PROCESSOR_TOPOLOGY] (Re-)joining group (org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.AbstractCoordinator) [2018-12-26 15:47:19,501] INFO [Consumer clientId=consumer-1, groupId=ASSETS_PROCESSOR_TOPOLOGY] Group coordinator ip_address2:9092 (id: 2147483645 rack: null) is unavailable or invalid, will attempt rediscovery (org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.AbstractCoordinator) [2018-12-26 15:47:19,723] INFO [Consumer clientId=consumer-1, groupId=ASSETS_PROCESSOR_TOPOLOGY] Discovered group coordinator ip_address2:9092 (id: 2147483645 rack: null) (org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.AbstractCoordinator) [2018-12-26 15:47:19,723] INFO [Consumer clientId=consumer-1, groupId=ASSETS_PROCESSOR_TOPOLOGY] (Re-)joining group (org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.AbstractCoordinator) [2018-12-26 15:47:20,079] INFO [Consumer clientId=consumer-1, groupId=ASSETS_PROCESSOR_TOPOLOGY] Group coordinator ip_address2:9092 (id: 2147483645 rack: null) is unavailable or invalid, will attempt rediscovery (org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.AbstractCoordinator) [2018-12-26 15:47:20,304] INFO [Consumer clientId=consumer-1, groupId=ASSETS_PROCESSOR_TOPOLOGY] Discovered group coordinator ip_address2:9092 (id: 2147483645 rack: null) (org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.AbstractCoordinator) [2018-12-26 15:47:20,305] INFO [Consumer clientId=consumer-1, groupId=ASSETS_PROCESSOR_TOPOLOGY] (Re-)joining group (org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.AbstractCoordinator) [2018-12-26 15:47:20,661] INFO [Consumer clientId=consumer-1, groupId=ASSETS_PROCESSOR_TOPOLOGY] Group coordinator ip_address2:9092 (id: 2147483645 rack: null) is unavailable or invalid, will attempt rediscovery (org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.AbstractCoordinator) [2018-12-26 15:47:20,885] INFO [Consumer clientId=consumer-1, groupId=ASSETS_PROCESSOR_TOPOLOGY] Discovered group coordinator ip_address2:9092 (id: 2147483645 rack: null) (org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.AbstractCoordinator) [2018-12-26 15:47:20,885] INFO [Consumer clientId=consumer-1, groupId=ASSETS_PROCESSOR_TOPOLOGY] (Re-)joining group (org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.AbstractCoordinator) [2018-12-26 15:47:21,240] INFO [Consumer clientId=consumer-1, groupId=ASSETS_PROCESSOR_TOPOLOGY] Group coordinator ip_address2:9092 (id: 2147483645 rack: null) is unavailable or invalid, will attempt rediscovery (org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.AbstractCoordinator) [2018-12-26 15:47:21,465] INFO [Consumer clientId=consumer-1, groupId=ASSETS_PROCESSOR_TOPOLOGY] Discovered group coordinator ip_address2:9092 (id: 2147483645 rack: null) (org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.AbstractCoordinator) [2018-12-26 15:47:21,465] INFO [Consumer clientId=consumer-1, groupId=ASSETS_PROCESSOR_TOPOLOGY] (Re-)joining group (org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.AbstractCoordinator) [2018-12-26 15:47:21,820] INFO [Consumer clientId=consumer-1, groupId=ASSETS_PROCESSOR_TOPOLOGY] Group coordinator ip_address2:9092 (id: 2147483645 rack: null) is unavailable or invalid, will attempt rediscovery (org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.AbstractCoordinator) [2018-12-26 15:47:22,046] INFO [Consumer clientId=consumer-1, groupId=ASSETS_PROCESSOR_TOPOLOGY] Discovered group coordinator ip_address2:9092 (id: 2147483645 rack: null) (org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.AbstractCoordinator) [2018-12-26 15:47:22,046] INFO [Consumer clientId=consumer-1, groupId=ASSETS_PROCESSOR_TOPOLOGY] (Re-)joining group (org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.AbstractCoordinator) [2018-12-26 15:47:22,403] INFO [Consumer clientId=consumer-1, groupId=ASSETS_PROCESSOR_TOPOLOGY] Group coordinator ip_address2:9092 (id: 2147483645 rack: null) is unavailable or invalid, will attempt rediscovery (org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.AbstractCoordinator) [2018-12-26 15:47:22,622] INFO [Consumer clientId=consumer-1, groupId=ASSETS_PROCESSOR_TOPOLOGY] Discovered group coordinator ip_address2:9092 (id: 2147483645 rack: null) (org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.AbstractCoordinator) [2018-12-26 15:47:22,623] INFO [Consumer clientId=consumer-1, groupId=ASSETS_PROCESSOR_TOPOLOGY] (Re-)joining group (org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.AbstractCoordinator) [2018-12-26 15:47:22,976] INFO [Consumer clientId=consumer-1, groupId=ASSETS_PROCESSOR_TOPOLOGY] Group coordinator ip_address2:9092 (id: 2147483645 rack: null) is unavailable or invalid, will attempt rediscovery (org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.AbstractCoordinator) [2018-12-26 15:47:23,198] INFO [Consumer clientId=consumer-1, groupId=ASSETS_PROCESSOR_TOPOLOGY] Discovered group coordinator ip_address2:9092 (id: 2147483645 rack: null) (org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.AbstractCoordinator) [2018-12-26 15:47:23,199] INFO [Consumer clientId=consumer-1, groupId=ASSETS_PROCESSOR_TOPOLOGY] (Re-)joining group (org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.AbstractCoordinator) [2018-12-26 15:47:23,551] INFO [Consumer clientId=consumer-1, groupId=ASSETS_PROCESSOR_TOPOLOGY] Group coordinator ip_address2:9092 (id: 2147483645 rack: null) is unavailable or invalid, will attempt rediscovery (org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.AbstractCoordinator) [...] Can someone help debug the issue? Thank you