Hi all, I wrote a short KIP to surface the consumer's metadata in the `describeConsumerGroups` of the `KafkaAdminClient`. The metadata is already present in the protocol but not exposed yet. I think that it is handy when troubleshooting consumer groups.
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-549%3A+Surface+Consumer%27s+Metadata+in+KafkaAdminClient%23describeConsumerGroups Please, let me know what you think. Best, David