Thanks to everyone for their input. I've incorporated the changes, and I think this is ready for voting.
To summarize, the KIP simply proposes to add a feature which allows HTTP response headers configured for Kafka Connect.The KIP can be found here: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP+577%3A+Allow+HTTP+Response+Headers+to+be+Configured+for+Kafka+Connect Thanks! Jeff.