Hello, Everyone! Hope you are doing well!
This is new KIP-1113 under discussion: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-1113%3A+Enhancements+to+Rack-Aware+Partition+Assignor+for+Improved+Client-Side+Independence+and+Load+Balancing This proposal will provide another option for rack-aware features on the consumer side based on previous KIP-881: Rack-aware Partition Assignment for Kafka Consumers <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-881%3A+Rack-aware+Partition+Assignment+for+Kafka+Consumers> , Looking forward to your great feedback and discussion. Best regards! -Jerry Cai