Hi Thomas, Thank you for the KIP. The motivation makes sense to me. I have a couple of comments:
IY1: > When `leader.election.prefer.early.local.log.start.offset is enabled`, the > key change is to sort targetReplicas by local-log-start-offset (ascending) > before selecting a leader. This ensures replicas with more local data (lower > local-log-start-offset) are considered first in both election paths. I assume here it meant to say "sort stably", to preserve the original preference order as much as possible? IY2: Can we find a reason for a particular topic to not follow the new leader election algorithm, or it is strictly better and once enabled it's not expected to be disabled? If the answer is yes, would you consider adding the topic-level versions of the new configs `leader.election.prefer.early.local.log.start.offset` and `leader.election.local.log.start.offset.threshold`? Best, Ivan On Mon, Mar 30, 2026, at 20:43, Thomas Thornton via dev wrote: > Hi all, > > We want to start a discussion thread for KIP-1303: Deprioritize Tiered > Storage Followers In Leader Election. > > The adopted KIP-1023 introduced an optimization allowing followers to > skip replicating data already in remote storage, dramatically reducing > ISR join time. However, as noted in KIP-1023, this creates a risk: if > such a follower becomes leader, it may need to serve consumer requests > from remote storage, impacting performance. > > This KIP proposes to mitigate this risk by preferring replicas with > more local data (lower localLogStartOffset) during leader election. > Key changes include: > 1) New config leader.election.prefer.early.local.log.start.offset to > enable the feature > 2) New config leader.election.local.log.start.offset.threshold to > avoid leader churn from minor retention timing differences > 3) Extending FetchRequest and AlterPartition to propagate > localLogStartOffset from followers → leader → controller > > The full KIP is available here: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-1303%3A+Deprioritize+Tiered+Storage+Followers+In+Leader+Election > > Thanks, > Tom >
