hi Jiunn thanks for this KIP!
chia_00: Regarding the random seed, what are your thoughts on its initialization? chia_01: Could you elaborate on the practical use cases for each key distribution mode in the Motivation section? Best,Chia-Ping On 2026/03/30 13:06:05 黃竣陽 wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I would like to start a discussion on KIP-1299 Use key range in > ProducerPerformance > <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/x/XpQ8G> > > This proposal aims to add configurable key distribution support to > kafka-producer-perf-test. > Currently, the tool always produces records with null keys, which does not > reflect real-world > keyed workloads. This KIP introduces two new arguments — --key-distribution > and --message-key-range > — enabling engineers to benchmark with round-robin or random key strategies > over a bounded > key space, providing more realistic performance measurements. > > Best regards, > Jiunn-Yang
