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ASF GitHub Bot commented on KAFKA-2589: --------------------------------------- GitHub user granthenke opened a pull request: https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/876 KAFKA-2589: the default value for the "rebalance.backoff.ms" property… … is not specified correctly You can merge this pull request into a Git repository by running: $ git pull https://github.com/granthenke/kafka rebalance-doc Alternatively you can review and apply these changes as the patch at: https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/876.patch To close this pull request, make a commit to your master/trunk branch with (at least) the following in the commit message: This closes #876 ---- commit 746a3cc88b05cc26e727b66ae808148066a07f1f Author: Grant Henke <granthe...@gmail.com> Date: 2016-02-05T05:09:09Z KAFKA-2589: the default value for the "rebalance.backoff.ms" property is not specified correctly ---- > Documentation bug: the default value for the "rebalance.backoff.ms" property > is not specified correctly > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: KAFKA-2589 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-2589 > Project: Kafka > Issue Type: Bug > Components: config > Affects Versions: 0.8.2.1 > Environment: any > Reporter: Bogdan Dimitriu > Assignee: Grant Henke > > The documentation for 0.8.2.1 consumer properties specifies: > | rebalance.backoff.ms | 2000 | Backoff time between retries during rebalance > | > According to the source code though the default value is obtained this way: > {code} > val rebalanceBackoffMs = props.getInt("rebalance.backoff.ms", zkSyncTimeMs) > {code} > which is referenced from here: > {code} > val zkSyncTimeMs = props.getInt("zookeeper.sync.time.ms", 2000) > {code} > So by default it is 2000 as specified in the documentation, UNLESS the > {{zookeeper.sync.time.ms}} is manually set to be different > This may create confusion with recommendations such: > {quote} > In the case, make sure that rebalance.max.retries * rebalance.backoff.ms > > zookeeper.session.timeout.ms > {quote} > from here: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/FAQ#FAQ-Whyaretheremanyrebalancesinmyconsumerlog? -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)