Hi Abejide, the ConsumerMetadataRequest was renamed to GroupCoordinatorRequest to indicate its more generic use than just consumer groups. See the protocol guide for more info: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/A+Guide+To+The+Kafka+Protocol#AGuideToTheKafkaProtocol-GroupMembershipAPI
Regards, Magnus 2016-02-07 15:32 GMT+01:00 Àbéjídé Àyodélé <abejideayod...@gmail.com>: > Hi, > > The documentation for Kafka Protocol was modified > < > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/diffpages.action?originalId=61329518&pageId=61330213 > > > removing ConsumerMetadataRequest. > > What would you advice the maintainer of a client library that relies on > ConsumerMetadataRequest to do? > > Also going forward are there plans to flag APIs as unstable/deprecated. > > Thanks, > > Abejide Ayodele > It always seems impossible until it's done. --Nelson Mandela >