Hi, I updated the KIP yesterday and reposted on the original thread, but I think it may get lost in the shuffle. I'd like to have one more round of discussion on the KIP found here:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-167%3A+Add+interface+for+the+state+store+restoration+process There's also an initial PR here : https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/3325