Thanks for everyone's (Guozhang, Jason, Mike, John and someone in case I'm missing) input here! Looks like we have got more interesting thoughts on this KIP.
When I draft KIP-345, the original proposal is targeted at solving "static membership", which is trying to address 1/2/5/6 proposed by Guozhang. In my mindset, the most important detail I'm trying to follow is the owner of member id generation or the membership metadata (proposed by John). Guozhang's static membership approach overall LGTM. It would make the whole protocol much clear with group member come and go explicitly in a static setting. The static approach appoints Consumer/Stream app as the owner of member id generation, which brought up multiple validation concerns. As the host:port approach is vetoed, and I have thought for a while for other validation strategies but failed, I think it's time to decide whether we want to focus our next step discussion on 1. how to let server validate id uniqueness generated by client, or 2. how to let client materialize the id provided by the server Let me know your favor of the two topics here. Personally I'm inclined to 2 as 1 is intrinsically complex (no source of truth model). Hope we are on the same page now. Best, Boyang ________________________________ From: John Roesler <j...@confluent.io> Sent: Wednesday, August 1, 2018 5:28 AM To: dev@kafka.apache.org Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] KIP-345: Reduce multiple consumer rebalances by specifying member id Hi Boyang, Overall, this seems like a good addition to the consumer. I agree with the others that we should attempt to validate the uniqueness of member.id usage. FWIW, Jason's idea of using a configured logical id + assigned unique id seems to be suitably flexible and free of assumptions, as opposed to picking machine characteristics like hostname. It seems like a survey of solutions to the same problem in other software might help to guide this discussion. Kafka Consumer isn't the first stateful distributed system to encounter the need for stable shard assignment. I would think that any mature distributed database and any stateful stream processing framework would have some algorithm to solve this problem, some of which might offer unique advantages over what we've discussed so far. Hopefully it wouldn't pollute the discussion if I threw out an alternative idea: It seems like the purpose behind this proposal is to allow stateful consumers to re-acquire their previous partitions when they return to the group. In this scenario, it seems reliable that the consumers would know what partitions they previously had assigned (since they are stateful). Instead of reporting a member.id, they could just include their prior list of partitions in the join-group request. This would solve the problem just as well as member.id, while allowing more advanced techniques like splitting state between two instances. For example, an instance I1 with TP1 and TP2 state shuts down, and we copy the state for TP2 to I2 (and delete it from I1); then we start I1 and I2 up, and I1 only reports that it wants TP1 while I2 only reports that it wants TP2. Thus, we can scale out or in without incurring costly state reconstruction. On a separate note, what is the impact of changing the default for LEAVE_GROUP_ON_CLOSE_CONFIG? It seems like could potentially harm applications not using member.id. Can we circumvent the issue without changing that default globally? Such as ignoring that config when member.id is set? Thanks for the proposal! -John On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 9:57 PM Guozhang Wang <wangg...@gmail.com> wrote: > @Jason, > > Good point about disconnects. And with that I think I agree that a registry > id maybe a better idea to enable fencing than validating on host / port. > > > Guozhang > > > On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 5:40 PM, Jason Gustafson <ja...@confluent.io> > wrote: > > > Hey Guozhang, > > > > Thanks for the detailed response. Really quick about the fencing issue, I > > think host/port will not be sufficient because it cannot handle > > disconnects. For example, if the coordinator moves to another broker, > then > > there is no way we'd be able to guarantee the same host/port. Currently > we > > try to avoid rebalancing when the coordinator moves. That said, I agree > in > > principle with the "first comer wins" approach you've suggested. > Basically > > a member is only removed from the group if its session expires or it > leaves > > the group explicitly. > > > > -Jason > > > > On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 4:24 PM, Mike Freyberger < > mfreyber...@appnexus.com > > > > > wrote: > > > > > Guozhang, > > > > > > Thanks for giving us a great starting point. > > > > > > A few questions that come to mind right away: > > > > > > 1) What do you think a reasonable group-change-timeout would be? I am > > > thinking on the order of minutes (5 minutes?) > > > > > > 2) Will the nodes that are still alive continue to make progress > during a > > > static membership rebalance? I believe during a rebalance today all > > > consumers wait for the SyncGroupResponse before continuing to read data > > > from the brokers. If that is the case, I think it'd be ideal all nodes > > that > > > are still alive during a static group membership change to continue to > > make > > > progress as if nothing happened such that are there is no impact to the > > > majority of the group when one node is bounced (quick restart). > > > > > > 3) Do you think an explicit method for forcing a rebalance would be > > > needed? I am thinking of a scenario such as a disk failure on a node, > and > > > that node will definitely not come back. Rather than waiting up to the > > > group-change-timeout, I think it'd be good an admin to force a > rebalance > > > rather than wait the full group-change-timeout. Maybe this is an over > > > optimization, but I think certain use cases would benefit from static > > group > > > membership with the ability to force a rebalance at any time. > > > > > > Best, > > > > > > Mike > > > > > > On 7/30/18, 6:57 PM, "Guozhang Wang" <wangg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Hello Boyang / Jason / Mike, > > > > > > Thanks for your thoughtful inputs! Regarding the fencing issue, > I've > > > thought about leveraging the epoch notion from PID of transactional > > > messaging before, but since in this proposal we do not always > require > > > member ids from clients, and hence could have a mixed of > > user-specified > > > member ids with coordinator-generated member ids, the epoch idea > may > > > not be > > > very well suited for this scenario. Of course, we can tighten the > > > screws a > > > bit by requiring that for a given consumer group, all consumers > must > > > either > > > be giving their member ids or leveraging on consumer coordinator to > > > give > > > member ids, which does not sound a very strict requirement in > > > practice, and > > > all we need to do is the add a new field in the join group request > > (we > > > are > > > proposing to bump up its version anyways). And hence I've also > > thought > > > about another simple fencing approach, aka "first comer wins", that > > is > > > to > > > pass in the host / port information from KafkaApis to > > GroupCoordinator > > > to > > > validate if it matches the existing member id's cached host / post. > > It > > > does > > > not always guarantee that we fence the right zombies because of > > "first > > > comer wins" (think of a scenario where the right client gets kicked > > > out, > > > and then before it re-joins the actual zombie with the same member > id > > > gets > > > joined), but as I mentioned previously it will poke some leaks into > > the > > > code hierarchy a bit so I'm also hesitant to do it. If people think > > it > > > is > > > indeed a must-have than good-to-have, I'd suggest we leverage on > > > host-port > > > than using the epoch mechanism then. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------ > > > > > > As for the more general idea of having a static membership protocol > > to > > > better integrated with Cloud environment like k8s, I think the > first > > > idea > > > may actually be better fit with it. > > > > > > Just a quick summary of what rebalance issues we face today: > > > > > > 1. Application start: when multi-instance application is started, > > > multiple > > > rebalances are triggered to migrate states to newly started > instances > > > since > > > not all instances are joining at the same time. NOTE that KIP-134 > > > <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP- > > > 134%3A+Delay+initial+consumer+group+rebalance> > > > is > > > targeted for this issue, but as an after-thought it may not be the > > > optimal > > > solution. > > > 2. Application shutdown: similarly to 1), when multi-instance > > > application > > > is shutting down, multiple rebalances are triggered. > > > 3. Application scale out: when a new instance is started, one > > > rebalance is > > > executed to shuffle all assignment, rather than just a "partial" > > > shuffling > > > of some of the members. > > > 4. Application scale in: similarly to 3), when an existing instance > > > gracefully shutdown, once rebalance is executed to shuffle all > > > assignment. > > > 5. Application instance bounce (upgrade, config change etc): one > > > instance > > > shut down and then restart, it will trigger two rebalances. NOTE > that > > > disabling leave-group is targeted for this issue. > > > 6. Application instance failure: one instance failed, and probably > a > > > new > > > instance start to take its assignment (e.g. k8s), it will trigger > two > > > rebalances. The different with 3) above is that new instance would > > not > > > have > > > local cached tasks. > > > > > > > > > Among them, I think 1/2/5/6 could potentially be grouped together > as > > > "static membership"; 4/5 could be grouped as another category, of > > > allowing > > > "incremental rebalance" or "partial rebalance" than full-rebalance. > > Of > > > course, having incremental rebalances can help on 1/2/5/6 as well > to > > > reduce > > > the cost of each unnecessary rebalance, but ideally we want NO > > > rebalances > > > at all for these cases, which will be more true with k8s / etc > > > integrations > > > or static memberships. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------ > > > > > > So just to throw in a sketchy idea following this route for 1/2/5/6 > > for > > > brainstorming kick-off: > > > > > > > > > 1. We bump up the JoinGroupRequest with additional fields: > > > > > > 1.a) a flag indicating "static" or "dynamic" membership > protocols. > > > 1.b) with "static" membership, we also add the pre-defined member > > id. > > > 1.c) with "static" membership, we also add an optional > > > "group-change-timeout" value. > > > > > > 2. On the broker side, we enforce only one of the two protocols for > > all > > > group members: we accept the protocol on the first joined member of > > the > > > group, and if later joining members indicate a different membership > > > protocol, we reject it. If the group-change-timeout value was > > > different to > > > the first joined member, we reject it as well. > > > > > > 3. With dynamic membership, nothing is changed; with static > > > membership, we > > > do the following: > > > > > > 3.a) never assign member ids, instead always expect the joining > > > members > > > to come with their own member id; we could do the fencing based on > > > host / > > > port here. > > > 3.b) upon receiving the first join group request, use the > > > "group-change-timeout" instead of the session-timeout as rebalance > > > timeout > > > to wait for other members to join. This is for 1) above. > > > 3.c) upon receiving a leave-group request, use the > > > "group-change-timeout" > > > to wait for more members to leave group as well, or for the left > > > members to > > > re-join. After the timeout we trigger a rebalance with whatever > have > > > left > > > in the members list. This is for all 2 (expecting other members to > > send > > > leave-group) and 5/6 (expecting the left member to re-join). > > > > > > 4. As a result, we will deprecate KIP-134 and > disable-on-leave-group > > as > > > well. > > > > > > > > > The key idea is that, with "static" membership, groups should be > > > created or > > > terminated as a whole, and dynamic member changes are not expected > > > often. > > > Hence we would not react to those membership-changing events > > > immediately > > > but wait for longer specified time expecting some other systems > like > > > k8s > > > will resume the group members. WDYT? > > > > > > > > > Guozhang > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 3:05 PM, Mike Freyberger < > > > mfreyber...@appnexus.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Jason, > > > > > > > > I really appreciate the broader conversation that you are > bringing > > > up here. > > > > > > > > I've been working on an application that does streaming joins > for a > > > while > > > > now, and we face a similar issue with group membership being > > > dynamic. We > > > > are currently using our own StickyAssignor and take special care > > > during > > > > rolling restarts to make sure consumer assignments do not change. > > > > > > > > I think a feature that allows for group membership to be fixed, > > > along with > > > > a CLI for adding or removing a node from the group be ideal. This > > > reminds > > > > me of some of the work by the DynamoDB team about 10 years back > > when > > > they > > > > differentiated transient failures from permanent failures to deal > > > with this > > > > problems like this. > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > > > > > Mike > > > > > > > > On 7/30/18, 5:36 PM, "Jason Gustafson" <ja...@confluent.io> > wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi Boyang, > > > > > > > > Thanks for the response. I think the main point I was trying > to > > > make > > > > is the > > > > need for fencing. I am not too concerned about how to > generate > > a > > > > unique id > > > > on the client side. The approach you suggested for streams > > seems > > > > reasonable. However, any time you reuse an id, you need to be > > > careful > > > > that > > > > there is only one instance that can use it at any time. We > are > > > always > > > > running into problems where a previous instance of an > > > application comes > > > > back to life unexpectedly after we had already presumed it > was > > > dead. > > > > Fencing ensures that even if this happens, it cannot do any > > > damage. I > > > > would > > > > say that some protection from zombies is a requirement here. > > > > > > > > The second point was more abstract and mainly meant to > initiate > > > some > > > > discussion. We have gone through several iterations of > > > improvements to > > > > try > > > > and reduce the rebalancing in consumer applications. We > started > > > out > > > > trying > > > > to tune the session timeout. We have added an internal config > > to > > > skip > > > > leaving the group when streams shuts down. The broker now > has a > > > config > > > > to > > > > delay rebalances in case all consumers join at about the same > > > time. The > > > > approach in this KIP is a step in a more principled > direction, > > > but it > > > > still > > > > feels like we are making this unnecessarily hard on ourselves > > by > > > > insisting > > > > that group membership is a dynamic concept. In practice, the > > > number of > > > > nodes dedicated to an application tends to remain fixed for > > long > > > > periods of > > > > time and only scales up or down when needed. And these days > > > you've got > > > > frameworks like kubernetes which can automatically provision > > new > > > nodes > > > > if > > > > one fails. So the argument for dynamic membership is becoming > > > weaker > > > > in my > > > > opinion. This KIP is basically trying to impose a small > degree > > of > > > > static > > > > membership anyway so that rolling restarts do not change > > > membership. > > > > Anyway, curious to hear some thoughts about this from you and > > the > > > > others > > > > who work on streams. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jason > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Jul 28, 2018 at 4:44 PM, Boyang Chen < > > > bche...@outlook.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the replies, James and Jason. Let me try to > > > summarize your > > > > > concerns. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I think James' question is primarily the severity of user > > > using this > > > > > config wrongly. The impact would be that the same member id > > > being > > > > used by > > > > > multiple or even all of the consumers. The assignment > > protocol > > > > couldn't > > > > > distinguish any of the overlapping consumers, thus > assigning > > > the > > > > exact same > > > > > partitions multiple times to different consumers. I would > say > > > the > > > > processed > > > > > result would be including a lot of duplicates and > unnecessary > > > heavy > > > > load on > > > > > the client side, The correctness will depend on the user > > logic, > > > > however I'm > > > > > pessimistic. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Although the impact is very high, the symptom is not hard > to > > > triage, > > > > > because user could visualize consumer identity overlapping > > > fairly > > > > easily by > > > > > exported consumer metrics. On the user standpoint, they > would > > > be > > > > fully > > > > > aware of the potential erratic status before enabling " > > > member.id" > > > > > configuration IMO. Let me know your thoughts James! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Next is Jason's suggestion. Jason shared a higher viewpoint > > and > > > > pointed > > > > > out the problem that we need to solve is to maintain "a > > strong > > > bias > > > > towards > > > > > being able to reuse previous state". The proposed approach > is > > > to > > > > separate > > > > > the notion of consumer membership and consumer identity. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The original idea of this KIP was on the Stream > application, > > > so I > > > > > understand that the identities of multiple consumers belong > > to > > > one > > > > > instance, where each Stream thread will be using one > > dedicated > > > main > > > > > consumer. So in a Stream use case, we could internally > > generate > > > > member id > > > > > with USER_DEFINED_ID + STREAM_THREAD_ID. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In pure consumer use case, this could be a little bit > > > challenging > > > > since > > > > > user could arbitrarily initiate multiple consumers on the > > same > > > > instance > > > > > which is out of our library control. This could add up the > > > > possibility of > > > > > member id collision. So instead of making developers life > > > easier, > > > > > introducing member id config could break the existing code > > > logic and > > > > take > > > > > long time to understand and fix. Although I still assume > this > > > is an > > > > > advanced config, user may use member id config even before > > > they fully > > > > > understand the problem, and use the same set of > > initialization > > > logic > > > > cross > > > > > multiple consumers on the same instance. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I hope I have explained my understanding of the pros and > cons > > > of > > > > this KIP > > > > > better. Remember the core argument of this KIP: If the > broker > > > > recognize > > > > > this consumer as an existing member, it shouldn't trigger > > > rebalance. > > > > If we > > > > > build our discussion on top of this argument, the client > > > management > > > > of > > > > > group membership could be tricky at first, but considering > > our > > > > original > > > > > motivation to leader-follower rebalance model, I feel that > > > having > > > > broker to > > > > > create membership info and let client maintain would be > less > > > > appealing and > > > > > fragile. Having client generate membership data could build > > up > > > > > source-of-truth model and streamline the current > > architecture. > > > We > > > > need also > > > > > consider flexibility introduced by this KIP for cloud users > > to > > > > coordinate > > > > > consumer/stream instances more freely. Honestly, I'm > > > interested in > > > > Jason's > > > > > registration id proposal and open to more voices, but I > feel > > it > > > > would be > > > > > more complex than the current KIP for user to understand. > > Hope > > > this > > > > makes > > > > > sense, Jason. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you again for the feedback! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > > > > > > > Boyang > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > From: Jason Gustafson <ja...@confluent.io> > > > > > Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2018 6:50 AM > > > > > To: dev > > > > > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] KIP-345: Reduce multiple consumer > > > rebalances > > > > by > > > > > specifying member id > > > > > > > > > > Hey Boyang, > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the KIP. I think my main question is in the same > > > vein as > > > > James'. > > > > > The problem is that the coordinator needs to be able to > > > identify > > > > which > > > > > instance of a particular memberId is the active one. For > EOS, > > > each > > > > > transactionalId gets an epoch. When a new producer is > > started, > > > it > > > > bumps the > > > > > epoch which allows the transaction coordinator to fence off > > any > > > > zombie > > > > > instances which may try to continue doing work with the old > > > epoch. > > > > It seems > > > > > like we need a similar protection for consumer members. > > > > > > > > > > Suppose for example that we distinguish between a > > registration > > > id > > > > which is > > > > > provided by the user and a member id which is assigned > > > uniquely by > > > > the > > > > > coordinator. In the JoinGroup request, both the > registration > > > id and > > > > the > > > > > member id are provided. When a consumer is first started, > it > > > doesn't > > > > know > > > > > the memberId, so it it provides only the registration id. > The > > > > coordinator > > > > > can then assign a new memberId and invalidate the previous > > one > > > that > > > > was > > > > > associated with the registration id. This would then fence > > off > > > the > > > > previous > > > > > instance which was still trying to use the member id. > > > > > > > > > > Taking a little bit of a step back, I think the main > > > observation in > > > > this > > > > > KIP is that applications with heavy local state need to > have > > a > > > > strong bias > > > > > toward being able to reuse that state. It is a bit like > Kafka > > > itself > > > > in the > > > > > sense that a replica is not moved just because the broker > is > > > > shutdown as > > > > > the cost of moving the log is extremely high. I'm wondering > > if > > > we > > > > need to > > > > > think about streams applications in a similar way. Should > > > there be a > > > > static > > > > > notion of the members of the group so that streams can make > > > > rebalancing > > > > > decisions more easily without depending so heavily on > > transient > > > > membership? > > > > > I feel the hacks we've put in place in some cases to avoid > > > > rebalances are a > > > > > bit brittle. Delaying group joining for example is an > example > > > of > > > > this. If > > > > > you knew ahead of time who the stable members of the group > > > were, > > > > then this > > > > > would not be needed. Anyway, just a thought. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > Jason > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 1:58 PM, James Cheng < > > > wushuja...@gmail.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > When you say that it will "break", what does this > breakage > > > look > > > > like? > > > > > Will > > > > > > the consumer-group be non-functional? Will just those > > > instances be > > > > > > non-functional? Or will the group be functional, but the > > > > rebalancing be > > > > > > non-optimal and require more round-trips/data-transfer? > > > (similar > > > > to the > > > > > > current algorithm) > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm trying to assess the potential for user-error and the > > > impact of > > > > > > user-error. > > > > > > > > > > > > -James > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jul 27, 2018, at 11:25 AM, Boyang Chen < > > > bche...@outlook.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hey James, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the algorithm is relying on client side to provide > unique > > > > consumer > > > > > > member id. It will break unless we enforce some sort of > > > validation > > > > (host > > > > > + > > > > > > port) on the server side. To simplify the first version, > we > > > do not > > > > plan > > > > > to > > > > > > enforce validation. A good comparison would be the EOS > > > producer > > > > which is > > > > > in > > > > > > charge of generating unique transaction id sequence. IMO > > for > > > broker > > > > > logic, > > > > > > the tolerance of client side error is not unlimited. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > > From: James Cheng <wushuja...@gmail.com> > > > > > > > Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2018 1:26 AM > > > > > > > To: dev@kafka.apache.org > > > > > > > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] KIP-345: Reduce multiple > consumer > > > > rebalances by > > > > > > specifying member id > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> On Jul 26, 2018, at 11:09 PM, Guozhang Wang < > > > wangg...@gmail.com > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> Hi Boyang, > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> Thanks for the proposed KIP. I made a pass over the > wiki > > > and > > > > here are > > > > > > some > > > > > > >> comments / questions: > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> 1. In order to preserve broker compatibility, we need > to > > > make > > > > sure the > > > > > > >> broker version discovery logic can be integrated with > > > this new > > > > logic. > > > > > > I.e. > > > > > > >> if a newer versioned consumer is talking to an older > > > versioned > > > > broker > > > > > > who > > > > > > >> does not recognize V4, the client needs to downgrade > its > > > > > > JoinGroupRequest > > > > > > >> version to V3 and not setting the member-id > > specifically. > > > You > > > > can > > > > > take a > > > > > > >> look at the ApiVersionsRequest and see how to work > with > > > it. > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> 2. There may exist some manners to validate that two > > > different > > > > clients > > > > > > do > > > > > > >> not send with the same member id, for example if we > pass > > > along > > > > the > > > > > > >> host:port information from KafkaApis to the > > > GroupCoordinator > > > > > interface. > > > > > > But > > > > > > >> I think this is overly complicated the logic and may > not > > > > worthwhile > > > > > than > > > > > > >> relying on users to specify unique member ids. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Boyang, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the KIP! How will the algorithm behave if > > > multiple > > > > consumers > > > > > > provide the same member id? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -James > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> 3. Minor: you would need to bumping up the version of > > > > > JoinGroupResponse > > > > > > to > > > > > > >> V4 as well. > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> 4. Minor: in the wiki page, you need to specify the > > actual > > > > string > > > > > value > > > > > > for > > > > > > >> `MEMBER_ID`, for example "member.id". > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> 5. When this additional config it specified by users, > we > > > should > > > > > consider > > > > > > >> setting the default of internal > > > `LEAVE_GROUP_ON_CLOSE_CONFIG` to > > > > > false, > > > > > > >> since otherwise its effectiveness would be less. > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> Guozhang > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >>> On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 9:20 PM, Boyang Chen < > > > > bche...@outlook.com> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > >>> Hey friends, > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > >>> I would like to open a discussion thread on KIP-345: > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > >>> > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP- > > > 345%3A > > > > > > >>> +Reduce+multiple+consumer+rebalances+by+specifying+ > > > member+id > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > >>> This KIP is trying to resolve multiple rebalances by > > > > maintaining the > > > > > > >>> consumer member id across rebalance generations. I > have > > > > verified the > > > > > > theory > > > > > > >>> on our internal Stream application, and it could > reduce > > > > rebalance > > > > > time > > > > > > to a > > > > > > >>> few seconds when service is rolling restart. > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > >>> Let me know your thoughts, thank you! > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > >>> Best, > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > >>> Boyang > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> -- > > > > > > >> -- Guozhang > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > -- Guozhang > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > -- Guozhang >
