Hi All, Please find the below KIP which proposes the concept of broker generation to resolve issues caused by controller missing broker state changes and broker processing outdated control requests.
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-380%3A+Detect+outdated+control+requests+and+bounced+brokers+using+broker+generation All comments are appreciated. Best, Zhanxiang (Patrick) Huang