Andrew, do we know whether the SourceTask may be start()ed again? If this is the last call to a SourceTask I suggest we call it close(). I can't tell from the documentation.
Also, do we need this if a SourceTask can keep track of whether it was start()ed since the last stop()? Ryanne On Fri, Jan 18, 2019, 12:02 PM Andrew Schofield <andrew_schofi...@live.com wrote: > Hi, > I’ve created a new KIP to enhance the SourceTask interface in Kafka > Connect. > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-419:+Safely+notify+Kafka+Connect+SourceTask+is+stopped > > Comments welcome. > > Andrew Schofield > IBM Event Streams > >