lucasbru commented on code in PR #20029:
URL: https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/20029#discussion_r2166697576


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docs/streams/upgrade-guide.html:
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@@ -141,6 +141,91 @@ <h3 class="anchor-heading"><a id="streams_notable_changes" 
class="anchor-link"><
 
     <h3><a id="streams_api_changes_410" 
href="#streams_api_changes_410">Streams API changes in 4.1.0</a></h3>
 
+    <h4>Early Access of the Streams Rebalance Protocol</h4>
+
+    <p>
+        The Streams Rebalance Protocol is a broker-driven rebalancing system 
designed specifically for Kafka
+        Streams applications. Following the pattern of KIP-848, which moved 
rebalance coordination of plain consumers
+        from clients to brokers, KIP-1071 extends this model to Kafka Streams 
workloads. Instead of clients
+        computing new assignments on the client during rebalance events 
involving all members of the group, assignments are
+        computed continuously on the broker. Instead of using a consumer 
group, the streams application registers as a
+        streams group with the broker, which manages and exposes all metadata 
required for coordination of the
+        streams application instances.
+    </p>
+
+    <p>
+        This Early Access release covers a subset of the functionality 
detailed in
+        <a 
href="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-1071%3A+Streams+Rebalance+Protocol";>KIP-1071</a>.
+        Do not use the new protocol in production. The API is subject to 
change in future
+        releases.
+    </p>
+
+    <p><strong>What's Included in Early Access</strong></p>
+
+    <ul>
+        <li><strong>Core Streams Group Rebalance Protocol:</strong> The 
<code>group.protocol=streams</code> configuration
+            enables the dedicated streams rebalance protocol. This separates 
streams groups from consumer groups and
+            provides a streams-specific group membership lifecycle and 
metadata management on the broker.</li>
+        <li><strong>Sticky Task Assignor:</strong> A basic task assignment 
strategy that minimizes task movement
+            during rebalances is included.</li>
+        <li><strong>Interactive Query Support:</strong> IQ operations are 
compatible with the new streams protocol.</li>
+        <li><strong>New Admin RPC:</strong> The 
<code>StreamsGroupDescribe</code> RPC provides streams-specific metadata
+            separate from consumer group information, with corresponding 
access via the <code>Admin</code> client.</li>
+        <li><strong>CLI Integration:</strong> You can list, describe, and 
delete streams groups via the <code>kafka-streams-groups.sh</code> script.</li>
+    </ul>
+
+    <p><strong>What's Not Included in Early Access</strong></p>
+
+    <ul>
+        <li><strong>Static Membership:</strong> Setting a client `instance.id` 
will be rejected.</li>
+        <li><strong>Topology Updates:</strong> If a topology is changed 
significantly (e.g., by adding new source topics
+            or changing the number of sub-topologies), a new streams group 
must be created.</li>
+        <li><strong>High Availability Assignor:</strong> Only the sticky 
assignor is supported.</li>
+        <li><strong>Regular Expressions:</strong> Pattern-based topic 
subscription is not supported.</li>
+        <li><strong>Reset Operations:</strong> CLI offset reset operations are 
not supported.</li>
+        <li><strong>Protocol Migration:</strong> No automated migration is 
available between the classic and new streams protocols.</li>
+    </ul>
+
+    <p><strong>Why Use the Streams Rebalance Protocol?</strong></p>
+
+    <ul>
+        <li>
+            <strong>Broker-Driven Coordination:</strong>
+            Centralizes task assignment logic on brokers instead of the 
client. This provides consistent,
+            authoritative task assignment decisions from a single coordination 
point and reduces the potential for
+            split-brain scenarios.
+        </li>
+        <li>
+            <strong>Faster, More Stable Rebalances:</strong>
+            Reduces rebalance duration and impact by removing the global 
synchronization point. This minimizes
+            application downtime during membership changes or failures.
+        </li>
+        <li>
+            <strong>Better Observability:</strong>
+            Provides dedicated metrics and admin interfaces that separate 
streams from consumer groups, leading to
+            clearer troubleshooting with broker-side observability.
+        </li>
+    </ul>
+
+    <p>
+        To enable the protocol, set 
<code>unstable.feature.versions.enable=true</code> for controllers and brokers, 
and

Review Comment:
   Done



##########
docs/streams/upgrade-guide.html:
##########
@@ -141,6 +141,91 @@ <h3 class="anchor-heading"><a id="streams_notable_changes" 
class="anchor-link"><
 
     <h3><a id="streams_api_changes_410" 
href="#streams_api_changes_410">Streams API changes in 4.1.0</a></h3>
 
+    <h4>Early Access of the Streams Rebalance Protocol</h4>
+
+    <p>
+        The Streams Rebalance Protocol is a broker-driven rebalancing system 
designed specifically for Kafka
+        Streams applications. Following the pattern of KIP-848, which moved 
rebalance coordination of plain consumers
+        from clients to brokers, KIP-1071 extends this model to Kafka Streams 
workloads. Instead of clients
+        computing new assignments on the client during rebalance events 
involving all members of the group, assignments are
+        computed continuously on the broker. Instead of using a consumer 
group, the streams application registers as a
+        streams group with the broker, which manages and exposes all metadata 
required for coordination of the
+        streams application instances.
+    </p>
+
+    <p>
+        This Early Access release covers a subset of the functionality 
detailed in
+        <a 
href="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-1071%3A+Streams+Rebalance+Protocol";>KIP-1071</a>.
+        Do not use the new protocol in production. The API is subject to 
change in future
+        releases.
+    </p>
+
+    <p><strong>What's Included in Early Access</strong></p>
+
+    <ul>
+        <li><strong>Core Streams Group Rebalance Protocol:</strong> The 
<code>group.protocol=streams</code> configuration
+            enables the dedicated streams rebalance protocol. This separates 
streams groups from consumer groups and
+            provides a streams-specific group membership lifecycle and 
metadata management on the broker.</li>
+        <li><strong>Sticky Task Assignor:</strong> A basic task assignment 
strategy that minimizes task movement
+            during rebalances is included.</li>
+        <li><strong>Interactive Query Support:</strong> IQ operations are 
compatible with the new streams protocol.</li>
+        <li><strong>New Admin RPC:</strong> The 
<code>StreamsGroupDescribe</code> RPC provides streams-specific metadata
+            separate from consumer group information, with corresponding 
access via the <code>Admin</code> client.</li>
+        <li><strong>CLI Integration:</strong> You can list, describe, and 
delete streams groups via the <code>kafka-streams-groups.sh</code> script.</li>
+    </ul>
+
+    <p><strong>What's Not Included in Early Access</strong></p>
+
+    <ul>
+        <li><strong>Static Membership:</strong> Setting a client `instance.id` 
will be rejected.</li>
+        <li><strong>Topology Updates:</strong> If a topology is changed 
significantly (e.g., by adding new source topics
+            or changing the number of sub-topologies), a new streams group 
must be created.</li>
+        <li><strong>High Availability Assignor:</strong> Only the sticky 
assignor is supported.</li>
+        <li><strong>Regular Expressions:</strong> Pattern-based topic 
subscription is not supported.</li>
+        <li><strong>Reset Operations:</strong> CLI offset reset operations are 
not supported.</li>
+        <li><strong>Protocol Migration:</strong> No automated migration is 
available between the classic and new streams protocols.</li>
+    </ul>
+
+    <p><strong>Why Use the Streams Rebalance Protocol?</strong></p>
+
+    <ul>
+        <li>
+            <strong>Broker-Driven Coordination:</strong>
+            Centralizes task assignment logic on brokers instead of the 
client. This provides consistent,
+            authoritative task assignment decisions from a single coordination 
point and reduces the potential for
+            split-brain scenarios.
+        </li>
+        <li>
+            <strong>Faster, More Stable Rebalances:</strong>
+            Reduces rebalance duration and impact by removing the global 
synchronization point. This minimizes
+            application downtime during membership changes or failures.
+        </li>
+        <li>
+            <strong>Better Observability:</strong>
+            Provides dedicated metrics and admin interfaces that separate 
streams from consumer groups, leading to
+            clearer troubleshooting with broker-side observability.
+        </li>
+    </ul>
+
+    <p>
+        To enable the protocol, set 
<code>unstable.feature.versions.enable=true</code> for controllers and brokers, 
and
+        set <code>unstable.api.versions.enable=true</code> on the brokers as 
well. In your Kafka Streams application
+        configuration, set <code>group.protocol=streams</code>.
+    </p>
+
+    <p>
+        Migration between the classic consumer group protocol and the Streams 
Rebalance Protocol is not supported in
+        either direction. An application using this protocol must use a new 
<code>application.id</code> that has not
+        been used by any application on the classic protocol. Furthermore, 
this ID must not be in use as a
+        <code>group.id</code> by any consumer application.
+    </p>
+
+    <p>
+        Please provide feedback on this feature via the Kafka mailing lists or 
by filing JIRA issues.

Review Comment:
   Done



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docs/streams/developer-guide/config-streams.html:
##########
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
               <li><a class="reference internal" 
href="#deserialization-exception-handler" 
id="id7">deserialization.exception.handler</a></li>
               <li><a class="reference internal" href="#enable-metrics-push" 
id="id43">enable.metrics.push</a></li>
               <li><a class="reference internal" 
href="#ensure-explicit-internal-resource-naming" 
id="id46">ensure.explicit.internal.resource.naming</a></li>
+              <li><a class="reference internal" href="#group-protocol" 
id="id47">group.protocol</a></li>

Review Comment:
   We could do it in a separate PR if we have time. I don't want to touch the 
code in this pr.



##########
docs/streams/upgrade-guide.html:
##########
@@ -141,6 +141,91 @@ <h3 class="anchor-heading"><a id="streams_notable_changes" 
class="anchor-link"><
 
     <h3><a id="streams_api_changes_410" 
href="#streams_api_changes_410">Streams API changes in 4.1.0</a></h3>
 
+    <h4>Early Access of the Streams Rebalance Protocol</h4>
+
+    <p>
+        The Streams Rebalance Protocol is a broker-driven rebalancing system 
designed specifically for Kafka
+        Streams applications. Following the pattern of KIP-848, which moved 
rebalance coordination of plain consumers
+        from clients to brokers, KIP-1071 extends this model to Kafka Streams 
workloads. Instead of clients
+        computing new assignments on the client during rebalance events 
involving all members of the group, assignments are
+        computed continuously on the broker. Instead of using a consumer 
group, the streams application registers as a
+        streams group with the broker, which manages and exposes all metadata 
required for coordination of the
+        streams application instances.
+    </p>
+
+    <p>
+        This Early Access release covers a subset of the functionality 
detailed in
+        <a 
href="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-1071%3A+Streams+Rebalance+Protocol";>KIP-1071</a>.
+        Do not use the new protocol in production. The API is subject to 
change in future
+        releases.
+    </p>
+
+    <p><strong>What's Included in Early Access</strong></p>
+
+    <ul>
+        <li><strong>Core Streams Group Rebalance Protocol:</strong> The 
<code>group.protocol=streams</code> configuration
+            enables the dedicated streams rebalance protocol. This separates 
streams groups from consumer groups and
+            provides a streams-specific group membership lifecycle and 
metadata management on the broker.</li>
+        <li><strong>Sticky Task Assignor:</strong> A basic task assignment 
strategy that minimizes task movement
+            during rebalances is included.</li>
+        <li><strong>Interactive Query Support:</strong> IQ operations are 
compatible with the new streams protocol.</li>
+        <li><strong>New Admin RPC:</strong> The 
<code>StreamsGroupDescribe</code> RPC provides streams-specific metadata
+            separate from consumer group information, with corresponding 
access via the <code>Admin</code> client.</li>
+        <li><strong>CLI Integration:</strong> You can list, describe, and 
delete streams groups via the <code>kafka-streams-groups.sh</code> script.</li>
+    </ul>
+
+    <p><strong>What's Not Included in Early Access</strong></p>
+
+    <ul>
+        <li><strong>Static Membership:</strong> Setting a client `instance.id` 
will be rejected.</li>
+        <li><strong>Topology Updates:</strong> If a topology is changed 
significantly (e.g., by adding new source topics
+            or changing the number of sub-topologies), a new streams group 
must be created.</li>
+        <li><strong>High Availability Assignor:</strong> Only the sticky 
assignor is supported.</li>
+        <li><strong>Regular Expressions:</strong> Pattern-based topic 
subscription is not supported.</li>
+        <li><strong>Reset Operations:</strong> CLI offset reset operations are 
not supported.</li>
+        <li><strong>Protocol Migration:</strong> No automated migration is 
available between the classic and new streams protocols.</li>
+    </ul>
+
+    <p><strong>Why Use the Streams Rebalance Protocol?</strong></p>
+
+    <ul>
+        <li>
+            <strong>Broker-Driven Coordination:</strong>
+            Centralizes task assignment logic on brokers instead of the 
client. This provides consistent,
+            authoritative task assignment decisions from a single coordination 
point and reduces the potential for
+            split-brain scenarios.
+        </li>
+        <li>
+            <strong>Faster, More Stable Rebalances:</strong>
+            Reduces rebalance duration and impact by removing the global 
synchronization point. This minimizes
+            application downtime during membership changes or failures.
+        </li>
+        <li>
+            <strong>Better Observability:</strong>
+            Provides dedicated metrics and admin interfaces that separate 
streams from consumer groups, leading to
+            clearer troubleshooting with broker-side observability.
+        </li>
+    </ul>
+
+    <p>
+        To enable the protocol, set 
<code>unstable.feature.versions.enable=true</code> for controllers and brokers, 
and
+        set <code>unstable.api.versions.enable=true</code> on the brokers as 
well. In your Kafka Streams application
+        configuration, set <code>group.protocol=streams</code>.
+    </p>
+
+    <p>
+        Migration between the classic consumer group protocol and the Streams 
Rebalance Protocol is not supported in

Review Comment:
   Done



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