mjsax commented on a change in pull request #8181: URL: https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/8181#discussion_r492360815
########## File path: streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/processor/internals/StreamTask.java ########## @@ -581,8 +580,8 @@ public void punctuate(final ProcessorNode node, final long timestamp, final Punc if (processorContext.currentNode() != null) { throw new IllegalStateException(format("%sCurrent node is not null", logPrefix)); } - - updateProcessorContext(new StampedRecord(DUMMY_RECORD, timestamp), node); + + updateProcessorContext(new StampedRecord(new ConsumerRecord<>(ProcessorContextImpl.NONEXIST_TOPIC, -1, -1L, null, null), timestamp), node); Review comment: From my understanding, neither the `ConsumerRecord` nor the `ProcessroRecordContext` are the issue, but the shared `Header` object -- it's just a "side effect" that creating a new `ConsumerRecord` creates an new `Header` object internally. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org