[jira] [Commented] (KAFKA-4431) HeartbeatThread should be a daemon thread

[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-4431?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=15749174#comment-15749174 ] David Judd commented on KAFKA-4431: --- Awesome, thanks! > HeartbeatThread shou

[jira] [Created] (KAFKA-4431) HeartbeatThread should be a daemon thread

David Judd created KAFKA-4431: - Summary: HeartbeatThread should be a daemon thread Key: KAFKA-4431 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-4431 Project: Kafka Issue Type: Bug

should HeartbeatThread be a daemon thread?

Hi folks, We're seeing an issue where an exception inside the main processing loop of a consumer doesn't cause the JVM to exit, as expected (and, in our case, desired). From the thread dump, it appears that what's blocking exit is the "kafka-coordinator-heartbeat-thread". From what I understand of