Status

Current state: Under DiscussionAccepted

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JIRA: KAFKA-4925

Released:  0.11.0

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This config will specify the time, in milliseconds, that the GroupCoordinator should will use to delay the initial rebalance when the first member joins an empty group. Once the time has expired the rebalance will occur with any members that are part of the group.

Proposed Changes

Add the group.initial.rebalance.delay.ms to KafkaConfig with a default value of 3 seconds.

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