KIP-1141 — Simplifying Add/Remove Voter in MetadataQuorumCommand

Accepted Kafka 4.5 KRaftAdmin

Simplifies the kafka-metadata-quorum --add-voter and --remove-voter commands so they accept explicit endpoint and directory-id arguments instead of requiring a controller.properties file with access to the node's local metadata directory. The current requirement forces the operator to run the tool from a machine that has direct filesystem access to the target controller's metadata path, preventing remote management.

Protocol Impact

AddRaftVoter · RemoveRaftVoter

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