KIP-181 — DescribeGroups Protocol Enhancement
Discussion ConsumerProtocol
KIP-181 extends the `DescribeGroups` response to include additional group metadata: `generationId`, `leaderId`, supported protocols, and per-member subscribed topics. The existing v1 response exposes only a limited member summary, preventing admin tools from displaying complete consumer group state without making additional internal requests.
Details
| Author | Vahid Hashemian |
| Status | Discussion |
| JIRA | KAFKA-5639 |
| Wiki | View on Apache Wiki |
| Created | 2017-07-25 |
| Last Modified | 2018-02-07 |
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