What is DeleteGroups?
Removes consumer groups via kafka-consumer-groups.sh --delete. Only works on groups in the Empty state; attempting to delete an active group returns NON_EMPTY_GROUP. Stored offsets are also deleted, so restarting consumers will apply auto.offset.reset.
Wire Diagram
Request Header · flexible
message_size
int32 · 4B
api_key
int16 · 2B
api_version
int16 · 2B
correlation_id
int32 · 4B
client_id
string (compact)
tagged
var
DeleteGroupsRequest v2
GroupsNames
[]string
tagged
var
Schema & Example
Schema { "GroupsNames": [string] }
Example { "GroupsNames": ["value-1", "value-2"] }