Hi Gokul. This would require a KIP to discuss. If you have a compelling need to change this then I encourage you to create a KIP and start the discussion. I’m not aware of anything specific that would prevent the change, but I will say that my gut instinct says it wouldn’t be a good idea without a truly compelling justification.
Ron > On Sep 28, 2020, at 8:34 AM, Gokul Ramanan Subramanian <gokul24...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Thanks Ron. > > Does this mean that it would be safe to remove the "KafkaPrincipal has not > changed after reauth" check in a future version? Or do you think there are > portions of the code that work under the assumption that this check exists? > >> On Sun, Sep 27, 2020 at 12:07 AM Ron Dagostino <rndg...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Gokul. I looked back at the discussion thread, and it appears it was an >> arbitrary decision. >> >> >> https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/45c09f226386c0b1dc5f9b36e112882a20414d5900f8d778969e633e%40%3Cdev.kafka.apache.org%3E >> >> Ron >> >> On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 11:03 AM Gokul Ramanan Subramanian < >> gokul24...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi. >>> >>> I was looking through Kafka code and found that SASL KafkaPrincipals are >>> not supposed to change upon reauthentication, and if they do, the broker >>> will kill the TCP connection. >>> >>> What is the reasoning behind this limitation? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>
