Hi, I'd like to call a vote for KIP-898 which aims to improve the performance of Connect startup by allowing discovery of plugins via the ServiceLoader.
KIP: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-898 %3A+Modernize+Connect+plugin+discovery Discussion thread: https://lists.apache.org/thread/wxh0r343w86s91py0876njzbyn5qxd8s Thanks!