Thank you so much Matthias, for your efforts in finding issues for me. This will really help me a lot. I raised a Jira access request 2 days ago, but did not get any response. Could you help please, if possible?
On Fri, 27 Feb 2026 at 00:57, Matthias J. Sax <[email protected]> wrote: > Prince, > > Thanks for reaching out and your interest to contribute to Kafka. Please > find a list of tickets I believe would be good candidates to get started > with: > > Metrics: > - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-14597 > - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-13183 > > Punctuator: > - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-13678 > - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-9467 > - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-12346 > > Misc: > - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-13819 > - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-9222 > - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-12883 > > Needs KIP: > - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-7371 > - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-9913 > > > Some tickets a older, so we would need to verify if they still apply, or > if they got already fixed (or something else changed, making a ticket > invalid). > > Hope this help to get you started. > > > -Matthias > > On 2/26/26 3:18 AM, Prince Raiyani wrote: > > Hi Kafka community, > > > > I'm a Java developer looking to make my first contribution to Apache > Kafka. > > I want to learn about Kafka's architecture and internals through hands-on > > contribution. > > > > I'm interested in working on Kafka Streams or Kafka Core components. I'm > > looking for a small bug fix or improvement that would help me understand > > how Kafka works internally. > > > > I've reviewed the newbie-labeled issues in JIRA, but many already have > > associated PRs. Could anyone suggest a suitable first issue or point me > to > > code areas that need attention? > > > > Thank you for your guidance! > > > >
