Could you please correct Kip 1298 , we already have same no , I created few
weeks back.


Regards,
Viquar Kha

On Sun, Apr 5, 2026, 10:34 PM Kuan Po Tseng <[email protected]> wrote:

> Thanks again for the input!
>
> chia_01: Sure, we can add a debug message on the server side when response
> is empty and using v2 with only DESCRIBE_CONFIGS on CLUSTER and DESCRIBE on
> CLUSTER not set. Additionally, I think it would be helpful to add a warning
> message in ConfigCommand when the LIST_CONFIG_RESOURCE API response is
> empty, to let users know they may need to update their ACL.
>
> On 2026/04/05 08:55:06 Chia-Ping Tsai wrote:
> > chia_01: Regarding the migration plan, I have a concern about potential
> user confusion. Since clients using v2 with only DESCRIBE_CONFIGS will
> receive an empty response rather than an authorization error, this silent
> failure might be very hard to debug. Should we consider logging a warning
> message in this specific scenario to help users identify the missing
> DESCRIBE ACL?
> >
> > On 2026/04/05 03:48:16 Kuan-Po Tseng wrote:
> > > Thanks for the feedback, Chia-Ping!
> > >
> > > chia_00: That's a fair point. I'm a bit hesitant to handle
> DESCRIBE_CONFIGS
> > > in handleTopicMetadataRequest and handleListGroupsRequest,
> > > since those APIs return more than just names. Exposing topic/group
> names
> > > based on a config-oriented permission feels semantically misaligned,
> > > and I'm not sure it adds much value.
> > > Another approach worth considering: we could bump the API version of
> > > LIST_CONFIG_RESOURCES and switch to DESCRIBE instead of
> > > DESCRIBE_CONFIGS, aligning it with other resource-related APIs.
> > >
> > > I’ll update the KIP later, and would love to hear others' thoughts on
> this!
> > >
> > > On Sun, Apr 5, 2026 at 12:52 AM Chia-Ping Tsai <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > chia_00: For the sake of consistency, if we permit DESCRIBE_CONFIGS
> to
> > > > expose topic and group names in LIST_CONFIG_RESOURCES, should we
> also align
> > > > handleTopicMetadataRequest and handleListGroupsRequest? Currently,
> they
> > > > strictly require DESCRIBE.
> > > >
> > > > On 2026/04/04 16:40:08 Kuan-Po Tseng wrote:
> > > > > Hello everyone,
> > > > >
> > > > > I would like to start a discussion thread on KIP-1298 which fixes
> an
> > > > > authorization inconsistency in LIST_CONFIG_RESOURCES. Today the RPC
> > > > > requires DESCRIBE_CONFIGS on CLUSTER for all resource types, which
> is
> > > > > stricter than comparable RPCs like LIST_GROUPS and METADATA. The
> > > > practical
> > > > > impact is that `kafka-configs.sh --describe --entity-type groups`
> > > > silently
> > > > > returns incomplete results for users holding DESCRIBE but not
> > > > > DESCRIBE_CONFIGS on CLUSTER.
> > > > >
> > > > > More details, please check
> > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/x/ZJI8G
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Kuan-Po Tseng
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

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