Hello all, This email starts the discussion thread for *KIP-1337: Add Protobuf MessageFormatter for Kafka Console Consumer*.
The proposal aims to improve the local debugging and observability experience for Kafka users working with protobuf-serialized messages without Schema Registry integration. Currently, protobuf payloads consumed through kafka-console-consumer.sh are not human-readable, often requiring custom deserialization scripts during development and troubleshooting. This KIP proposes adding a new ProtobufMessageFormatter implementation to Kafka’s existing formatter framework, enabling protobuf decoding using locally provided .proto definitions through the console consumer. KIP: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/x/EZImGQ Thanks, Sruthi
