Hi all, I think it's a good time to vote on KIP-180. It adds a helpful new metric that shows consumer group states.
The full proposal, and links to more discussion, are here: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-180%3A+Add+a+broker+metric+specifying+the+number+of+consumer+group+rebalances+in+progress best, Colin