Kevin,

Thanks for reconsidering the approach and proposing the adjustments on
the Connector Configuration Provider. That looks like a much better
strategy, keeping the logging attributes within the boundary of the
framework, and extensible through the nifi-framework-api.

With that change, +1 from my side, and looking forward to moving ahead
with implementation.

Regards,
David Handermann

On Mon, Jun 1, 2026 at 8:03 AM Kevin Doran <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hey David,
>
> Thanks for the review. I agree with your feedback, allowing
> per-connector sourced MDC attributes via the
> ConnectorInitializationContext is too broad. I have modified the NIP
> to propose that attributes always come from the framework. This would
> include a default set of attributes such as Connector Id, Name, and
> Component. Extensibility would only be via Framework extensions
> (nifi-framework-api), such as ConnectorConfigurationProvider, rather
> than at the component level in nifi-api.
>
> The other suggested improvements to surface Connector Statuses in
> Reporting Task APIs remains unchanged.
>
> I think this is a better and safer approach, so thanks for calling our
> the potential issues with the original proposal. Hopefully this is
> agreeable.
>
> I have extended this NIP vote for 24 hours.
>
> On Fri, May 29, 2026 at 8:29 PM David Handermann
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Kevin,
> >
> > Thanks for the reply!
> >
> > I provided some feedback on the corresponding pull request for
> > nifi-api [1]. I agree with all of the changes, except for the
> > setLoggingAttributes addition to the ConnectorInitializationContext.
> >
> > Based on that concern, I am reluctantly voting -1 on the proposal as it 
> > stands.
> >
> > I think it would be better to make changes to the MDC at the framework
> > level. If there are features of a Connector that should be included,
> > I'm certainly open to considering additions in that direction.
> >
> > I would also be glad to move forward with a 24 hour vote on this topic
> > once we have an agreeable way forward.
> >
> > Regards,
> > David Handermann
> >
> > [1] https://github.com/apache/nifi-api/pull/89
> >
> > On Thu, May 28, 2026 at 10:00 AM Kevin Doran <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > Sounds good, thanks for the input, David!
> > >
> > > The vote has been extended to 72 hours.
> > >
> > > On Wed, May 27, 2026 at 9:11 PM David Handermann
> > > <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Kevin,
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for proposing these improvements to support observability at
> > > > the Connector level.
> > > >
> > > > Providing status tracking and attribution at the Connector level makes
> > > > sense, and provides a very useful way of tracking behavior. On initial
> > > > review, I'm concerned about introducing the generic Logging Attributes
> > > > concept at the public API level on the Connector Initialization
> > > > Context. As it exists now at the framework level, there are a
> > > > different set of concerns around exposing it in the public API.
> > > >
> > > > With that background, I'm not ready to vote for or against the
> > > > proposal right now. Given the concern, I believe this needs to become
> > > > a 72 hour vote. I plan to review the proposal in more detail and
> > > > follow up soon.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > David Handermann
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, May 27, 2026 at 2:35 PM Kevin Doran <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Team,
> > > > >
> > > > > I'd like to start a vote thread for NIP-30 [1] which aims to extend
> > > > > existing observability features to the new Connectors feature. Mainly,
> > > > > it will allow Connectors to have custom MDC logging attributes and
> > > > > have their statuses included in the interfaces used by reporting
> > > > > tasks.
> > > > >
> > > > > This is a small change, so using the updated NIP process recently
> > > > > adopted, this will be a 24-hour lazy consensus vote [2].
> > > > >
> > > > > I already have a draft PR up for these changes [3] for those that want
> > > > > a feel for what the changes will look like.
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > Kevin
> > > > >
> > > > > [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIP-30
> > > > > [2] https://apache.org/foundation/voting.html#LazyConsensus
> > > > > [3] https://github.com/apache/nifi-api/pull/89

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