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Matthias J. Sax updated KAFKA-6608: ----------------------------------- Description: In KAFKA-4879, Kafka Consumer hangs indefinitely due to Fetcher's {{timeout}} being set to {{Long.MAX_VALUE}}. While fixing this issue, it was pointed out that if a timeout was added to methods which commits offsets synchronously, a stricter control on time could be achieved. https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=75974886 was:In KAFKA-4879, Kafka Consumer hangs indefinitely due to Fetcher's {{timeout}} being set to {{Long.MAX_VALUE}}. While fixing this issue, it was pointed out that if a timeout was added to methods which commits offsets synchronously, a stricter control on time could be achieved. > Add TimeoutException to KafkaConsumer#position() > ------------------------------------------------ > > Key: KAFKA-6608 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-6608 > Project: Kafka > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: consumer > Reporter: Richard Yu > Assignee: Richard Yu > Priority: Blocker > Labels: kip > > In KAFKA-4879, Kafka Consumer hangs indefinitely due to Fetcher's {{timeout}} > being set to {{Long.MAX_VALUE}}. While fixing this issue, it was pointed out > that if a timeout was added to methods which commits offsets synchronously, a > stricter control on time could be achieved. > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=75974886 -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)