ahuang98 commented on code in PR #19854: URL: https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/19854#discussion_r2226490247
########## raft/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/raft/KafkaRaftClient.java: ########## @@ -2569,13 +2569,15 @@ private void maybeTransition( } else { transitionToUnattached(epoch, OptionalInt.empty()); } - } else if ( - leaderId.isPresent() && - (!quorum.hasLeader() || leaderEndpoints.size() > quorum.leaderEndpoints().size()) - ) { - // The request or response indicates the leader of the current epoch - // which are currently unknown or the replica has discovered more endpoints - transitionToFollower(epoch, leaderId.getAsInt(), leaderEndpoints, currentTimeMs); + } else if (leaderId.isPresent()) { + if (quorum.isFollowerObserver()) { Review Comment: There were a few reasons - I'm curious to know what you think - if the node re-transitions to follower, we need to remove the safeguard which currently prevents follower to follower transitions without an epoch bump - we save some extraneous actions which occur in transitionToFollower (e.g. no need to reset connections or use durable transition, we don't have any new state like leaderId or votedKey to persist) -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: jira-unsubscr...@kafka.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org