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Boyang Chen commented on KAFKA-8430: ------------------------------------ After checking the code in `KafkaConsumer`, I found out that the logic for null `group.id` is like ```// no coordinator will be constructed for the default (null) group id this.coordinator = groupId == null ? null :( new ConsumerCoordinator(logContext,``` So if `ConsumerCoordinator` is not constructed, `group.instance.id` is no use at all. > Unit test to make sure `group.id` and `group.instance.id` won't affect each > other > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: KAFKA-8430 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-8430 > Project: Kafka > Issue Type: Sub-task > Reporter: Boyang Chen > Priority: Major > -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)