feyman2016 commented on a change in pull request #8589: URL: https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/8589#discussion_r429084219
########## File path: core/src/main/scala/kafka/tools/StreamsResetter.java ########## @@ -186,9 +190,15 @@ private void validateNoActiveConsumers(final String groupId, final List<MemberDescription> members = new ArrayList<>(describeResult.describedGroups().get(groupId).get().members()); if (!members.isEmpty()) { - throw new IllegalStateException("Consumer group '" + groupId + "' is still active " - + "and has following members: " + members + ". " - + "Make sure to stop all running application instances before running the reset tool."); + if (options.has(forceOption)) { + System.out.println("Force deleting all active members in the group: " + groupId); + adminClient.removeMembersFromConsumerGroup(groupId, new RemoveMembersFromConsumerGroupOptions()).all(); Review comment: Agreed, fixed ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org