[KAFKA-451] follower replica may need to backoff the fetching if leader is not ready yet

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Not A Problem
• Component/s: core
• Labels: optimization
• Assignee: Prashanth Menon
• Reporter: Jun Rao
• Created: 09/Aug/12 17:30
• Updated: 20/Apr/17 20:03
• Resolved: 20/Apr/17 20:03

Description

Currently, when a follower starts fetching from a new leader, it just keeps sending fetch requests even if the requests fail because the leader is not ready yet. We probably should let the follower backoff a bit in this case.

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: KAFKA-453 follower replica may need to backoff the fetching if leader is not ready yet