[KAFKA-13225] Controller skips sending UpdateMetadataRequest when shutting down broker doesnt host partitions

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.1.0
• Component/s: controller
• Assignee: David Mao
• Reporter: David Mao
• Created: 24/Aug/21 06:46
• Updated: 02/Sep/21 20:45
• Resolved: 02/Sep/21 20:45

Description

If a broker not hosting replicas for any partitions is shut down while there are offline partitions, the controller can fail to send out metadata updates to other brokers in the cluster.

 

Since this is a very niche scenario, I will leave the priority as Minor.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #11255