[KAFKA-16203] AutoCommit of empty offsets blocks following requests due to inflight flag

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.7.0
• Fix Version/s: 3.8.0
• Component/s: clients, consumer
• Labels: kip-848-client-support
• Assignee: Lianet Magrans
• Reporter: Lianet Magrans
• Created: 29/Jan/24 14:52
• Updated: 02/Feb/24 22:20
• Resolved: 31/Jan/24 08:27

Description

The logic for auto-committing offsets completes without generating a request, but mistakenly leaves the inflight request flag on when auto-committing empty offsets. This makes that following auto-commits won't generate requests, even if offsets have been consumed.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #15282