[KAFKA-4793] Kafka Connect: POST /connectors/(string: name)/restart doesn't start failed tasks

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.0
• Component/s: KafkaConnect
• Labels: needs-kip
• Assignee: Kalpesh Patel
• Reporter: Gwen Shapira
• Created: 23/Feb/17 21:08
• Updated: 01/Jul/21 04:13
• Resolved: 01/Jul/21 04:13

Description

Sometimes tasks stop due to repeated failures. Users will want to restart the connector and have it retry after fixing an issue.

We expected "POST /connectors/(string: name)/restart" to cause retry of failed tasks, but this doesn't appear to be the case.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #3749
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #3749
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #10822