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Preserve Fluent Bit's no-wait and infinite grace values when converting the Kafka shutdown timeout from seconds to milliseconds. Positive grace values continue to be converted before calling rd_kafka_flush().

Thread-safe hot reload sets the old context's grace to -1. The Kafka output previously multiplied that sentinel by 1000 and passed -1000 to librdkafka, which treated it as an expired timeout and returned before outstanding messages reached a delivery result.

The integration coverage keeps a Kafka message pending with an unavailable broker and exercises both infinite and finite grace behavior during hot reload.

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Fixes #12343

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved Kafka shutdown handling for zero-wait and unlimited-wait grace settings.
    • Applied positive shutdown grace periods consistently when flushing pending messages.
    • Improved hot reload reliability while Kafka deliveries are in progress.
  • Tests

    • Added integration coverage for Kafka delivery during hot reload with finite and unlimited shutdown grace periods.

Thread-safe hot reload uses non-positive timeout sentinels. Convert only
positive grace periods from seconds to milliseconds so librdkafka still
receives its no-wait and infinite values unchanged.

Signed-off-by: Antonio Santos <antonio@santosvelasco.com>
Use an unavailable broker to keep one Kafka message pending during hot
reload. Verify infinite grace waits for librdkafka to resolve the message
while finite grace remains bounded.

Signed-off-by: Antonio Santos <antonio@santosvelasco.com>
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The Kafka output now preserves librdkafka’s zero and infinite timeout sentinels. New integration tests cover finite and infinite shutdown grace behavior during hot reload.

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Kafka shutdown grace handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Preserve Kafka flush timeout sentinels
plugins/out_kafka/kafka.c
kafka_flush_force converts only positive grace values to milliseconds. Zero and negative sentinel values pass unchanged to rd_kafka_flush.
Validate hot-reload grace behavior
tests/integration/scenarios/out_kafka/config/out_kafka_shutdown_grace.yaml, tests/integration/scenarios/out_kafka/tests/test_out_kafka_001.py
The scenario configures an HTTP-to-Kafka pipeline. Tests verify infinite-grace reload and finite-grace timeout behavior, including elapsed-time validation.

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The Kafka shutdown fix now preserves the infinite grace sentinel, but a failed thread-safe hot reload can leave the running instance with that setting. If Kafka delivery remains pending, a later shutdown or recovery action may wait indefinitely, so rollback restoration or explicit owner acceptance is needed before merge.

Suggested reviewers: cosmo0920

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Test as Integration test
  participant FluentBit as Fluent Bit
  participant Kafka as Kafka output
  participant Reload as Hot reload
  Test->>FluentBit: Submit pending-delivery record
  FluentBit->>Kafka: Enqueue record
  Test->>Reload: Trigger hot reload
  Reload->>Kafka: Force flush pending delivery
  Kafka-->>Reload: Return completion or timeout
  Reload-->>Test: Report reload result
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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes satisfy issue #12343. The implementation preserves librdkafka's -1 and 0 sentinel values, converts only positive grace values to milliseconds, and adds integration coverage for infinite an…
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The changes satisfy issue #12343. The implementation preserves librdkafka's -1 and 0 sentinel values, converts only positive grace values to milliseconds, and adds integration coverage for infinite and finite grace behavior during Kafka hot reload.

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In `@tests/integration/scenarios/out_kafka/tests/test_out_kafka_001.py`:
- Around line 628-641: Update the reload timing assertions around
trigger_http_reload and _wait_for_log_text to record a monotonic timestamp
immediately before triggering reload, then assert the force-flush timeout log
appears only after a lower bound near the configured 2000 ms grace interval.
Preserve the existing ordering assertion that the timeout precedes "[reload]
start everything".
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Comment thread tests/integration/scenarios/out_kafka/tests/test_out_kafka_001.py
Require the finite-grace reload to wait near its configured two-second
bound so the test distinguishes seconds from milliseconds.

Signed-off-by: Antonio Santos <antonio@santosvelasco.com>

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I added several comments. So, could you take a look?

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The patch looks reasonable for me.
Need to investigate why the warning of commit body is exceeded more than 80 characters is caused.

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Need to investigate why the warning of commit body is exceeded more than 80 characters is caused

@cosmo0920 turns out that the PR description first three paragraphs are 210, 262, and 154 characters. Could it be that the automation is looking at that too?

@cosmo0920 cosmo0920 added this to the Fluent Bit v5.1.2 milestone Sep 4, 2026
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edsiper merged commit 6334be3 into fluent:master Sep 4, 2026
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out_kafka: hot reload converts infinite shutdown grace to expired timeout

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