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When type = FULL, the broker can reconcile its local state on disk with the request, and safely stage deletions for any partitions that are present on disk and are not contained in the request. This may include cases where a TopicPartition is not present in the LeaderAndIsrRequest, or it may be due to a topic partition containing a topic ID that does not match the local topic partition stored on the broker. Such reconciliation may also be necessary if type = INCREMENTAL and the topic ID set on a local partition does not match the topic ID contained in the request. When type = UNSPECIFIED, the request will be treated in a way that allows for backwards compatibility with older request types.

Stale partition deletions resulting from Deletions of stale partitions triggered by LeaderAndIsrRequest(s) will:

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