Use this tool only if the application is fully stopped:

You must use this script only if no instances of your application are running. Otherwise the application may enter an invalid state, crash, or produce incorrect results.

Use this tool with care and double-check its parameters:

If you provide wrong parameter values (e.g. typos in application.id) or specify parameters inconsistently (e.g. specifying the wrong input topics for the application), this tool might invalidate the application’s state or even impact other applications, consumer groups, or Kafka topics of your Kafka cluster.