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Table of Contents

This page is meant as a template for writing a KIP. To create a KIP choose Tools->Copy on this page and modify with your content and replace the heading with the next KIP number and a description of your issue. Replace anything in italics with your own description.Status

Current state: Under DiscussionAccepted

Discussion thread: here [Change the link from the KIP proposal email archive to your own email thread]

JIRA: here [Change the link from KAFKA-1 to your own ticket]

https://lists.apache.org/thread/d4r4g9hqfmwpckdk9j01n7dh5y25j11n

JIRA:

Jira
serverASF JIRA
serverId5aa69414-a9e9-3523-82ec-879b028fb15b
keyKAFKA-17629
Please keep the discussion on the mailing list rather than commenting on the wiki (wiki discussions get unwieldy fast).

Motivation

Flaky tests are an ever-present problem in the Apache Kafka build. The presence of flaky tests erodes confidence in our test results which leads to many problems, both social and technical. When developers are used to seeing "red" results from the CI system, they are more likely to miss or ignore a significant test failure. The constant need for re-running the test suite in order to gain reasonable confidence puts a lot of burden on our test infrastructure – leading to very real costs. 

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