Allow specifying the Consumer Group rebalancing strategy from metadata

bindings/kafka/metadata.yaml

@@ -361,3 +361,14 @@ metadata:
       The default is none.
     example: '"gzip"'
     default: "none"
+  - name: consumerGroupRebalanceStrategy
+    type: string
+    required: false
+    description: |
+      The strategy to use for consumer group rebalancing.
+    example: '"sticky"'
+    default: '"range"'
+    allowedValues:
+      - "range"
+      - "sticky"
+      - "roundrobin"

common/component/kafka/kafka.go

@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ func (k *Kafka) Init(ctx context.Context, metadata map[string]string) error {
 	config.Consumer.Fetch.Default = meta.consumerFetchDefault
 	config.Consumer.Group.Heartbeat.Interval = meta.HeartbeatInterval
 	config.Consumer.Group.Session.Timeout = meta.SessionTimeout
+	k.initConsumerGroupRebalanceStrategy(config, metadata)
 	config.ChannelBufferSize = meta.channelBufferSize
 
 	config.Producer.Compression = meta.internalCompression
@@ -260,6 +261,25 @@ func (k *Kafka) Init(ctx context.Context, metadata map[string]string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (k *Kafka) initConsumerGroupRebalanceStrategy(config *sarama.Config, metadata map[string]string) {
+	consumerGroupRebalanceStrategy, ok := kitmd.GetMetadataProperty(metadata, "consumerGroupRebalanceStrategy")
+	if !ok {
+		consumerGroupRebalanceStrategy = consumerGroupRebalanceStrategyRange
+	}
+	switch strings.ToLower(consumerGroupRebalanceStrategy) {
+	case consumerGroupRebalanceStrategySticky:
+		config.Consumer.Group.Rebalance.GroupStrategies = []sarama.BalanceStrategy{sarama.NewBalanceStrategySticky()}
+	case consumerGroupRebalanceStrategyRoundRobin:
+		config.Consumer.Group.Rebalance.GroupStrategies = []sarama.BalanceStrategy{sarama.NewBalanceStrategyRoundRobin()}
+	case consumerGroupRebalanceStrategyRange:
+		config.Consumer.Group.Rebalance.GroupStrategies = []sarama.BalanceStrategy{sarama.NewBalanceStrategyRange()}
+	default:
+		k.logger.Warnf("Invalid consumer group rebalance strategy: %s. Using default strategy: '%s'", consumerGroupRebalanceStrategy, consumerGroupRebalanceStrategyRange)
+		config.Consumer.Group.Rebalance.GroupStrategies = []sarama.BalanceStrategy{sarama.NewBalanceStrategyRange()}
+	}
+	k.logger.Infof("Consumer group rebalance strategy set to '%s'", config.Consumer.Group.Rebalance.GroupStrategies[0].Name())
+}
+
 func (k *Kafka) ValidateAWS(metadata map[string]string) (*awsAuth.DeprecatedKafkaIAM, error) {
 	const defaultSessionName = "DaprDefaultSession"
 	// This is needed as we remove the aws prefixed fields to use the builtin AWS profile fields instead.

common/component/kafka/kafka_test.go

@@ -432,3 +432,89 @@ func TestValidateAWS(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestInitConsumerGroupRebalanceStrategy(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name             string
+		metadata         map[string]string
+		expectedStrategy string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:             "missing consumerGroupRebalanceStrategy property defaults to Range",
+			metadata:         map[string]string{},
+			expectedStrategy: "range",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "empty consumerGroupRebalanceStrategy property defaults to Range",
+			metadata: map[string]string{
+				"consumerGroupRebalanceStrategy": "",
+			},
+			expectedStrategy: "range",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "valid sticky strategy",
+			metadata: map[string]string{
+				"consumerGroupRebalanceStrategy": "sticky",
+			},
+			expectedStrategy: "sticky",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "valid roundrobin strategy",
+			metadata: map[string]string{
+				"consumerGroupRebalanceStrategy": "roundrobin",
+			},
+			expectedStrategy: "roundrobin",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "valid range strategy",
+			metadata: map[string]string{
+				"consumerGroupRebalanceStrategy": "range",
+			},
+			expectedStrategy: "range",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "case insensitive strategy",
+			metadata: map[string]string{
+				"consumerGroupRebalanceStrategy": "sTickY",
+			},
+			expectedStrategy: "sticky",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "case insensitive strategy default",
+			metadata: map[string]string{
+				"consumerGroupRebalanceStrategy": "Range",
+			},
+			expectedStrategy: "range",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "invalid strategy defaults to Range with warning",
+			metadata: map[string]string{
+				"consumerGroupRebalanceStrategy": "invalid",
+			},
+			expectedStrategy: "range",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			// Create Kafka instance with logger
+			k := &Kafka{
+				logger: logger.NewLogger("kafka_test"),
+			}
+
+			// Create sarama config
+			config := sarama.NewConfig()
+
+			// Call the method under test
+			k.initConsumerGroupRebalanceStrategy(config, tt.metadata)
+
+			// Verify the strategy was set correctly
+			require.Len(t, config.Consumer.Group.Rebalance.GroupStrategies, 1, "Expected exactly one rebalance strategy")
+
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.expectedStrategy, config.Consumer.Group.Rebalance.GroupStrategies[0].Name())
+
+			// Note: Warning verification would require a more sophisticated mock
+			// For now, we just verify the strategy is set correctly
+		})
+	}
+}

common/component/kafka/metadata.go

@@ -27,29 +27,32 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	key                  = "partitionKey"
-	keyMetadataKey       = "__key"
-	timestampMetadataKey = "__timestamp"
-	offsetMetadataKey    = "__offset"
-	partitionMetadataKey = "__partition"
-	topicMetadataKey     = "__topic"
-	skipVerify           = "skipVerify"
-	caCert               = "caCert"
-	certificateAuthType  = "certificate"
-	clientCert           = "clientCert"
-	clientKey            = "clientKey"
-	consumeRetryInterval = "consumeRetryInterval"
-	authType             = "authType"
-	passwordAuthType     = "password"
-	oidcAuthType         = "oidc"
-	mtlsAuthType         = "mtls"
-	awsIAMAuthType       = "awsiam"
-	noAuthType           = "none"
-	consumerFetchMin     = "consumerFetchMin"
-	consumerFetchDefault = "consumerFetchDefault"
-	channelBufferSize    = "channelBufferSize"
-	valueSchemaType      = "valueSchemaType"
-	compression          = "compression"
+	key                                      = "partitionKey"
+	keyMetadataKey                           = "__key"
+	timestampMetadataKey                     = "__timestamp"
+	offsetMetadataKey                        = "__offset"
+	partitionMetadataKey                     = "__partition"
+	topicMetadataKey                         = "__topic"
+	skipVerify                               = "skipVerify"
+	caCert                                   = "caCert"
+	certificateAuthType                      = "certificate"
+	clientCert                               = "clientCert"
+	clientKey                                = "clientKey"
+	consumeRetryInterval                     = "consumeRetryInterval"
+	authType                                 = "authType"
+	passwordAuthType                         = "password"
+	oidcAuthType                             = "oidc"
+	mtlsAuthType                             = "mtls"
+	awsIAMAuthType                           = "awsiam"
+	noAuthType                               = "none"
+	consumerFetchMin                         = "consumerFetchMin"
+	consumerFetchDefault                     = "consumerFetchDefault"
+	channelBufferSize                        = "channelBufferSize"
+	valueSchemaType                          = "valueSchemaType"
+	compression                              = "compression"
+	consumerGroupRebalanceStrategyRange      = "range"
+	consumerGroupRebalanceStrategySticky     = "sticky"
+	consumerGroupRebalanceStrategyRoundRobin = "roundrobin"
 
 	// Kafka client config default values.
 	// Refresh interval < keep alive time so that way connection can be kept alive indefinitely if desired.
@@ -99,8 +102,9 @@ type KafkaMetadata struct {
 
 	channelBufferSize int `mapstructure:"-"`
 
-	consumerFetchMin     int32 `mapstructure:"-"`
-	consumerFetchDefault int32 `mapstructure:"-"`
+	consumerFetchMin               int32  `mapstructure:"-"`
+	consumerFetchDefault           int32  `mapstructure:"-"`
+	ConsumerGroupRebalanceStrategy string `mapstructure:"consumerGroupRebalanceStrategy"`
 
 	// configs for kafka producer
 	Compression         string                  `mapstructure:"compression"`

pubsub/kafka/metadata.yaml

@@ -352,3 +352,14 @@ metadata:
         The default is none.
       example: '"gzip"'
       default: "none"
+    - name: consumerGroupRebalanceStrategy
+      type: string
+      required: false
+      description: |
+        The strategy to use for consumer group rebalancing.
+      example: '"sticky"'
+      default: '"range"'
+      allowedValues:
+        - "range"
+        - "sticky"
+        - "roundrobin"