## What's New
This enhanced Java diagnostic client adds detailed logging to understand exactly
what the Kafka consumer is waiting for during seekToBeginning() + poll():
### Features
1. **Detailed Exception Diagnosis**
- Catches TimeoutException and reports what consumer is blocked on
- Shows exception type and message
- Suggests possible root causes
2. **Request/Response Tracking**
- Shows when each operation completes or times out
- Tracks timing for each poll() attempt
- Reports records received vs expected
3. **Comprehensive Output**
- Clear separation of steps (assign → seek → poll)
- Summary statistics (successful/failed polls, total records)
- Automated diagnosis of the issue
4. **Faster Feedback**
- Reduced timeout from 30s to 15s per poll
- Reduced default API timeout from 60s to 10s
- Fails faster so we can iterate
### Expected Output
**Success:**
**Failure (what we're debugging):**
### How to Run
### Debugging Value
This test will help us determine:
1. Is seekToBeginning() blocking?
2. Does poll() send ListOffsetsRequest?
3. Can consumer parse Metadata?
4. Are response messages malformed?
5. Is this a gateway bug or Kafka client issue?
Created:
- SeekToBeginningTest.java: Standalone Java test that reproduces the seekToBeginning() hang
- Dockerfile.seektest: Docker setup for running the test
- pom.xml: Maven build configuration
- Updated docker-compose.yml to include seek-test service
This test simulates what Schema Registry does:
1. Create KafkaConsumer connected to gateway
2. Assign to _schemas topic partition 0
3. Call seekToBeginning()
4. Poll for records
Expected behavior: Should send ListOffsets and then Fetch
Actual behavior: Blocks indefinitely after seekToBeginning()
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