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@@ -61,13 +61,14 @@ class KafkaAdminClient(object):
wait before attempting to reconnect to a given host.
Default: 50.
reconnect_backoff_max_ms (int): The maximum amount of time in
- milliseconds to wait when reconnecting to a broker that has
+ milliseconds to backoff/wait when reconnecting to a broker that has
repeatedly failed to connect. If provided, the backoff per host
will increase exponentially for each consecutive connection
- failure, up to this maximum. To avoid connection storms, a
- randomization factor of 0.2 will be applied to the backoff
- resulting in a random range between 20% below and 20% above
- the computed value. Default: 1000.
+ failure, up to this maximum. Once the maximum is reached,
+ reconnection attempts will continue periodically with this fixed
+ rate. To avoid connection storms, a randomization factor of 0.2
+ will be applied to the backoff resulting in a random range between
+ 20% below and 20% above the computed value. Default: 1000.
request_timeout_ms (int): Client request timeout in milliseconds.
Default: 30000.
connections_max_idle_ms: Close idle connections after the number of