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-# Kafka Gateway Implementation Phases
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-## Phase 1: Core SeaweedMQ Integration (COMPLETED ✅)
-**Goal**: Enable real message retrieval from SeaweedMQ storage
-
-### Tasks:
-- [x] Implement `integration.SeaweedMQHandler.GetStoredRecords()` to return actual records
-- [x] Add proper SMQ record conversion from SeaweedMQ format to Kafka format  
-- [x] Wire Fetch API to use real SMQ records instead of synthetic batches
-- [x] Add integration tests for end-to-end message storage and retrieval
-
-**Files modified**:
-- `weed/mq/kafka/integration/seaweedmq_handler.go`
-- `weed/mq/kafka/protocol/fetch.go` (verification)
-- Added test file: `weed/mq/kafka/integration/record_retrieval_test.go`
-
-**Verification**: E2E tests show "Found X SMQ records" - real data retrieval working
-
-## Phase 2: CreateTopics Protocol Compliance (COMPLETED ✅)
-**Goal**: Fix CreateTopics API parsing and partition handling
-
-### Tasks:
-- [x] Implement `handleCreateTopicsV0V1` request parsing
-- [x] Add support for partition count and basic topic configurations
-- [x] Wire CreateTopics to actual SeaweedMQ topic creation
-- [x] Add CreateTopics integration tests
-
-**Files modified**:
-- `weed/mq/kafka/protocol/handler.go`
-- Added test file: `weed/mq/kafka/protocol/create_topics_test.go`
-
-**Verification**: All v0-v5 CreateTopics tests pass; proper partition handling
-
-## Phase 3: ApiVersions Matrix Accuracy (COMPLETED ✅)
-**Goal**: Ensure advertised API versions match actual implementation
-
-### Tasks:
-- [x] Audit current `handleApiVersions` response against implemented features
-- [x] Correct max versions for APIs with higher implementations than advertised
-- [x] Update version validation in request handlers to match advertisements
-- [x] Document supported vs unsupported features per API version
-
-**Files modified**:
-- `weed/mq/kafka/protocol/handler.go` (`handleApiVersions` & `validateAPIVersion`)
-- Added file: `weed/mq/kafka/API_VERSION_MATRIX.md`
-- Added test file: `weed/mq/kafka/protocol/api_versions_test.go`
-
-**Verification**: Critical fixes for OffsetFetch v0-v5 and CreateTopics v0-v5 accuracy
-
-## Phase 4: Consumer Group Protocol Metadata (COMPLETED ✅)
-**Goal**: Proper JoinGroup protocol metadata parsing
-
-### Tasks:
-- [x] Implement consumer protocol metadata parsing in JoinGroup
-- [x] Extract subscription topics and user data from metadata
-- [x] Populate ClientHost from connection information
-- [x] Support multiple assignment strategies properly
-
-**Files modified**:
-- `weed/mq/kafka/protocol/joingroup.go`
-- `weed/mq/kafka/protocol/handler.go` (connection context)
-- Added file: `weed/mq/kafka/protocol/consumer_group_metadata.go`
-- Added test file: `weed/mq/kafka/protocol/consumer_group_metadata_test.go`
-
-**Verification**: ClientHost shows real IPs; enhanced protocol metadata parsing with 17 tests
-
-## Phase 5: Multi-Batch Fetch Support (COMPLETED ✅)
-**Goal**: Support multiple record batch concatenation in Fetch responses
-
-### Tasks:
-- [x] Implement proper record batch concatenation
-- [x] Handle batch size limits and chunking
-- [x] Add support for compressed record batches
-- [x] Performance optimization for large batch responses
-
-**Files modified**:
-- `weed/mq/kafka/protocol/fetch.go` (integrated multi-batch fetcher)
-- Added file: `weed/mq/kafka/protocol/fetch_multibatch.go`
-- Added test file: `weed/mq/kafka/protocol/fetch_multibatch_test.go`
-
-**Verification**: MaxBytes compliance, multi-batch concatenation, 17 comprehensive tests, E2E compatibility
-
-## Phase 6: Basic Flexible Versions Support (COMPLETED ✅)
-**Goal**: Basic support for flexible versions and tagged fields
-
-### Tasks:
-- [x] Add flexible version detection in request headers
-- [x] Implement tagged field parsing/skipping (with backward compatibility)
-- [x] Update response encoders for flexible versions (ApiVersions v3+)
-- [x] Add flexible version tests
-
-**Files modified**:
-- `weed/mq/kafka/protocol/handler.go` (added header parsing with fallback)
-- Added file: `weed/mq/kafka/protocol/flexible_versions.go`
-- Added test file: `weed/mq/kafka/protocol/flexible_versions_test.go`
-- Added test file: `weed/mq/kafka/protocol/flexible_versions_integration_test.go`
-
-**Verification**: 27 flexible version tests pass; robust fallback for older clients; E2E compatibility maintained
-
-## Phase 7: Comprehensive Error Handling and Edge Cases (COMPLETED ✅)
-**Goal**: Comprehensive error handling and Kafka spec compliance
-
-### Tasks:
-- [x] Audit all error codes against Kafka specification
-- [x] Add missing error codes for network/timeout scenarios
-- [x] Implement proper connection timeout handling
-- [x] Add comprehensive error handling tests
-
-**Files modified**:
-- Added file: `weed/mq/kafka/protocol/errors.go` (centralized error codes)
-- Added test file: `weed/mq/kafka/protocol/error_handling_test.go`
-- `weed/mq/kafka/protocol/handler.go` (enhanced timeout handling)
-- Updated all protocol handlers to use centralized error codes
-
-**Verification**: 21 error handling tests pass; unified error code usage; robust timeout detection; E2E compatibility maintained
-
-## Current Status: All Phases 1-7 completed! ✅
-
-**Implementation Summary**: 
-- Complete Kafka protocol gateway with SeaweedMQ integration
-- All major APIs implemented (Produce, Fetch, CreateTopics, Consumer Groups, Metadata, etc.)
-- Multi-batch fetch support with MaxBytes compliance
-- Flexible version support for modern Kafka clients
-- Comprehensive error handling and timeout management
-- Extensive test coverage with 100+ tests across all components
-- Full E2E compatibility with Sarama and kafka-go clients
-
-### Implementation Notes:
-- Each phase should include comprehensive tests
-- Commit after each phase completion
-- Backward compatibility must be maintained
-- Integration tests should verify end-to-end functionality