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DeleteRecords

This page encodes the smallest legal instance of the request and the response: numeric fields are zero, strings and byte arrays are empty, every array carries exactly one sample element, and any records field holds one empty 61-byte RecordBatch v2. Version 2 is a flexible version, so every struct is terminated by a uvarint tagged-field count and strings and arrays carry compact length-plus-one prefixes. Sizes below include the leading int32 size prefix.

API key
21
Encoded at
v2
Flexible versions
2+
Headers
req v2, resp v1
Request versions
0-2
Response versions
0-2
Request size
37 bytes
Response size
33 bytes
framerpc headerrequest bodyRecordBatchRecordresponse bodytagged_fields

Request

DeleteRecordsRequest v2, request header v2, 37 bytes on the wire

byte layout (37 bytes, 16 bytes per row)

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DeleteRecordsRequest                           message v2                                         [0x0000, 37B]
+-- Frame                                                                                         [0x0000, 4B]   length-delimited framing
|   +-- size                                   int32                     = 33                     [0x0000, 4B]   number of bytes that follow, patched after encoding
+-- RequestHeader                              v2                                                 [0x0004, 11B]  common request header
|   +-- request_api_key                        int16                     = 21 (DeleteRecords)     [0x0004, 2B]   numeric id of the API being invoked
|   +-- request_api_version                    int16                     = 2                      [0x0006, 2B]   version of the API being invoked
|   +-- correlation_id                         int32                     = 0                      [0x0008, 4B]   echoed back by the broker in the response
|   +-- client_id                              nullable_string           = "" (int16 len=0)       [0x000c, 2B]   always a non-flexible int16-prefixed string
|   +-- tagged_fields                          uvarint                   = 0                      [0x000e, 1B]   number of tagged fields in the header
+-- DeleteRecordsRequest                       struct                                             [0x000f, 22B]  message body, version 2
    +-- Topics                                 []DeleteRecordsTopic      = 1 element              [0x000f, 17B]  Each topic that we want to delete records from.
    |   +-- length                             uvarint                   = 2 (compact, n+1)       [0x000f, 1B]   one sample element follows
    |   +-- DeleteRecordsTopic[0]              DeleteRecordsTopic        = struct                 [0x0010, 16B]
    |       +-- Name                           string                    = "" (compact, len+1=1)  [0x0010, 1B]   The topic name.
    |       +-- Partitions                     []DeleteRecordsPartition  = 1 element              [0x0011, 14B]  Each partition that we want to delete records from.
    |       |   +-- length                     uvarint                   = 2 (compact, n+1)       [0x0011, 1B]   one sample element follows
    |       |   +-- DeleteRecordsPartition[0]  DeleteRecordsPartition    = struct                 [0x0012, 13B]
    |       |       +-- PartitionIndex         int32                     = 0                      [0x0012, 4B]   The partition index.
    |       |       +-- Offset                 int64                     = 0                      [0x0016, 8B]   The deletion offset.
    |       |       +-- tagged_fields          uvarint                   = 0                      [0x001e, 1B]   number of tagged fields in this struct
    |       +-- tagged_fields                  uvarint                   = 0                      [0x001f, 1B]   number of tagged fields in this struct
    +-- TimeoutMs                              int32                     = 0                      [0x0020, 4B]   How long to wait for the deletion to complete, in milliseconds.
    +-- tagged_fields                          uvarint                   = 0                      [0x0024, 1B]   number of tagged fields in this struct

kafka message schema (.json)

{
  "apiKey": 21,
  "type": "request",
  "listeners": ["broker"],
  "name": "DeleteRecordsRequest",
  // Version 1 is the same as version 0.

  // Version 2 is the first flexible version.
  "validVersions": "0-2",
  "flexibleVersions": "2+",
  "fields": [
    { "name": "Topics", "type": "[]DeleteRecordsTopic", "versions": "0+",
      "about": "Each topic that we want to delete records from.", "fields": [
      { "name": "Name", "type": "string", "versions": "0+", "entityType": "topicName",
        "about": "The topic name." },
      { "name": "Partitions", "type": "[]DeleteRecordsPartition", "versions": "0+",
        "about": "Each partition that we want to delete records from.", "fields": [
        { "name": "PartitionIndex", "type": "int32", "versions": "0+",
          "about": "The partition index." },
        { "name": "Offset", "type": "int64", "versions": "0+",
          "about": "The deletion offset." }
      ]}
    ]},
    { "name": "TimeoutMs", "type": "int32", "versions": "0+",
      "about": "How long to wait for the deletion to complete, in milliseconds." }
  ]
}

Response

DeleteRecordsResponse v2, response header v1, 33 bytes on the wire

byte layout (33 bytes, 16 bytes per row)

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DeleteRecordsResponse                                message v2                                               [0x0000, 33B]
+-- Frame                                                                                                     [0x0000, 4B]   length-delimited framing
|   +-- size                                         int32                           = 29                     [0x0000, 4B]   number of bytes that follow, patched after encoding
+-- ResponseHeader                                   v1                                                       [0x0004, 5B]   common response header
|   +-- correlation_id                               int32                           = 0                      [0x0004, 4B]   matches the correlation_id of the request
|   +-- tagged_fields                                uvarint                         = 0                      [0x0008, 1B]   number of tagged fields in the header
+-- DeleteRecordsResponse                            struct                                                   [0x0009, 24B]  message body, version 2
    +-- ThrottleTimeMs                               int32                           = 0                      [0x0009, 4B]   The duration in milliseconds for which the request was throttled due to a q...
    +-- Topics                                       []DeleteRecordsTopicResult      = 1 element              [0x000d, 19B]  Each topic that we wanted to delete records from.
    |   +-- length                                   uvarint                         = 2 (compact, n+1)       [0x000d, 1B]   one sample element follows
    |   +-- DeleteRecordsTopicResult[0]              DeleteRecordsTopicResult        = struct                 [0x000e, 18B]
    |       +-- Name                                 string                          = "" (compact, len+1=1)  [0x000e, 1B]   The topic name.
    |       +-- Partitions                           []DeleteRecordsPartitionResult  = 1 element              [0x000f, 16B]  Each partition that we wanted to delete records from.
    |       |   +-- length                           uvarint                         = 2 (compact, n+1)       [0x000f, 1B]   one sample element follows
    |       |   +-- DeleteRecordsPartitionResult[0]  DeleteRecordsPartitionResult    = struct                 [0x0010, 15B]
    |       |       +-- PartitionIndex               int32                           = 0                      [0x0010, 4B]   The partition index.
    |       |       +-- LowWatermark                 int64                           = 0                      [0x0014, 8B]   The partition low water mark.
    |       |       +-- ErrorCode                    int16                           = 0                      [0x001c, 2B]   The deletion error code, or 0 if the deletion succeeded.
    |       |       +-- tagged_fields                uvarint                         = 0                      [0x001e, 1B]   number of tagged fields in this struct
    |       +-- tagged_fields                        uvarint                         = 0                      [0x001f, 1B]   number of tagged fields in this struct
    +-- tagged_fields                                uvarint                         = 0                      [0x0020, 1B]   number of tagged fields in this struct

kafka message schema (.json)

{
  "apiKey": 21,
  "type": "response",
  "name": "DeleteRecordsResponse",
  // Starting in version 1, on quota violation, brokers send out responses before throttling.

  // Version 2 is the first flexible version.
  "validVersions": "0-2",
  "flexibleVersions": "2+",
  "fields": [
    { "name": "ThrottleTimeMs", "type": "int32", "versions": "0+",
      "about": "The duration in milliseconds for which the request was throttled due to a quota violation, or zero if the request did not violate any quota." },
    { "name": "Topics", "type": "[]DeleteRecordsTopicResult", "versions": "0+",
      "about": "Each topic that we wanted to delete records from.", "fields": [
      { "name": "Name", "type": "string", "versions": "0+", "mapKey": true, "entityType": "topicName",
        "about": "The topic name." },
      { "name": "Partitions", "type": "[]DeleteRecordsPartitionResult", "versions": "0+",
        "about": "Each partition that we wanted to delete records from.", "fields": [
        { "name": "PartitionIndex", "type": "int32", "versions": "0+", "mapKey": true,
          "about": "The partition index." },
        { "name": "LowWatermark", "type": "int64", "versions": "0+",
          "about": "The partition low water mark." },
        { "name": "ErrorCode", "type": "int16", "versions": "0+",
          "about": "The deletion error code, or 0 if the deletion succeeded." }
      ]}
    ]}
  ]
}