KafkaTimeoutError: Timeout during ApiVersions check (HPE NonStop Python)

First of all thanks for your incredible work since kafka-python allows me to use KAFKA on a very particular system (HPE NonStop) and also for your support, I still remember one year ago when you pointed out that rebalancing on my consumer was due to the heartbeat not running properly and a consequence of the GIL on CPython ... solved with a small time sleep after each poll.

Now I have another issue again on the consumer while trying to upgrade my environment from version 2.2.10 to the latest 3.0.8 .
It is not reading anything and the attached debug log shows some errors, any idea what's going wrong ?

[gwkmt_kafka_gmtk2.log](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/29974523/gwkmt_kafka_gmtk2.log)

Start by reading the attached gwkmt_kafka_gmtk2.log and comparing the consumer behavior between kafka-python 2.2.10 and 3.0.8. Focus on the KafkaTimeoutError during the ApiVersions check in the HPE NonStop Python environment; done means identifying the cause and restoring message consumption or documenting the required compatibility change.

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