redpanda-data / redpanda-data/connect

aws_kinesis input: shards are not processed if they are closed

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Description

When kinesis a kinesis shard is split (eg. when scaling) it marks the parent shard as CLOSED and client writes start going to the child shards.
Benthos does not appear to be reading from CLOSED shards (unless shards are explicitly set on the input) due to this line https://github.com/redpanda-data/connect/blob/main/internal/impl/aws/input_kinesis.go#L630.

There may still be data from the parent shards which has not yet been processed so this data will be "lost". With kinesis you can tell once all the data has been read by the EndingSequenceNumber . https://docs.aws.amazon.com/streams/latest/dev/kinesis-using-sdk-java-after-resharding.html

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Research direction

Start in internal/impl/aws/input_kinesis.go at the shard-selection logic around line 630, then read the linked AWS Kinesis resharding documentation. Trace how closed parent shards and EndingSequenceNumber are handled; done means records remaining in a closed parent shard are processed before consumption moves on to child shards.

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Tech stack
aws, go
Domain
stream-processing
Issue type
Bug
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Estimated time
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Newbie friendliness
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