To overcome above issue [1] in the kafka 0.9.0.x, check following properties ;
- group.max.session.timeout.ms in the server.properties > session.timeout.ms in the consumer.properties
- group.min.session.timeout.ms in the server.properties < session.timeout.ms in the consumer.properties.
[1]
org.apache.kafka.common.errors.ApiException: The session timeout is not within an acceptable range.