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+package sarama
+
+import (
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"fmt"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/eapache/go-resiliency/breaker"
+	"github.com/eapache/queue"
+)
+
+// AsyncProducer publishes Kafka messages using a non-blocking API. It routes messages
+// to the correct broker for the provided topic-partition, refreshing metadata as appropriate,
+// and parses responses for errors. You must read from the Errors() channel or the
+// producer will deadlock. You must call Close() or AsyncClose() on a producer to avoid
+// leaks: it will not be garbage-collected automatically when it passes out of
+// scope.
+type AsyncProducer interface {
+
+	// AsyncClose triggers a shutdown of the producer. The shutdown has completed
+	// when both the Errors and Successes channels have been closed. When calling
+	// AsyncClose, you *must* continue to read from those channels in order to
+	// drain the results of any messages in flight.
+	AsyncClose()
+
+	// Close shuts down the producer and waits for any buffered messages to be
+	// flushed. You must call this function before a producer object passes out of
+	// scope, as it may otherwise leak memory. You must call this before calling
+	// Close on the underlying client.
+	Close() error
+
+	// Input is the input channel for the user to write messages to that they
+	// wish to send.
+	Input() chan<- *ProducerMessage
+
+	// Successes is the success output channel back to the user when Return.Successes is
+	// enabled. If Return.Successes is true, you MUST read from this channel or the
+	// Producer will deadlock. It is suggested that you send and read messages
+	// together in a single select statement.
+	Successes() <-chan *ProducerMessage
+
+	// Errors is the error output channel back to the user. You MUST read from this
+	// channel or the Producer will deadlock when the channel is full. Alternatively,
+	// you can set Producer.Return.Errors in your config to false, which prevents
+	// errors to be returned.
+	Errors() <-chan *ProducerError
+}
+
+// transactionManager keeps the state necessary to ensure idempotent production
+type transactionManager struct {
+	producerID      int64
+	producerEpoch   int16
+	sequenceNumbers map[string]int32
+	mutex           sync.Mutex
+}
+
+const (
+	noProducerID    = -1
+	noProducerEpoch = -1
+)
+
+func (t *transactionManager) getAndIncrementSequenceNumber(topic string, partition int32) int32 {
+	key := fmt.Sprintf("%s-%d", topic, partition)
+	t.mutex.Lock()
+	defer t.mutex.Unlock()
+	sequence := t.sequenceNumbers[key]
+	t.sequenceNumbers[key] = sequence + 1
+	return sequence
+}
+
+func newTransactionManager(conf *Config, client Client) (*transactionManager, error) {
+	txnmgr := &transactionManager{
+		producerID:    noProducerID,
+		producerEpoch: noProducerEpoch,
+	}
+
+	if conf.Producer.Idempotent {
+		initProducerIDResponse, err := client.InitProducerID()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		txnmgr.producerID = initProducerIDResponse.ProducerID
+		txnmgr.producerEpoch = initProducerIDResponse.ProducerEpoch
+		txnmgr.sequenceNumbers = make(map[string]int32)
+		txnmgr.mutex = sync.Mutex{}
+
+		Logger.Printf("Obtained a ProducerId: %d and ProducerEpoch: %d\n", txnmgr.producerID, txnmgr.producerEpoch)
+	}
+
+	return txnmgr, nil
+}
+
+type asyncProducer struct {
+	client Client
+	conf   *Config
+
+	errors                    chan *ProducerError
+	input, successes, retries chan *ProducerMessage
+	inFlight                  sync.WaitGroup
+
+	brokers    map[*Broker]*brokerProducer
+	brokerRefs map[*brokerProducer]int
+	brokerLock sync.Mutex
+
+	txnmgr *transactionManager
+}
+
+// NewAsyncProducer creates a new AsyncProducer using the given broker addresses and configuration.
+func NewAsyncProducer(addrs []string, conf *Config) (AsyncProducer, error) {
+	client, err := NewClient(addrs, conf)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return newAsyncProducer(client)
+}
+
+// NewAsyncProducerFromClient creates a new Producer using the given client. It is still
+// necessary to call Close() on the underlying client when shutting down this producer.
+func NewAsyncProducerFromClient(client Client) (AsyncProducer, error) {
+	// For clients passed in by the client, ensure we don't
+	// call Close() on it.
+	cli := &nopCloserClient{client}
+	return newAsyncProducer(cli)
+}
+
+func newAsyncProducer(client Client) (AsyncProducer, error) {
+	// Check that we are not dealing with a closed Client before processing any other arguments
+	if client.Closed() {
+		return nil, ErrClosedClient
+	}
+
+	txnmgr, err := newTransactionManager(client.Config(), client)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	p := &asyncProducer{
+		client:     client,
+		conf:       client.Config(),
+		errors:     make(chan *ProducerError),
+		input:      make(chan *ProducerMessage),
+		successes:  make(chan *ProducerMessage),
+		retries:    make(chan *ProducerMessage),
+		brokers:    make(map[*Broker]*brokerProducer),
+		brokerRefs: make(map[*brokerProducer]int),
+		txnmgr:     txnmgr,
+	}
+
+	// launch our singleton dispatchers
+	go withRecover(p.dispatcher)
+	go withRecover(p.retryHandler)
+
+	return p, nil
+}
+
+type flagSet int8
+
+const (
+	syn      flagSet = 1 << iota // first message from partitionProducer to brokerProducer
+	fin                          // final message from partitionProducer to brokerProducer and back
+	shutdown                     // start the shutdown process
+)
+
+// ProducerMessage is the collection of elements passed to the Producer in order to send a message.
+type ProducerMessage struct {
+	Topic string // The Kafka topic for this message.
+	// The partitioning key for this message. Pre-existing Encoders include
+	// StringEncoder and ByteEncoder.
+	Key Encoder
+	// The actual message to store in Kafka. Pre-existing Encoders include
+	// StringEncoder and ByteEncoder.
+	Value Encoder
+
+	// The headers are key-value pairs that are transparently passed
+	// by Kafka between producers and consumers.
+	Headers []RecordHeader
+
+	// This field is used to hold arbitrary data you wish to include so it
+	// will be available when receiving on the Successes and Errors channels.
+	// Sarama completely ignores this field and is only to be used for
+	// pass-through data.
+	Metadata interface{}
+
+	// Below this point are filled in by the producer as the message is processed
+
+	// Offset is the offset of the message stored on the broker. This is only
+	// guaranteed to be defined if the message was successfully delivered and
+	// RequiredAcks is not NoResponse.
+	Offset int64
+	// Partition is the partition that the message was sent to. This is only
+	// guaranteed to be defined if the message was successfully delivered.
+	Partition int32
+	// Timestamp can vary in behaviour depending on broker configuration, being
+	// in either one of the CreateTime or LogAppendTime modes (default CreateTime),
+	// and requiring version at least 0.10.0.
+	//
+	// When configured to CreateTime, the timestamp is specified by the producer
+	// either by explicitly setting this field, or when the message is added
+	// to a produce set.
+	//
+	// When configured to LogAppendTime, the timestamp assigned to the message
+	// by the broker. This is only guaranteed to be defined if the message was
+	// successfully delivered and RequiredAcks is not NoResponse.
+	Timestamp time.Time
+
+	retries        int
+	flags          flagSet
+	expectation    chan *ProducerError
+	sequenceNumber int32
+}
+
+const producerMessageOverhead = 26 // the metadata overhead of CRC, flags, etc.
+
+func (m *ProducerMessage) byteSize(version int) int {
+	var size int
+	if version >= 2 {
+		size = maximumRecordOverhead
+		for _, h := range m.Headers {
+			size += len(h.Key) + len(h.Value) + 2*binary.MaxVarintLen32
+		}
+	} else {
+		size = producerMessageOverhead
+	}
+	if m.Key != nil {
+		size += m.Key.Length()
+	}
+	if m.Value != nil {
+		size += m.Value.Length()
+	}
+	return size
+}
+
+func (m *ProducerMessage) clear() {
+	m.flags = 0
+	m.retries = 0
+}
+
+// ProducerError is the type of error generated when the producer fails to deliver a message.
+// It contains the original ProducerMessage as well as the actual error value.
+type ProducerError struct {
+	Msg *ProducerMessage
+	Err error
+}
+
+func (pe ProducerError) Error() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("kafka: Failed to produce message to topic %s: %s", pe.Msg.Topic, pe.Err)
+}
+
+// ProducerErrors is a type that wraps a batch of "ProducerError"s and implements the Error interface.
+// It can be returned from the Producer's Close method to avoid the need to manually drain the Errors channel
+// when closing a producer.
+type ProducerErrors []*ProducerError
+
+func (pe ProducerErrors) Error() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("kafka: Failed to deliver %d messages.", len(pe))
+}
+
+func (p *asyncProducer) Errors() <-chan *ProducerError {
+	return p.errors
+}
+
+func (p *asyncProducer) Successes() <-chan *ProducerMessage {
+	return p.successes
+}
+
+func (p *asyncProducer) Input() chan<- *ProducerMessage {
+	return p.input
+}
+
+func (p *asyncProducer) Close() error {
+	p.AsyncClose()
+
+	if p.conf.Producer.Return.Successes {
+		go withRecover(func() {
+			for range p.successes {
+			}
+		})
+	}
+
+	var errors ProducerErrors
+	if p.conf.Producer.Return.Errors {
+		for event := range p.errors {
+			errors = append(errors, event)
+		}
+	} else {
+		<-p.errors
+	}
+
+	if len(errors) > 0 {
+		return errors
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (p *asyncProducer) AsyncClose() {
+	go withRecover(p.shutdown)
+}
+
+// singleton
+// dispatches messages by topic
+func (p *asyncProducer) dispatcher() {
+	handlers := make(map[string]chan<- *ProducerMessage)
+	shuttingDown := false
+
+	for msg := range p.input {
+		if msg == nil {
+			Logger.Println("Something tried to send a nil message, it was ignored.")
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if msg.flags&shutdown != 0 {
+			shuttingDown = true
+			p.inFlight.Done()
+			continue
+		} else if msg.retries == 0 {
+			if shuttingDown {
+				// we can't just call returnError here because that decrements the wait group,
+				// which hasn't been incremented yet for this message, and shouldn't be
+				pErr := &ProducerError{Msg: msg, Err: ErrShuttingDown}
+				if p.conf.Producer.Return.Errors {
+					p.errors <- pErr
+				} else {
+					Logger.Println(pErr)
+				}
+				continue
+			}
+			p.inFlight.Add(1)
+		}
+
+		version := 1
+		if p.conf.Version.IsAtLeast(V0_11_0_0) {
+			version = 2
+		} else if msg.Headers != nil {
+			p.returnError(msg, ConfigurationError("Producing headers requires Kafka at least v0.11"))
+			continue
+		}
+		if msg.byteSize(version) > p.conf.Producer.MaxMessageBytes {
+			p.returnError(msg, ErrMessageSizeTooLarge)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		handler := handlers[msg.Topic]
+		if handler == nil {
+			handler = p.newTopicProducer(msg.Topic)
+			handlers[msg.Topic] = handler
+		}
+
+		handler <- msg
+	}
+
+	for _, handler := range handlers {
+		close(handler)
+	}
+}
+
+// one per topic
+// partitions messages, then dispatches them by partition
+type topicProducer struct {
+	parent *asyncProducer
+	topic  string
+	input  <-chan *ProducerMessage
+
+	breaker     *breaker.Breaker
+	handlers    map[int32]chan<- *ProducerMessage
+	partitioner Partitioner
+}
+
+func (p *asyncProducer) newTopicProducer(topic string) chan<- *ProducerMessage {
+	input := make(chan *ProducerMessage, p.conf.ChannelBufferSize)
+	tp := &topicProducer{
+		parent:      p,
+		topic:       topic,
+		input:       input,
+		breaker:     breaker.New(3, 1, 10*time.Second),
+		handlers:    make(map[int32]chan<- *ProducerMessage),
+		partitioner: p.conf.Producer.Partitioner(topic),
+	}
+	go withRecover(tp.dispatch)
+	return input
+}
+
+func (tp *topicProducer) dispatch() {
+	for msg := range tp.input {
+		if msg.retries == 0 {
+			if err := tp.partitionMessage(msg); err != nil {
+				tp.parent.returnError(msg, err)
+				continue
+			}
+		}
+		// All messages being retried (sent or not) have already had their retry count updated
+		if tp.parent.conf.Producer.Idempotent && msg.retries == 0 {
+			msg.sequenceNumber = tp.parent.txnmgr.getAndIncrementSequenceNumber(msg.Topic, msg.Partition)
+		}
+
+		handler := tp.handlers[msg.Partition]
+		if handler == nil {
+			handler = tp.parent.newPartitionProducer(msg.Topic, msg.Partition)
+			tp.handlers[msg.Partition] = handler
+		}
+
+		handler <- msg
+	}
+
+	for _, handler := range tp.handlers {
+		close(handler)
+	}
+}
+
+func (tp *topicProducer) partitionMessage(msg *ProducerMessage) error {
+	var partitions []int32
+
+	err := tp.breaker.Run(func() (err error) {
+		var requiresConsistency = false
+		if ep, ok := tp.partitioner.(DynamicConsistencyPartitioner); ok {
+			requiresConsistency = ep.MessageRequiresConsistency(msg)
+		} else {
+			requiresConsistency = tp.partitioner.RequiresConsistency()
+		}
+
+		if requiresConsistency {
+			partitions, err = tp.parent.client.Partitions(msg.Topic)
+		} else {
+			partitions, err = tp.parent.client.WritablePartitions(msg.Topic)
+		}
+		return
+	})
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	numPartitions := int32(len(partitions))
+
+	if numPartitions == 0 {
+		return ErrLeaderNotAvailable
+	}
+
+	choice, err := tp.partitioner.Partition(msg, numPartitions)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	} else if choice < 0 || choice >= numPartitions {
+		return ErrInvalidPartition
+	}
+
+	msg.Partition = partitions[choice]
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// one per partition per topic
+// dispatches messages to the appropriate broker
+// also responsible for maintaining message order during retries
+type partitionProducer struct {
+	parent    *asyncProducer
+	topic     string
+	partition int32
+	input     <-chan *ProducerMessage
+
+	leader         *Broker
+	breaker        *breaker.Breaker
+	brokerProducer *brokerProducer
+
+	// highWatermark tracks the "current" retry level, which is the only one where we actually let messages through,
+	// all other messages get buffered in retryState[msg.retries].buf to preserve ordering
+	// retryState[msg.retries].expectChaser simply tracks whether we've seen a fin message for a given level (and
+	// therefore whether our buffer is complete and safe to flush)
+	highWatermark int
+	retryState    []partitionRetryState
+}
+
+type partitionRetryState struct {
+	buf          []*ProducerMessage
+	expectChaser bool
+}
+
+func (p *asyncProducer) newPartitionProducer(topic string, partition int32) chan<- *ProducerMessage {
+	input := make(chan *ProducerMessage, p.conf.ChannelBufferSize)
+	pp := &partitionProducer{
+		parent:    p,
+		topic:     topic,
+		partition: partition,
+		input:     input,
+
+		breaker:    breaker.New(3, 1, 10*time.Second),
+		retryState: make([]partitionRetryState, p.conf.Producer.Retry.Max+1),
+	}
+	go withRecover(pp.dispatch)
+	return input
+}
+
+func (pp *partitionProducer) backoff(retries int) {
+	var backoff time.Duration
+	if pp.parent.conf.Producer.Retry.BackoffFunc != nil {
+		maxRetries := pp.parent.conf.Producer.Retry.Max
+		backoff = pp.parent.conf.Producer.Retry.BackoffFunc(retries, maxRetries)
+	} else {
+		backoff = pp.parent.conf.Producer.Retry.Backoff
+	}
+	if backoff > 0 {
+		time.Sleep(backoff)
+	}
+}
+
+func (pp *partitionProducer) dispatch() {
+	// try to prefetch the leader; if this doesn't work, we'll do a proper call to `updateLeader`
+	// on the first message
+	pp.leader, _ = pp.parent.client.Leader(pp.topic, pp.partition)
+	if pp.leader != nil {
+		pp.brokerProducer = pp.parent.getBrokerProducer(pp.leader)
+		pp.parent.inFlight.Add(1) // we're generating a syn message; track it so we don't shut down while it's still inflight
+		pp.brokerProducer.input <- &ProducerMessage{Topic: pp.topic, Partition: pp.partition, flags: syn}
+	}
+
+	defer func() {
+		if pp.brokerProducer != nil {
+			pp.parent.unrefBrokerProducer(pp.leader, pp.brokerProducer)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	for msg := range pp.input {
+
+		if pp.brokerProducer != nil && pp.brokerProducer.abandoned != nil {
+			select {
+			case <-pp.brokerProducer.abandoned:
+				// a message on the abandoned channel means that our current broker selection is out of date
+				Logger.Printf("producer/leader/%s/%d abandoning broker %d\n", pp.topic, pp.partition, pp.leader.ID())
+				pp.parent.unrefBrokerProducer(pp.leader, pp.brokerProducer)
+				pp.brokerProducer = nil
+				time.Sleep(pp.parent.conf.Producer.Retry.Backoff)
+			default:
+				// producer connection is still open.
+			}
+		}
+
+		if msg.retries > pp.highWatermark {
+			// a new, higher, retry level; handle it and then back off
+			pp.newHighWatermark(msg.retries)
+			pp.backoff(msg.retries)
+		} else if pp.highWatermark > 0 {
+			// we are retrying something (else highWatermark would be 0) but this message is not a *new* retry level
+			if msg.retries < pp.highWatermark {
+				// in fact this message is not even the current retry level, so buffer it for now (unless it's a just a fin)
+				if msg.flags&fin == fin {
+					pp.retryState[msg.retries].expectChaser = false
+					pp.parent.inFlight.Done() // this fin is now handled and will be garbage collected
+				} else {
+					pp.retryState[msg.retries].buf = append(pp.retryState[msg.retries].buf, msg)
+				}
+				continue
+			} else if msg.flags&fin == fin {
+				// this message is of the current retry level (msg.retries == highWatermark) and the fin flag is set,
+				// meaning this retry level is done and we can go down (at least) one level and flush that
+				pp.retryState[pp.highWatermark].expectChaser = false
+				pp.flushRetryBuffers()
+				pp.parent.inFlight.Done() // this fin is now handled and will be garbage collected
+				continue
+			}
+		}
+
+		// if we made it this far then the current msg contains real data, and can be sent to the next goroutine
+		// without breaking any of our ordering guarantees
+
+		if pp.brokerProducer == nil {
+			if err := pp.updateLeader(); err != nil {
+				pp.parent.returnError(msg, err)
+				pp.backoff(msg.retries)
+				continue
+			}
+			Logger.Printf("producer/leader/%s/%d selected broker %d\n", pp.topic, pp.partition, pp.leader.ID())
+		}
+
+		pp.brokerProducer.input <- msg
+	}
+}
+
+func (pp *partitionProducer) newHighWatermark(hwm int) {
+	Logger.Printf("producer/leader/%s/%d state change to [retrying-%d]\n", pp.topic, pp.partition, hwm)
+	pp.highWatermark = hwm
+
+	// send off a fin so that we know when everything "in between" has made it
+	// back to us and we can safely flush the backlog (otherwise we risk re-ordering messages)
+	pp.retryState[pp.highWatermark].expectChaser = true
+	pp.parent.inFlight.Add(1) // we're generating a fin message; track it so we don't shut down while it's still inflight
+	pp.brokerProducer.input <- &ProducerMessage{Topic: pp.topic, Partition: pp.partition, flags: fin, retries: pp.highWatermark - 1}
+
+	// a new HWM means that our current broker selection is out of date
+	Logger.Printf("producer/leader/%s/%d abandoning broker %d\n", pp.topic, pp.partition, pp.leader.ID())
+	pp.parent.unrefBrokerProducer(pp.leader, pp.brokerProducer)
+	pp.brokerProducer = nil
+}
+
+func (pp *partitionProducer) flushRetryBuffers() {
+	Logger.Printf("producer/leader/%s/%d state change to [flushing-%d]\n", pp.topic, pp.partition, pp.highWatermark)
+	for {
+		pp.highWatermark--
+
+		if pp.brokerProducer == nil {
+			if err := pp.updateLeader(); err != nil {
+				pp.parent.returnErrors(pp.retryState[pp.highWatermark].buf, err)
+				goto flushDone
+			}
+			Logger.Printf("producer/leader/%s/%d selected broker %d\n", pp.topic, pp.partition, pp.leader.ID())
+		}
+
+		for _, msg := range pp.retryState[pp.highWatermark].buf {
+			pp.brokerProducer.input <- msg
+		}
+
+	flushDone:
+		pp.retryState[pp.highWatermark].buf = nil
+		if pp.retryState[pp.highWatermark].expectChaser {
+			Logger.Printf("producer/leader/%s/%d state change to [retrying-%d]\n", pp.topic, pp.partition, pp.highWatermark)
+			break
+		} else if pp.highWatermark == 0 {
+			Logger.Printf("producer/leader/%s/%d state change to [normal]\n", pp.topic, pp.partition)
+			break
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (pp *partitionProducer) updateLeader() error {
+	return pp.breaker.Run(func() (err error) {
+		if err = pp.parent.client.RefreshMetadata(pp.topic); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if pp.leader, err = pp.parent.client.Leader(pp.topic, pp.partition); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		pp.brokerProducer = pp.parent.getBrokerProducer(pp.leader)
+		pp.parent.inFlight.Add(1) // we're generating a syn message; track it so we don't shut down while it's still inflight
+		pp.brokerProducer.input <- &ProducerMessage{Topic: pp.topic, Partition: pp.partition, flags: syn}
+
+		return nil
+	})
+}
+
+// one per broker; also constructs an associated flusher
+func (p *asyncProducer) newBrokerProducer(broker *Broker) *brokerProducer {
+	var (
+		input     = make(chan *ProducerMessage)
+		bridge    = make(chan *produceSet)
+		responses = make(chan *brokerProducerResponse)
+	)
+
+	bp := &brokerProducer{
+		parent:         p,
+		broker:         broker,
+		input:          input,
+		output:         bridge,
+		responses:      responses,
+		buffer:         newProduceSet(p),
+		currentRetries: make(map[string]map[int32]error),
+	}
+	go withRecover(bp.run)
+
+	// minimal bridge to make the network response `select`able
+	go withRecover(func() {
+		for set := range bridge {
+			request := set.buildRequest()
+
+			response, err := broker.Produce(request)
+
+			responses <- &brokerProducerResponse{
+				set: set,
+				err: err,
+				res: response,
+			}
+		}
+		close(responses)
+	})
+
+	if p.conf.Producer.Retry.Max <= 0 {
+		bp.abandoned = make(chan struct{})
+	}
+
+	return bp
+}
+
+type brokerProducerResponse struct {
+	set *produceSet
+	err error
+	res *ProduceResponse
+}
+
+// groups messages together into appropriately-sized batches for sending to the broker
+// handles state related to retries etc
+type brokerProducer struct {
+	parent *asyncProducer
+	broker *Broker
+
+	input     chan *ProducerMessage
+	output    chan<- *produceSet
+	responses <-chan *brokerProducerResponse
+	abandoned chan struct{}
+
+	buffer     *produceSet
+	timer      <-chan time.Time
+	timerFired bool
+
+	closing        error
+	currentRetries map[string]map[int32]error
+}
+
+func (bp *brokerProducer) run() {
+	var output chan<- *produceSet
+	Logger.Printf("producer/broker/%d starting up\n", bp.broker.ID())
+
+	for {
+		select {
+		case msg := <-bp.input:
+			if msg == nil {
+				bp.shutdown()
+				return
+			}
+
+			if msg.flags&syn == syn {
+				Logger.Printf("producer/broker/%d state change to [open] on %s/%d\n",
+					bp.broker.ID(), msg.Topic, msg.Partition)
+				if bp.currentRetries[msg.Topic] == nil {
+					bp.currentRetries[msg.Topic] = make(map[int32]error)
+				}
+				bp.currentRetries[msg.Topic][msg.Partition] = nil
+				bp.parent.inFlight.Done()
+				continue
+			}
+
+			if reason := bp.needsRetry(msg); reason != nil {
+				bp.parent.retryMessage(msg, reason)
+
+				if bp.closing == nil && msg.flags&fin == fin {
+					// we were retrying this partition but we can start processing again
+					delete(bp.currentRetries[msg.Topic], msg.Partition)
+					Logger.Printf("producer/broker/%d state change to [closed] on %s/%d\n",
+						bp.broker.ID(), msg.Topic, msg.Partition)
+				}
+
+				continue
+			}
+
+			if bp.buffer.wouldOverflow(msg) {
+				if err := bp.waitForSpace(msg); err != nil {
+					bp.parent.retryMessage(msg, err)
+					continue
+				}
+			}
+
+			if err := bp.buffer.add(msg); err != nil {
+				bp.parent.returnError(msg, err)
+				continue
+			}
+
+			if bp.parent.conf.Producer.Flush.Frequency > 0 && bp.timer == nil {
+				bp.timer = time.After(bp.parent.conf.Producer.Flush.Frequency)
+			}
+		case <-bp.timer:
+			bp.timerFired = true
+		case output <- bp.buffer:
+			bp.rollOver()
+		case response := <-bp.responses:
+			bp.handleResponse(response)
+		}
+
+		if bp.timerFired || bp.buffer.readyToFlush() {
+			output = bp.output
+		} else {
+			output = nil
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (bp *brokerProducer) shutdown() {
+	for !bp.buffer.empty() {
+		select {
+		case response := <-bp.responses:
+			bp.handleResponse(response)
+		case bp.output <- bp.buffer:
+			bp.rollOver()
+		}
+	}
+	close(bp.output)
+	for response := range bp.responses {
+		bp.handleResponse(response)
+	}
+
+	Logger.Printf("producer/broker/%d shut down\n", bp.broker.ID())
+}
+
+func (bp *brokerProducer) needsRetry(msg *ProducerMessage) error {
+	if bp.closing != nil {
+		return bp.closing
+	}
+
+	return bp.currentRetries[msg.Topic][msg.Partition]
+}
+
+func (bp *brokerProducer) waitForSpace(msg *ProducerMessage) error {
+	Logger.Printf("producer/broker/%d maximum request accumulated, waiting for space\n", bp.broker.ID())
+
+	for {
+		select {
+		case response := <-bp.responses:
+			bp.handleResponse(response)
+			// handling a response can change our state, so re-check some things
+			if reason := bp.needsRetry(msg); reason != nil {
+				return reason
+			} else if !bp.buffer.wouldOverflow(msg) {
+				return nil
+			}
+		case bp.output <- bp.buffer:
+			bp.rollOver()
+			return nil
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (bp *brokerProducer) rollOver() {
+	bp.timer = nil
+	bp.timerFired = false
+	bp.buffer = newProduceSet(bp.parent)
+}
+
+func (bp *brokerProducer) handleResponse(response *brokerProducerResponse) {
+	if response.err != nil {
+		bp.handleError(response.set, response.err)
+	} else {
+		bp.handleSuccess(response.set, response.res)
+	}
+
+	if bp.buffer.empty() {
+		bp.rollOver() // this can happen if the response invalidated our buffer
+	}
+}
+
+func (bp *brokerProducer) handleSuccess(sent *produceSet, response *ProduceResponse) {
+	// we iterate through the blocks in the request set, not the response, so that we notice
+	// if the response is missing a block completely
+	var retryTopics []string
+	sent.eachPartition(func(topic string, partition int32, pSet *partitionSet) {
+		if response == nil {
+			// this only happens when RequiredAcks is NoResponse, so we have to assume success
+			bp.parent.returnSuccesses(pSet.msgs)
+			return
+		}
+
+		block := response.GetBlock(topic, partition)
+		if block == nil {
+			bp.parent.returnErrors(pSet.msgs, ErrIncompleteResponse)
+			return
+		}
+
+		switch block.Err {
+		// Success
+		case ErrNoError:
+			if bp.parent.conf.Version.IsAtLeast(V0_10_0_0) && !block.Timestamp.IsZero() {
+				for _, msg := range pSet.msgs {
+					msg.Timestamp = block.Timestamp
+				}
+			}
+			for i, msg := range pSet.msgs {
+				msg.Offset = block.Offset + int64(i)
+			}
+			bp.parent.returnSuccesses(pSet.msgs)
+		// Duplicate
+		case ErrDuplicateSequenceNumber:
+			bp.parent.returnSuccesses(pSet.msgs)
+		// Retriable errors
+		case ErrInvalidMessage, ErrUnknownTopicOrPartition, ErrLeaderNotAvailable, ErrNotLeaderForPartition,
+			ErrRequestTimedOut, ErrNotEnoughReplicas, ErrNotEnoughReplicasAfterAppend:
+			if bp.parent.conf.Producer.Retry.Max <= 0 {
+				bp.parent.abandonBrokerConnection(bp.broker)
+				bp.parent.returnErrors(pSet.msgs, block.Err)
+			} else {
+				retryTopics = append(retryTopics, topic)
+			}
+		// Other non-retriable errors
+		default:
+			if bp.parent.conf.Producer.Retry.Max <= 0 {
+				bp.parent.abandonBrokerConnection(bp.broker)
+			}
+			bp.parent.returnErrors(pSet.msgs, block.Err)
+		}
+	})
+
+	if len(retryTopics) > 0 {
+		if bp.parent.conf.Producer.Idempotent {
+			err := bp.parent.client.RefreshMetadata(retryTopics...)
+			if err != nil {
+				Logger.Printf("Failed refreshing metadata because of %v\n", err)
+			}
+		}
+
+		sent.eachPartition(func(topic string, partition int32, pSet *partitionSet) {
+			block := response.GetBlock(topic, partition)
+			if block == nil {
+				// handled in the previous "eachPartition" loop
+				return
+			}
+
+			switch block.Err {
+			case ErrInvalidMessage, ErrUnknownTopicOrPartition, ErrLeaderNotAvailable, ErrNotLeaderForPartition,
+				ErrRequestTimedOut, ErrNotEnoughReplicas, ErrNotEnoughReplicasAfterAppend:
+				Logger.Printf("producer/broker/%d state change to [retrying] on %s/%d because %v\n",
+					bp.broker.ID(), topic, partition, block.Err)
+				if bp.currentRetries[topic] == nil {
+					bp.currentRetries[topic] = make(map[int32]error)
+				}
+				bp.currentRetries[topic][partition] = block.Err
+				if bp.parent.conf.Producer.Idempotent {
+					go bp.parent.retryBatch(topic, partition, pSet, block.Err)
+				} else {
+					bp.parent.retryMessages(pSet.msgs, block.Err)
+				}
+				// dropping the following messages has the side effect of incrementing their retry count
+				bp.parent.retryMessages(bp.buffer.dropPartition(topic, partition), block.Err)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func (p *asyncProducer) retryBatch(topic string, partition int32, pSet *partitionSet, kerr KError) {
+	Logger.Printf("Retrying batch for %v-%d because of %s\n", topic, partition, kerr)
+	produceSet := newProduceSet(p)
+	produceSet.msgs[topic] = make(map[int32]*partitionSet)
+	produceSet.msgs[topic][partition] = pSet
+	produceSet.bufferBytes += pSet.bufferBytes
+	produceSet.bufferCount += len(pSet.msgs)
+	for _, msg := range pSet.msgs {
+		if msg.retries >= p.conf.Producer.Retry.Max {
+			p.returnError(msg, kerr)
+			return
+		}
+		msg.retries++
+	}
+
+	// it's expected that a metadata refresh has been requested prior to calling retryBatch
+	leader, err := p.client.Leader(topic, partition)
+	if err != nil {
+		Logger.Printf("Failed retrying batch for %v-%d because of %v while looking up for new leader\n", topic, partition, err)
+		for _, msg := range pSet.msgs {
+			p.returnError(msg, kerr)
+		}
+		return
+	}
+	bp := p.getBrokerProducer(leader)
+	bp.output <- produceSet
+}
+
+func (bp *brokerProducer) handleError(sent *produceSet, err error) {
+	switch err.(type) {
+	case PacketEncodingError:
+		sent.eachPartition(func(topic string, partition int32, pSet *partitionSet) {
+			bp.parent.returnErrors(pSet.msgs, err)
+		})
+	default:
+		Logger.Printf("producer/broker/%d state change to [closing] because %s\n", bp.broker.ID(), err)
+		bp.parent.abandonBrokerConnection(bp.broker)
+		_ = bp.broker.Close()
+		bp.closing = err
+		sent.eachPartition(func(topic string, partition int32, pSet *partitionSet) {
+			bp.parent.retryMessages(pSet.msgs, err)
+		})
+		bp.buffer.eachPartition(func(topic string, partition int32, pSet *partitionSet) {
+			bp.parent.retryMessages(pSet.msgs, err)
+		})
+		bp.rollOver()
+	}
+}
+
+// singleton
+// effectively a "bridge" between the flushers and the dispatcher in order to avoid deadlock
+// based on https://godoc.org/github.com/eapache/channels#InfiniteChannel
+func (p *asyncProducer) retryHandler() {
+	var msg *ProducerMessage
+	buf := queue.New()
+
+	for {
+		if buf.Length() == 0 {
+			msg = <-p.retries
+		} else {
+			select {
+			case msg = <-p.retries:
+			case p.input <- buf.Peek().(*ProducerMessage):
+				buf.Remove()
+				continue
+			}
+		}
+
+		if msg == nil {
+			return
+		}
+
+		buf.Add(msg)
+	}
+}
+
+// utility functions
+
+func (p *asyncProducer) shutdown() {
+	Logger.Println("Producer shutting down.")
+	p.inFlight.Add(1)
+	p.input <- &ProducerMessage{flags: shutdown}
+
+	p.inFlight.Wait()
+
+	err := p.client.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		Logger.Println("producer/shutdown failed to close the embedded client:", err)
+	}
+
+	close(p.input)
+	close(p.retries)
+	close(p.errors)
+	close(p.successes)
+}
+
+func (p *asyncProducer) returnError(msg *ProducerMessage, err error) {
+	msg.clear()
+	pErr := &ProducerError{Msg: msg, Err: err}
+	if p.conf.Producer.Return.Errors {
+		p.errors <- pErr
+	} else {
+		Logger.Println(pErr)
+	}
+	p.inFlight.Done()
+}
+
+func (p *asyncProducer) returnErrors(batch []*ProducerMessage, err error) {
+	for _, msg := range batch {
+		p.returnError(msg, err)
+	}
+}
+
+func (p *asyncProducer) returnSuccesses(batch []*ProducerMessage) {
+	for _, msg := range batch {
+		if p.conf.Producer.Return.Successes {
+			msg.clear()
+			p.successes <- msg
+		}
+		p.inFlight.Done()
+	}
+}
+
+func (p *asyncProducer) retryMessage(msg *ProducerMessage, err error) {
+	if msg.retries >= p.conf.Producer.Retry.Max {
+		p.returnError(msg, err)
+	} else {
+		msg.retries++
+		p.retries <- msg
+	}
+}
+
+func (p *asyncProducer) retryMessages(batch []*ProducerMessage, err error) {
+	for _, msg := range batch {
+		p.retryMessage(msg, err)
+	}
+}
+
+func (p *asyncProducer) getBrokerProducer(broker *Broker) *brokerProducer {
+	p.brokerLock.Lock()
+	defer p.brokerLock.Unlock()
+
+	bp := p.brokers[broker]
+
+	if bp == nil {
+		bp = p.newBrokerProducer(broker)
+		p.brokers[broker] = bp
+		p.brokerRefs[bp] = 0
+	}
+
+	p.brokerRefs[bp]++
+
+	return bp
+}
+
+func (p *asyncProducer) unrefBrokerProducer(broker *Broker, bp *brokerProducer) {
+	p.brokerLock.Lock()
+	defer p.brokerLock.Unlock()
+
+	p.brokerRefs[bp]--
+	if p.brokerRefs[bp] == 0 {
+		close(bp.input)
+		delete(p.brokerRefs, bp)
+
+		if p.brokers[broker] == bp {
+			delete(p.brokers, broker)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (p *asyncProducer) abandonBrokerConnection(broker *Broker) {
+	p.brokerLock.Lock()
+	defer p.brokerLock.Unlock()
+
+	bc, ok := p.brokers[broker]
+	if ok && bc.abandoned != nil {
+		close(bc.abandoned)
+	}
+
+	delete(p.brokers, broker)
+}