From 4ff43dddeaa52900a49a4aac8fec7ab93b9554e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Lee <github@tomlee.co>
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2018 03:49:35 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] RefreshCoordinator() will handle closing the coordinator if
 necessary

---
 consumer_group.go | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/consumer_group.go b/consumer_group.go
index d577c57c1..03c1c3912 100644
--- a/consumer_group.go
+++ b/consumer_group.go
@@ -221,8 +221,6 @@ func (c *consumerGroup) newSession(ctx context.Context, topics []string, handler
 			return nil, join.Err
 		}
 
-		_ = coordinator.Close()
-
 		return c.retryNewSession(ctx, topics, handler, retries, true)
 	case ErrRebalanceInProgress: // retry after backoff
 		if retries <= 0 {
@@ -264,8 +262,6 @@ func (c *consumerGroup) newSession(ctx context.Context, topics []string, handler
 			return nil, sync.Err
 		}
 
-		_ = coordinator.Close()
-
 		return c.retryNewSession(ctx, topics, handler, retries, true)
 	case ErrRebalanceInProgress: // retry after backoff
 		if retries <= 0 {