Repository: knative-sandbox/eventing-kafka
Pull request #911 (2021-10-01 11:38:27)

[main] KafkaChannel to init offsets before dispatcher 
Manual cherry pick of the same fix in 0.24: https://github.com/knative-sandbox/eventing-kafka/pull/886


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matzew: /hold

let's use :cherries:-pick of the "merge sha" ... 
aliok: > let's use 🍒-pick of the "merge sha" ...

If it works yes, that's nicer.
aliok: Let's see this one passes the tests then I will cherry pick the changes and do the dance from 0.24 -> ... -> main
pierDipi: /test pull-knative-sandbox-eventing-kafka-upgrade-tests 
aliok: Ok, let's see what happens to the 0.26 backport: https://github.com/knative-sandbox/eventing-kafka/pull/928
aliok: /hold

Some renaming to be done here on this PR
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```
Unable to connect to the server: net/http: TLS handshake timeout
```

Patch:
diff --git a/cmd/channel/distributed/dispatcher/main.go b/cmd/channel/distributed/dispatcher/main.go
index a6f9fa926..eb47981c6 100644
--- a/cmd/channel/distributed/dispatcher/main.go
+++ b/cmd/channel/distributed/dispatcher/main.go
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func main() {
 		MetricsRegistry: ekConfig.Sarama.Config.MetricRegistry,
 		SaramaConfig:    ekConfig.Sarama.Config,
 	}
-	dispatcher, managerEvents := dispatch.NewDispatcher(dispatcherConfig, controlProtocolServer)
+	dispatcher, managerEvents := dispatch.NewDispatcher(dispatcherConfig, controlProtocolServer, func(ref types.NamespacedName) {})
 
 	// Create KafkaChannel Informer
 	kafkaClient := kafkaclientset.NewForConfigOrDie(k8sConfig)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 00dc7780f..3091144e1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
 	github.com/xdg-go/scram v1.0.2
 	go.opencensus.io v0.23.0
-	go.uber.org/atomic v1.9.0
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.6.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.19.1
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20210220032951-036812b2e83c
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@ require (
 	knative.dev/control-protocol v0.0.0-20210929151023-4b73baddb22a
 	knative.dev/eventing v0.26.1-0.20210930102845-5b9ac948cefc
 	knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20210806075220-815cd312d65c
-	knative.dev/networking v0.0.0-20210929162523-749575ef53f8
 	knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20210929111822-2267a4cbebb8
 	knative.dev/reconciler-test v0.0.0-20210930064245-45904ca4383d
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 74cf61544..a5db58583 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -658,7 +658,6 @@ github.com/rogpeppe/fastuuid v0.0.0-20150106093220-6724a57986af/go.mod h1:XWv6So
 github.com/rogpeppe/fastuuid v1.2.0 h1:Ppwyp6VYCF1nvBTXL3trRso7mXMlRrw9ooo375wvi2s=
 github.com/rogpeppe/fastuuid v1.2.0/go.mod h1:jVj6XXZzXRy/MSR5jhDC/2q6DgLz+nrA6LYCDYWNEvQ=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M8bDsm7K2OlrFYOpmOWEs/qY81heoFRclV5y23lUDJ4=
-github.com/rs/dnscache v0.0.0-20210201191234-295bba877686/go.mod h1:qe5TWALJ8/a1Lqznoc5BDHpYX/8HU60Hm2AwRmqzxqA=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday v1.5.2/go.mod h1:JO/DiYxRf+HjHt06OyowR9PTA263kcR/rfWxYHBV53g=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
 github.com/ryanuber/columnize v0.0.0-20160712163229-9b3edd62028f/go.mod h1:sm1tb6uqfes/u+d4ooFouqFdy9/2g9QGwK3SQygK0Ts=
@@ -1306,8 +1305,6 @@ knative.dev/eventing v0.26.1-0.20210930102845-5b9ac948cefc/go.mod h1:HwxfiCneWF5
 knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20210806075220-815cd312d65c h1:nOXoDWAAItwr4o0dp3nHr6skgpVD4IvME/UX84YNl5k=
 knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20210806075220-815cd312d65c/go.mod h1:PHt8x8yX5Z9pPquBEfIj0X66f8iWkWfR0S/sarACJrI=
 knative.dev/hack/schema v0.0.0-20210806075220-815cd312d65c/go.mod h1:ffjwmdcrH5vN3mPhO8RrF2KfNnbHeCE2C60A+2cv3U0=
-knative.dev/networking v0.0.0-20210929162523-749575ef53f8 h1:1VblI2O16leI1bFP4HitfuIRE8SIuPwqDAput/SBh/g=
-knative.dev/networking v0.0.0-20210929162523-749575ef53f8/go.mod h1:IQMjYdQwtOsqJ+fQDs8MZGB/cPxXdMc4bpP7fdtXp2Q=
 knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20210914164111-4857ab6939e3/go.mod h1:jMSqkNMsrzuy+XR4Yr/BMy7SDVbUOl3KKB6+5MR+ZU8=
 knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20210929111822-2267a4cbebb8 h1:Ut2Z22rH5WfybI5hjEfi9fDU7rK6kIduWpSAgoEXh7M=
 knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20210929111822-2267a4cbebb8/go.mod h1:r27D20afKNeK+9aNOg+0qMv8JgQcyeP+CAYQIR1jEQY=
diff --git a/pkg/channel/consolidated/dispatcher/dispatcher.go b/pkg/channel/consolidated/dispatcher/dispatcher.go
index 8c0053d25..bd1e7cf2a 100644
--- a/pkg/channel/consolidated/dispatcher/dispatcher.go
+++ b/pkg/channel/consolidated/dispatcher/dispatcher.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package dispatcher
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	nethttp "net/http"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
@@ -29,24 +30,19 @@ import (
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
-	"knative.dev/eventing-kafka/pkg/common/config"
 	"knative.dev/pkg/logging"
 
+	"knative.dev/eventing-kafka/pkg/common/config"
+
 	eventingchannels "knative.dev/eventing/pkg/channel"
 	"knative.dev/pkg/kmeta"
 
-	nethttp "net/http"
-
 	"knative.dev/eventing-kafka/pkg/channel/consolidated/utils"
 	"knative.dev/eventing-kafka/pkg/channel/distributed/common/env"
 	"knative.dev/eventing-kafka/pkg/common/consumer"
 	"knative.dev/eventing-kafka/pkg/common/tracing"
 )
 
-const (
-	dispatcherReadySubHeader = "K-Subscriber-Status"
-)
-
 type TopicFunc func(separator, namespace, name string) string
 
 type KafkaDispatcherArgs struct {
@@ -77,7 +73,9 @@ type KafkaDispatcher struct {
 	logger    *zap.SugaredLogger
 }
 
-func NewDispatcher(ctx context.Context, args *KafkaDispatcherArgs) (*KafkaDispatcher, error) {
+// NewDispatcher creates a new dispatcher struct. enqueue argument is a function that is used to
+// requeue a KafkaChannel instance via the reconciler which is used when creating the consumer.
+func NewDispatcher(ctx context.Context, args *KafkaDispatcherArgs, enqueue func(ref types.NamespacedName)) (*KafkaDispatcher, error) {
 
 	producer, err := sarama.NewSyncProducer(args.Brokers, args.Config.Sarama.Config)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -86,7 +84,7 @@ func NewDispatcher(ctx context.Context, args *KafkaDispatcherArgs) (*KafkaDispat
 
 	dispatcher := &KafkaDispatcher{
 		dispatcher:           eventingchannels.NewMessageDispatcher(logging.FromContext(ctx).Desugar()),
-		kafkaConsumerFactory: consumer.NewConsumerGroupFactory(args.Brokers, args.Config.Sarama.Config),
+		kafkaConsumerFactory: consumer.NewConsumerGroupFactory(args.Brokers, args.Config.Sarama.Config, &consumer.KafkaConsumerGroupOffsetsChecker{}, enqueue),
 		channelSubscriptions: make(map[types.NamespacedName]*KafkaSubscription),
 		subsConsumerGroups:   make(map[types.UID]sarama.ConsumerGroup),
 		subscriptions:        make(map[types.UID]Subscription),
@@ -95,15 +93,6 @@ func NewDispatcher(ctx context.Context, args *KafkaDispatcherArgs) (*KafkaDispat
 		topicFunc:            args.TopicFunc,
 	}
 
-	// initialize and start the subscription endpoint server
-	subscriptionEndpoint := &subscriptionEndpoint{
-		dispatcher: dispatcher,
-		logger:     logging.FromContext(ctx),
-	}
-	go func() {
-		subscriptionEndpoint.start()
-	}()
-
 	podName, err := env.GetRequiredConfigValue(logging.FromContext(ctx).Desugar(), env.PodNameEnvVarKey)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -171,7 +160,7 @@ func (k UpdateError) Error() string {
 }
 
 // ReconcileConsumers will be called by new CRD based kafka channel dispatcher controller.
-func (d *KafkaDispatcher) ReconcileConsumers(config *ChannelConfig) error {
+func (d *KafkaDispatcher) ReconcileConsumers(ctx context.Context, config *ChannelConfig) error {
 	channelNamespacedName := types.NamespacedName{
 		Namespace: config.Namespace,
 		Name:      config.Name,
@@ -215,7 +204,7 @@ func (d *KafkaDispatcher) ReconcileConsumers(config *ChannelConfig) error {
 
 	failedToSubscribe := make(UpdateError)
 	for subUid, subSpec := range toAddSubs {
-		if err := d.subscribe(channelNamespacedName, subSpec); err != nil {
+		if err := d.subscribe(ctx, channelNamespacedName, subSpec); err != nil {
 			failedToSubscribe[subUid] = err
 		}
 	}
@@ -286,7 +275,7 @@ func (d *KafkaDispatcher) CleanupChannel(name, namespace, hostname string) error
 
 // subscribe reads kafkaConsumers which gets updated in UpdateConfig in a separate go-routine.
 // subscribe must be called under updateLock.
-func (d *KafkaDispatcher) subscribe(channelRef types.NamespacedName, sub Subscription) error {
+func (d *KafkaDispatcher) subscribe(ctx context.Context, channelRef types.NamespacedName, sub Subscription) error {
 	d.logger.Infow("Subscribing to Kafka Channel", zap.Any("channelRef", channelRef), zap.Any("subscription", sub.UID))
 
 	topicName := d.topicFunc(utils.KafkaChannelSeparator, channelRef.Namespace, channelRef.Name)
@@ -310,7 +299,7 @@ func (d *KafkaDispatcher) subscribe(channelRef types.NamespacedName, sub Subscri
 	}
 	d.logger.Debugw("Starting consumer group", zap.Any("channelRef", channelRef),
 		zap.Any("subscription", sub.UID), zap.String("topic", topicName), zap.String("consumer group", groupID))
-	consumerGroup, err := d.kafkaConsumerFactory.StartConsumerGroup(groupID, []string{topicName}, d.logger, handler)
+	consumerGroup, err := d.kafkaConsumerFactory.StartConsumerGroup(ctx, groupID, []string{topicName}, handler, channelRef)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		// we can not create a consumer - logging that, with reason
diff --git a/pkg/channel/consolidated/dispatcher/subscription_endpoint.go b/pkg/channel/consolidated/dispatcher/subscription_endpoint.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 942d9e26c..000000000
--- a/pkg/channel/consolidated/dispatcher/subscription_endpoint.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-package dispatcher
-
-import (
-	"encoding/json"
-	nethttp "net/http"
-	"strings"
-
-	"go.uber.org/zap"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
-)
-
-// subscriptionEndpoint is serving the subscription status of the Kafka channel.
-// A prober in the controller calls the endpoint to see if the subscriper is ready.
-type subscriptionEndpoint struct {
-	dispatcher *KafkaDispatcher
-	logger     *zap.SugaredLogger
-}
-
-func (d *subscriptionEndpoint) ServeHTTP(w nethttp.ResponseWriter, r *nethttp.Request) {
-	if r.Method != nethttp.MethodGet {
-		w.WriteHeader(nethttp.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
-		d.logger.Errorf("Received request method that wasn't GET: %s", r.Method)
-		return
-	}
-	uriSplit := strings.Split(r.RequestURI, "/")
-	if len(uriSplit) != 3 {
-		w.WriteHeader(nethttp.StatusNotFound)
-		d.logger.Errorf("Unable to process request: %s", r.RequestURI)
-		return
-	}
-	channelRefNamespace, channelRefName := uriSplit[1], uriSplit[2]
-	channelRef := types.NamespacedName{
-		Name:      channelRefName,
-		Namespace: channelRefNamespace,
-	}
-	if _, ok := d.dispatcher.channelSubscriptions[channelRef]; !ok {
-		w.WriteHeader(nethttp.StatusNotFound)
-		return
-	}
-	d.dispatcher.channelSubscriptions[channelRef].readySubscriptionsLock.RLock()
-	defer d.dispatcher.channelSubscriptions[channelRef].readySubscriptionsLock.RUnlock()
-	var subscriptions = make(map[string][]int32)
-	w.Header().Set(dispatcherReadySubHeader, channelRefName)
-	for s, ps := range d.dispatcher.channelSubscriptions[channelRef].channelReadySubscriptions {
-		subscriptions[s] = ps.List()
-	}
-	jsonResult, err := json.Marshal(subscriptions)
-	if err != nil {
-		d.logger.Errorf("Error marshalling json for sub-status channelref: %s/%s, %w", channelRefNamespace, channelRefName, err)
-		return
-	}
-	_, err = w.Write(jsonResult)
-	if err != nil {
-		d.logger.Errorf("Error writing jsonResult to serveHTTP writer: %w", err)
-	}
-}
-
-func (d *subscriptionEndpoint) start() {
-	d.logger.Fatal(nethttp.ListenAndServe(":8081", d))
-}
diff --git a/pkg/channel/consolidated/reconciler/controller/controller.go b/pkg/channel/consolidated/reconciler/controller/controller.go
index f96afaf1f..9d132966d 100644
--- a/pkg/channel/consolidated/reconciler/controller/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/channel/consolidated/reconciler/controller/controller.go
@@ -26,11 +26,9 @@ import (
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
 	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
-	eventingduckv1 "knative.dev/eventing/pkg/apis/duck/v1"
 	eventingClient "knative.dev/eventing/pkg/client/injection/client"
 	kubeclient "knative.dev/pkg/client/injection/kube/client"
 	deploymentinformer "knative.dev/pkg/client/injection/kube/informers/apps/v1/deployment"
@@ -45,9 +43,6 @@ import (
 	knativeReconciler "knative.dev/pkg/reconciler"
 	"knative.dev/pkg/system"
 
-	"knative.dev/eventing-kafka/pkg/apis/messaging/v1beta1"
-	"knative.dev/eventing-kafka/pkg/channel/consolidated/status"
-	kafkamessagingv1beta1 "knative.dev/eventing-kafka/pkg/client/informers/externalversions/messaging/v1beta1"
 	kafkaChannelClient "knative.dev/eventing-kafka/pkg/client/injection/client"
 	"knative.dev/eventing-kafka/pkg/client/injection/informers/messaging/v1beta1/kafkachannel"
 	kafkaChannelReconciler "knative.dev/eventing-kafka/pkg/client/injection/reconciler/messaging/v1beta1/kafkachannel"
@@ -110,17 +105,6 @@ func NewController(
 
 	impl := kafkaChannelReconciler.NewImpl(ctx, r)
 
-	statusProber := status.NewProber(
-		logger.Named("status-manager"),
-		NewProbeTargetLister(logger, endpointsInformer.Lister()),
-		func(c v1beta1.KafkaChannel, s eventingduckv1.SubscriberSpec) {
-			logger.Debugf("Ready callback triggered for channel: %s/%s subscription: %s", c.Namespace, c.Name, string(s.UID))
-			impl.EnqueueKey(types.NamespacedName{Namespace: c.Namespace, Name: c.Name})
-		},
-	)
-	r.statusManager = statusProber
-	statusProber.Start(ctx.Done())
-
 	// Call GlobalResync on kafkachannels.
 	grCh := func(obj interface{}) {
 		logger.Debug("Changes detected, doing global resync")
@@ -167,34 +151,17 @@ func NewController(
 		FilterFunc: filterFn,
 		Handler:    controller.HandleAll(grCh),
 	})
-
 	podInformer.Informer().AddEventHandler(cache.FilteringResourceEventHandler{
 		FilterFunc: knativeReconciler.ChainFilterFuncs(
 			knativeReconciler.LabelFilterFunc(channelLabelKey, channelLabelValue, false),
 			knativeReconciler.LabelFilterFunc(roleLabelKey, dispatcherRoleLabelValue, false),
 		),
-		Handler: cache.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{
-			// Cancel probing when a Pod is deleted
-			DeleteFunc: getPodInformerEventHandler(ctx, logger, statusProber, impl, kafkaChannelInformer, "Delete"),
-			AddFunc:    getPodInformerEventHandler(ctx, logger, statusProber, impl, kafkaChannelInformer, "Add"),
-		},
+		Handler: controller.HandleAll(grCh),
 	})
 
 	return impl
 }
 
-func getPodInformerEventHandler(ctx context.Context, logger *zap.SugaredLogger, statusProber *status.Prober, impl *controller.Impl, kafkaChannelInformer kafkamessagingv1beta1.KafkaChannelInformer, handlerType string) func(obj interface{}) {
-	return func(obj interface{}) {
-		pod, ok := obj.(*corev1.Pod)
-		if ok && pod != nil {
-			logger.Debugw("%s pods. Refreshing pod probing.", handlerType,
-				zap.String("pod", pod.GetName()))
-			statusProber.RefreshPodProbing(ctx)
-			impl.GlobalResync(kafkaChannelInformer.Informer())
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 func getControllerOwnerRef(ctx context.Context) (*metav1.OwnerReference, error) {
 	logger := logging.FromContext(ctx)
 	ctrlDeploymentLabels := labels.Set{
diff --git a/pkg/channel/consolidated/reconciler/controller/kafkachannel.go b/pkg/channel/consolidated/reconciler/controller/kafkachannel.go
index 3aa017316..3ad68aafc 100644
--- a/pkg/channel/consolidated/reconciler/controller/kafkachannel.go
+++ b/pkg/channel/consolidated/reconciler/controller/kafkachannel.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import (
 	corev1listers "k8s.io/client-go/listers/core/v1"
 	rbacv1listers "k8s.io/client-go/listers/rbac/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
+	"knative.dev/eventing-kafka/pkg/common/kafka/offset"
 	v1 "knative.dev/eventing/pkg/apis/duck/v1"
 	"knative.dev/eventing/pkg/apis/eventing"
 	eventingclientset "knative.dev/eventing/pkg/client/clientset/versioned"
@@ -48,7 +49,6 @@ import (
 
 	"knative.dev/eventing-kafka/pkg/apis/messaging/v1beta1"
 	"knative.dev/eventing-kafka/pkg/channel/consolidated/reconciler/controller/resources"
-	"knative.dev/eventing-kafka/pkg/channel/consolidated/status"
 	"knative.dev/eventing-kafka/pkg/channel/consolidated/utils"
 	kafkaclientset "knative.dev/eventing-kafka/pkg/client/clientset/versioned"
 	kafkaScheme "knative.dev/eventing-kafka/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/scheme"
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ type Reconciler struct {
 	kafkaAuthConfig    *client.KafkaAuthConfig
 	kafkaConfigError   error
 	kafkaClientSet     kafkaclientset.Interface
+	kafkaClient        sarama.Client
 	// Using a shared kafkaClusterAdmin does not work currently because of an issue with
 	// Shopify/sarama, see https://github.com/Shopify/sarama/issues/1162.
 	kafkaClusterAdmin    sarama.ClusterAdmin
@@ -138,7 +139,6 @@ type Reconciler struct {
 	endpointsLister      corev1listers.EndpointsLister
 	serviceAccountLister corev1listers.ServiceAccountLister
 	roleBindingLister    rbacv1listers.RoleBindingLister
-	statusManager        status.Manager
 	controllerRef        metav1.OwnerReference
 }
 
@@ -168,8 +168,17 @@ func (r *Reconciler) ReconcileKind(ctx context.Context, kc *v1beta1.KafkaChannel
 		return r.kafkaConfigError
 	}
 
-	kafkaClusterAdmin, err := r.createClient(ctx)
+	kafkaClient, err := r.createKafkaClient()
 	if err != nil {
+		logger.Errorw("Can't obtain Kafka Client", zap.Any("channel", kc), zap.Error(err))
+		kc.Status.MarkConfigFailed("InvalidConfiguration", "Unable to build Kafka client for channel %s: %v", kc.Name, err)
+		return err
+	}
+	defer kafkaClient.Close()
+
+	kafkaClusterAdmin, err := r.createClusterAdmin()
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Errorw("Can't obtain Kafka cluster admin", zap.Any("channel", kc), zap.Error(err))
 		kc.Status.MarkConfigFailed("InvalidConfiguration", "Unable to build Kafka admin client for channel %s: %v", kc.Name, err)
 		return err
 	}
@@ -244,7 +253,7 @@ func (r *Reconciler) ReconcileKind(ctx context.Context, kc *v1beta1.KafkaChannel
 		Scheme: "http",
 		Host:   network.GetServiceHostname(svc.Name, svc.Namespace),
 	})
-	err = r.reconcileSubscribers(ctx, kc)
+	err = r.reconcileSubscribers(ctx, kc, kafkaClient, kafkaClusterAdmin)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error reconciling subscribers %v", err)
 	}
@@ -254,12 +263,24 @@ func (r *Reconciler) ReconcileKind(ctx context.Context, kc *v1beta1.KafkaChannel
 	return newReconciledNormal(kc.Namespace, kc.Name)
 }
 
-func (r *Reconciler) reconcileSubscribers(ctx context.Context, ch *v1beta1.KafkaChannel) error {
+func (r *Reconciler) reconcileSubscribers(ctx context.Context, ch *v1beta1.KafkaChannel, kafkaClient sarama.Client, kafkaClusterAdmin sarama.ClusterAdmin) error {
 	after := ch.DeepCopy()
 	after.Status.Subscribers = make([]v1.SubscriberStatus, 0)
+	logger := logging.FromContext(ctx)
 	for _, s := range ch.Spec.Subscribers {
-		if r, _ := r.statusManager.IsReady(ctx, *ch, s); r {
-			logging.FromContext(ctx).Debugw("marking subscription", zap.Any("subscription", s))
+		logger.Debugw("Reconciling initial offset for subscription", zap.Any("subscription", s), zap.Any("channel", ch))
+		err := r.reconcileInitialOffset(ctx, ch, s, kafkaClient, kafkaClusterAdmin)
+
+		if err != nil {
+			logger.Errorw("reconcile failed to initial offset for subscription. Marking the subscription not ready", zap.String("channel", fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", ch.Namespace, ch.Name)), zap.Any("subscription", s), zap.Error(err))
+			after.Status.Subscribers = append(after.Status.Subscribers, v1.SubscriberStatus{
+				UID:                s.UID,
+				ObservedGeneration: s.Generation,
+				Ready:              corev1.ConditionFalse,
+				Message:            fmt.Sprintf("Initial offset cannot be committed: %v", err),
+			})
+		} else {
+			logger.Debugw("Reconciled initial offset for subscription. Marking the subscription ready", zap.String("channel", fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", ch.Namespace, ch.Name)), zap.Any("subscription", s))
 			after.Status.Subscribers = append(after.Status.Subscribers, v1.SubscriberStatus{
 				UID:                s.UID,
 				ObservedGeneration: s.Generation,
@@ -286,7 +307,7 @@ func (r *Reconciler) reconcileSubscribers(ctx context.Context, ch *v1beta1.Kafka
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Failed patching: %w", err)
 	}
-	logging.FromContext(ctx).Debugw("Patched resource", zap.Any("patch", patch), zap.Any("patched", patched))
+	logger.Debugw("Patched resource", zap.Any("patch", patch), zap.Any("patched", patched))
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -505,7 +526,24 @@ func (r *Reconciler) reconcileChannelService(ctx context.Context, dispatcherName
 	return svc, nil
 }
 
-func (r *Reconciler) createClient(ctx context.Context) (sarama.ClusterAdmin, error) {
+func (r *Reconciler) createKafkaClient() (sarama.Client, error) {
+	kafkaClient := r.kafkaClient
+	if kafkaClient == nil {
+		var err error
+
+		if r.kafkaConfig.EventingKafka.Sarama.Config == nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error creating Kafka client: Sarama config is nil")
+		}
+		kafkaClient, err = sarama.NewClient(r.kafkaConfig.Brokers, r.kafkaConfig.EventingKafka.Sarama.Config)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return kafkaClient, nil
+}
+
+func (r *Reconciler) createClusterAdmin() (sarama.ClusterAdmin, error) {
 	// We don't currently initialize r.kafkaClusterAdmin, hence we end up creating the cluster admin client every time.
 	// This is because of an issue with Shopify/sarama. See https://github.com/Shopify/sarama/issues/1162.
 	// Once the issue is fixed we should use a shared cluster admin client. Also, r.kafkaClusterAdmin is currently
@@ -558,6 +596,23 @@ func (r *Reconciler) reconcileTopic(ctx context.Context, channel *v1beta1.KafkaC
 	return err
 }
 
+func (r *Reconciler) reconcileInitialOffset(ctx context.Context, channel *v1beta1.KafkaChannel, sub v1.SubscriberSpec, kafkaClient sarama.Client, kafkaClusterAdmin sarama.ClusterAdmin) error {
+	subscriptionStatus := findSubscriptionStatus(channel, sub.UID)
+	if subscriptionStatus != nil && subscriptionStatus.Ready == corev1.ConditionTrue {
+		// subscription is ready, the offsets must have been initialized already
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	topicName := utils.TopicName(utils.KafkaChannelSeparator, channel.Namespace, channel.Name)
+	groupID := fmt.Sprintf("kafka.%s.%s.%s", channel.Namespace, channel.Name, string(sub.UID))
+	_, err := offset.InitOffsets(ctx, kafkaClient, kafkaClusterAdmin, []string{topicName}, groupID)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger := logging.FromContext(ctx)
+		logger.Errorw("error reconciling initial offset", zap.String("channel", fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", channel.Namespace, channel.Name)), zap.Any("subscription", sub), zap.Error(err))
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
 func (r *Reconciler) deleteTopic(ctx context.Context, channel *v1beta1.KafkaChannel, kafkaClusterAdmin sarama.ClusterAdmin) error {
 	logger := logging.FromContext(ctx)
 
@@ -595,6 +650,11 @@ func (r *Reconciler) updateKafkaConfig(ctx context.Context, configMap *corev1.Co
 		return
 	}
 
+	// Manually commit the offsets in KafkaChannel controller.
+	// That's because we want to make sure we initialize the offsets within the controller
+	// before dispatcher actually starts consuming messages.
+	kafkaConfig.EventingKafka.Sarama.Config.Consumer.Offsets.AutoCommit.Enable = false
+
 	r.kafkaAuthConfig = kafkaConfig.EventingKafka.Auth
 	// For now just override the previous config.
 	// Eventually the previous config should be snapshotted to delete Kafka topics
@@ -609,20 +669,29 @@ func (r *Reconciler) FinalizeKind(ctx context.Context, kc *v1beta1.KafkaChannel)
 	logger := logging.FromContext(ctx)
 	channel := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", kc.GetNamespace(), kc.GetName())
 	logger.Debugw("FinalizeKind", zap.String("channel", channel))
-	kafkaClusterAdmin, err := r.createClient(ctx)
+
+	kafkaClusterAdmin, err := r.createClusterAdmin()
 	if err != nil || r.kafkaConfig == nil {
-		logger.Errorw("Can't obtain Kafka Client", zap.String("channel", channel), zap.Error(err))
-	} else {
-		defer kafkaClusterAdmin.Close()
-		logger.Debugw("Got client, about to delete topic")
-		if err := r.deleteTopic(ctx, kc, kafkaClusterAdmin); err != nil {
-			logger.Errorw("Error deleting Kafka channel topic", zap.String("channel", channel), zap.Error(err))
-			return err
-		}
+		logger.Errorw("cannot obtain Kafka cluster admin", zap.String("channel", channel), zap.Error(err))
+		// even in error case, we return `normal`, since we are fine with leaving the
+		// topic undeleted e.g. when we lose connection
+		return newReconciledNormal(kc.Namespace, kc.Name)
 	}
-	for _, s := range kc.Spec.Subscribers {
-		logger.Debugw("Canceling probing", zap.String("channel", channel), zap.Any("subscription", s))
-		r.statusManager.CancelProbing(s)
+	defer kafkaClusterAdmin.Close()
+
+	logger.Debugw("got client, about to delete topic")
+	if err := r.deleteTopic(ctx, kc, kafkaClusterAdmin); err != nil {
+		logger.Errorw("error deleting Kafka channel topic", zap.String("channel", channel), zap.Error(err))
+		return err
 	}
 	return newReconciledNormal(kc.Namespace, kc.Name) //ok to remove finalizer
 }
+
+func findSubscriptionStatus(kc *v1beta1.KafkaChannel, subUID types.UID) *v1.SubscriberStatus {
+	for _, subStatus := range kc.Status.Subscribers {
+		if subStatus.UID == subUID {
+			return &subStatus
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/channel/consolidated/reconciler/controller/lister.go b/pkg/channel/consolidated/reconciler/controller/lister.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 07fbc6816..000000000
--- a/pkg/channel/consolidated/reconciler/controller/lister.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2020 The Knative Authors
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package controller
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"fmt"
-	"net/url"
-
-	"knative.dev/eventing-kafka/pkg/channel/consolidated/status"
-
-	"go.uber.org/zap"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
-	v1 "k8s.io/client-go/listers/core/v1"
-	"knative.dev/eventing-kafka/pkg/apis/messaging/v1beta1"
-	"knative.dev/eventing/pkg/apis/eventing"
-	"knative.dev/pkg/system"
-)
-
-type DispatcherPodsLister struct {
-	logger         *zap.SugaredLogger
-	endpointLister v1.EndpointsLister
-}
-
-func (t *DispatcherPodsLister) ListProbeTargets(ctx context.Context, kc v1beta1.KafkaChannel) (*status.ProbeTarget, error) {
-	scope, ok := kc.Annotations[eventing.ScopeAnnotationKey]
-	if !ok {
-		scope = scopeCluster
-	}
-
-	dispatcherNamespace := system.Namespace()
-	if scope == scopeNamespace {
-		dispatcherNamespace = kc.Namespace
-	}
-
-	// Get the Dispatcher Service Endpoints and propagate the status to the Channel
-	// endpoints has the same name as the service, so not a bug.
-	eps, err := t.endpointLister.Endpoints(dispatcherNamespace).Get(dispatcherName)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get internal service: %w", err)
-	}
-	var readyIPs []string
-
-	for _, sub := range eps.Subsets {
-		for _, address := range sub.Addresses {
-			readyIPs = append(readyIPs, address.IP)
-		}
-	}
-
-	if len(readyIPs) == 0 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no gateway pods available")
-	}
-
-	u, _ := url.Parse(fmt.Sprintf("http://%s.%s/%s/%s", dispatcherName, dispatcherNamespace, kc.Namespace, kc.Name))
-
-	return &status.ProbeTarget{
-		PodIPs:  sets.NewString(readyIPs...),
-		PodPort: "8081",
-		URL:     u,
-	}, nil
-}
-
-func NewProbeTargetLister(logger *zap.SugaredLogger, lister v1.EndpointsLister) status.ProbeTargetLister {
-	tl := DispatcherPodsLister{
-		logger:         logger,
-		endpointLister: lister,
-	}
-	return &tl
-}
diff --git a/pkg/channel/consolidated/reconciler/dispatcher/kafkachannel.go b/pkg/channel/consolidated/reconciler/dispatcher/kafkachannel.go
index e0a26bdfc..439c959ed 100644
--- a/pkg/channel/consolidated/reconciler/dispatcher/kafkachannel.go
+++ b/pkg/channel/consolidated/reconciler/dispatcher/kafkachannel.go
@@ -106,15 +106,8 @@ func NewController(ctx context.Context, cmw configmap.Watcher) *controller.Impl
 		Config:    kafkaConfig.EventingKafka,
 		TopicFunc: utils.TopicName,
 	}
-	kafkaDispatcher, err := dispatcher.NewDispatcher(ctx, args)
-	if err != nil {
-		logger.Fatalw("Unable to create kafka dispatcher", zap.Error(err))
-	}
-	logger.Info("Starting the Kafka dispatcher")
-	logger.Infow("Kafka broker configuration", zap.Strings("Brokers", kafkaConfig.Brokers))
 
 	r := &Reconciler{
-		kafkaDispatcher:      kafkaDispatcher,
 		kafkaClientSet:       kafkaclientsetinjection.Get(ctx),
 		kafkachannelLister:   kafkaChannelInformer.Lister(),
 		kafkachannelInformer: kafkaChannelInformer.Informer(),
@@ -123,6 +116,15 @@ func NewController(ctx context.Context, cmw configmap.Watcher) *controller.Impl
 		return controller.Options{SkipStatusUpdates: true}
 	})
 
+	kafkaDispatcher, err := dispatcher.NewDispatcher(ctx, args, r.impl.EnqueueKey)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Fatalw("Unable to create kafka dispatcher", zap.Error(err))
+	}
+	logger.Info("Starting the Kafka dispatcher")
+	logger.Infow("Kafka broker configuration", zap.Strings("Brokers", kafkaConfig.Brokers))
+
+	r.kafkaDispatcher = kafkaDispatcher
+
 	logger.Info("Setting up event handlers")
 
 	// Watch for kafka channels.
@@ -183,7 +185,7 @@ func (r *Reconciler) syncChannel(ctx context.Context, kc *v1beta1.KafkaChannel)
 	}
 
 	// Update dispatcher side
-	err := r.kafkaDispatcher.ReconcileConsumers(config)
+	err := r.kafkaDispatcher.ReconcileConsumers(ctx, config)
 	if err != nil {
 		logging.FromContext(ctx).Errorw("Some kafka subscriptions failed to subscribe", zap.Error(err))
 		return fmt.Errorf("some kafka subscriptions failed to subscribe: %v", err)
diff --git a/pkg/channel/consolidated/status/status.go b/pkg/channel/consolidated/status/status.go
deleted file mode 100644
index b930a4619..000000000
--- a/pkg/channel/consolidated/status/status.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,533 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2019 The Knative Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package status
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
-	"net"
-	"net/http"
-	"net/url"
-	"reflect"
-	"sync"
-	"time"
-
-	"go.uber.org/atomic"
-	"go.uber.org/zap"
-	"golang.org/x/time/rate"
-	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue"
-
-	messagingv1beta1 "knative.dev/eventing-kafka/pkg/apis/messaging/v1beta1"
-	eventingduckv1 "knative.dev/eventing/pkg/apis/duck/v1"
-	"knative.dev/networking/pkg/prober"
-	"knative.dev/pkg/logging"
-)
-
-const (
-	// probeConcurrency defines how many probing calls can be issued simultaneously
-	probeConcurrency = 100
-	// probeTimeout defines the maximum amount of time a request will wait
-	probeTimeout = 1 * time.Second
-	// initialDelay defines the delay before enqueuing a probing request the first time.
-	// It gives times for the change to propagate and prevents unnecessary retries.
-	initialDelay = 200 * time.Millisecond
-)
-
-var dialContext = (&net.Dialer{Timeout: probeTimeout}).DialContext
-
-// targetState represents the probing state of a subscription
-type targetState struct {
-	sub eventingduckv1.SubscriberSpec
-	ch  messagingv1beta1.KafkaChannel
-
-	readyLock sync.RWMutex
-	// pendingCount is the number of pods that haven't been successfully probed yet
-	pendingCount atomic.Int32
-	// readyCount is the number of pods that have the subscription ready
-	readyPartitions sets.Int
-	probedPods      sets.String
-	lastAccessed    time.Time
-	ready           bool
-	cancel          func()
-}
-
-// podState represents the probing state of a Pod (for a specific subscription)
-type podState struct {
-	// pendingCount is the number of probes for the Pod
-	pendingCount atomic.Int32
-
-	cancel func()
-}
-
-// cancelContext is a pair of a Context and its cancel function
-type cancelContext struct {
-	context context.Context
-	cancel  func()
-}
-
-type workItem struct {
-	targetStates *targetState
-	podState     *podState
-	context      context.Context
-	url          *url.URL
-	podIP        string
-	podPort      string
-	logger       *zap.SugaredLogger
-}
-
-// ProbeTarget contains the URLs to probes for a set of Pod IPs serving out of the same port.
-type ProbeTarget struct {
-	PodIPs  sets.String
-	PodPort string
-	URL     *url.URL
-}
-
-// ProbeTargetLister lists all the targets that requires probing.
-type ProbeTargetLister interface {
-	// ListProbeTargets returns a list of targets to be probed
-	ListProbeTargets(ctx context.Context, ch messagingv1beta1.KafkaChannel) (*ProbeTarget, error)
-}
-
-// Manager provides a way to check if a Subscription is ready
-type Manager interface {
-	IsReady(ctx context.Context, ch messagingv1beta1.KafkaChannel, sub eventingduckv1.SubscriberSpec) (bool, error)
-	CancelProbing(sub eventingduckv1.SubscriberSpec)
-	CancelPodProbing(pod corev1.Pod)
-}
-
-// Prober provides a way to check if a VirtualService is ready by probing the Envoy pods
-// handling that VirtualService.
-type Prober struct {
-	logger *zap.SugaredLogger
-
-	// mu guards targetStates and podContexts
-	mu           sync.Mutex
-	targetStates map[types.UID]*targetState
-	podContexts  map[string]cancelContext
-
-	workQueue workqueue.RateLimitingInterface
-
-	targetLister ProbeTargetLister
-
-	readyCallback func(messagingv1beta1.KafkaChannel, eventingduckv1.SubscriberSpec)
-
-	probeConcurrency int
-
-	opts []interface{}
-}
-
-// NewProber creates a new instance of Prober
-func NewProber(
-	logger *zap.SugaredLogger,
-	targetLister ProbeTargetLister,
-	readyCallback func(messagingv1beta1.KafkaChannel, eventingduckv1.SubscriberSpec), opts ...interface{}) *Prober {
-	return &Prober{
-		logger:       logger,
-		targetStates: make(map[types.UID]*targetState),
-		podContexts:  make(map[string]cancelContext),
-		workQueue: workqueue.NewNamedRateLimitingQueue(
-			workqueue.NewMaxOfRateLimiter(
-				// Per item exponential backoff
-				workqueue.NewItemExponentialFailureRateLimiter(100*time.Millisecond, 5*time.Minute),
-				// Global rate limiter
-				&workqueue.BucketRateLimiter{Limiter: rate.NewLimiter(rate.Limit(50), 1000)},
-			),
-			"ProbingQueue"),
-		targetLister:     targetLister,
-		readyCallback:    readyCallback,
-		probeConcurrency: probeConcurrency,
-		opts:             opts,
-	}
-}
-
-func (m *Prober) checkReadiness(state *targetState) bool {
-	state.readyLock.Lock()
-	defer state.readyLock.Unlock()
-	partitions := state.ch.Spec.NumPartitions
-	if !state.ready {
-		state.ready = state.readyPartitions.Len() == int(partitions)
-	}
-	m.logger.Debugw("Checking subscription readiness",
-		zap.Any("subscription", state.sub.UID),
-		zap.Any("channel", state.ch.Name),
-		zap.Any("pod ips", state.probedPods),
-		zap.Any("channel partitions", partitions),
-		zap.Any("ready partitions", state.readyPartitions.List()),
-		zap.Bool("ready", state.ready),
-	)
-	return state.ready
-}
-
-func (m *Prober) IsReady(ctx context.Context, ch messagingv1beta1.KafkaChannel, sub eventingduckv1.SubscriberSpec) (bool, error) {
-	logger := logging.FromContext(ctx)
-
-	// Get the probe targets
-	target, err := m.targetLister.ListProbeTargets(ctx, ch)
-	if err != nil {
-		logger.Errorw("Error listing probe targets", zap.Error(err),
-			zap.Any("subscription", sub.UID))
-		return false, err
-	}
-	// get the state while locking for very short scope
-	state, ok := func() (*targetState, bool) {
-		m.mu.Lock()
-		defer m.mu.Unlock()
-		s, o := m.targetStates[sub.UID]
-		return s, o
-	}()
-	if ok {
-		if !isOutdatedTargetState(state, sub, target.PodIPs) {
-			return m.checkReadiness(state), nil
-		}
-		m.ejectStateUnsafe(sub)
-	}
-	m.probeTarget(ctx, ch, sub, target)
-	return false, nil
-}
-
-func (m *Prober) probeTarget(ctx context.Context, ch messagingv1beta1.KafkaChannel, sub eventingduckv1.SubscriberSpec, target *ProbeTarget) {
-	subscriptionKey := sub.UID
-	logger := logging.FromContext(ctx)
-	subCtx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-	subscriptionState := &targetState{
-		sub:          sub,
-		ch:           ch,
-		lastAccessed: time.Now(),
-		cancel:       cancel,
-	}
-
-	// Group the probe targets by IP
-	workItems := make(map[string][]*workItem)
-	for ip := range target.PodIPs {
-		workItems[ip] = append(workItems[ip], &workItem{
-			targetStates: subscriptionState,
-			url:          target.URL,
-			podIP:        ip,
-			podPort:      target.PodPort,
-			logger:       logger,
-		})
-	}
-
-	subscriptionState.probedPods = target.PodIPs
-	subscriptionState.pendingCount.Store(int32(len(workItems)))
-	subscriptionState.readyPartitions = sets.Int{}
-
-	for ip, ipWorkItems := range workItems {
-		// Get or create the context for that IP
-		ipCtx := func() context.Context {
-			m.mu.Lock()
-			defer m.mu.Unlock()
-			cancelCtx, ok := m.podContexts[ip]
-			if !ok {
-				ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-				cancelCtx = cancelContext{
-					context: ctx,
-					cancel:  cancel,
-				}
-				m.podContexts[ip] = cancelCtx
-			}
-			return cancelCtx.context
-		}()
-
-		podCtx, cancel := context.WithCancel(subCtx)
-		podState := &podState{
-			pendingCount: *atomic.NewInt32(int32(len(ipWorkItems))),
-			cancel:       cancel,
-		}
-
-		// Quick and dirty way to join two contexts (i.e. podCtx is cancelled when either subCtx or ipCtx are cancelled)
-		go func() {
-			select {
-			case <-podCtx.Done():
-				// This is the actual context, there is nothing to do except
-				// break to avoid leaking this goroutine.
-				break
-			case <-ipCtx.Done():
-				// Cancel podCtx
-				cancel()
-			}
-		}()
-
-		// Update the states when probing is cancelled
-		go func() {
-			<-podCtx.Done()
-			m.onProbingCancellation(subscriptionState, podState)
-		}()
-
-		for _, wi := range ipWorkItems {
-			wi.podState = podState
-			wi.context = podCtx
-			m.workQueue.AddAfter(wi, initialDelay)
-			logger.Infof("Queuing probe for %s, IP: %s:%s (depth: %d)",
-				wi.url, wi.podIP, wi.podPort, m.workQueue.Len())
-		}
-	}
-
-	func() {
-		m.mu.Lock()
-		defer m.mu.Unlock()
-		m.targetStates[subscriptionKey] = subscriptionState
-	}()
-}
-
-// Start starts the Manager background operations
-func (m *Prober) Start(done <-chan struct{}) chan struct{} {
-	var wg sync.WaitGroup
-
-	// Start the worker goroutines
-	for i := 0; i < m.probeConcurrency; i++ {
-		wg.Add(1)
-		go func() {
-			defer wg.Done()
-			for m.processWorkItem() {
-			}
-		}()
-	}
-
-	// Stop processing the queue when cancelled
-	go func() {
-		<-done
-		m.workQueue.ShutDown()
-	}()
-
-	// Return a channel closed when all work is done
-	ch := make(chan struct{})
-	go func() {
-		wg.Wait()
-		close(ch)
-	}()
-	return ch
-}
-
-// CancelProbing cancels probing of the provided Subscription
-func (m *Prober) CancelProbing(sub eventingduckv1.SubscriberSpec) {
-	m.mu.Lock()
-	defer m.mu.Unlock()
-	m.ejectStateUnsafe(sub)
-}
-
-// ejectStateUnsafe ejects a state from Cache, it's not safe for concurrent access and is meant for internal use only under proper locking.
-func (m *Prober) ejectStateUnsafe(sub eventingduckv1.SubscriberSpec) {
-	if state, ok := m.targetStates[sub.UID]; ok {
-		m.logger.Debugw("Canceling state", zap.Any("subscription", sub))
-		state.cancel()
-		delete(m.targetStates, sub.UID)
-	}
-}
-
-// CancelPodProbing cancels probing of the provided Pod IP.
-func (m *Prober) CancelPodProbing(pod corev1.Pod) {
-	m.mu.Lock()
-	defer m.mu.Unlock()
-
-	if ctx, ok := m.podContexts[pod.Status.PodIP]; ok {
-		ctx.cancel()
-		delete(m.podContexts, pod.Status.PodIP)
-	}
-}
-
-// RefreshPodProbing lists probe targets and invalidates any in-flight (non-ready) states whose initial probed targets changed from the
-// current ones.
-func (m *Prober) RefreshPodProbing(ctx context.Context) {
-	m.mu.Lock()
-	defer m.mu.Unlock()
-	logger := logging.FromContext(ctx)
-	for _, state := range m.targetStates {
-		if !m.checkReadiness(state) {
-			// This is an in-flight state
-			sub := state.sub
-			ch := state.ch
-			// Get the probe targets
-			target, err := m.targetLister.ListProbeTargets(ctx, ch)
-			if err != nil {
-				logger.Errorw("Error listing probe targets", zap.Error(err),
-					zap.Any("subscription", sub.UID))
-				return
-			}
-			m.ejectStateUnsafe(sub)
-			func() {
-				// probeTarget requires an unlocked mutex.
-				m.mu.Unlock()
-				defer m.mu.Lock()
-				m.probeTarget(ctx, ch, sub, target)
-			}()
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-// processWorkItem processes a single work item from workQueue.
-// It returns false when there is no more items to process, true otherwise.
-func (m *Prober) processWorkItem() bool {
-	obj, shutdown := m.workQueue.Get()
-	if shutdown {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	defer m.workQueue.Done(obj)
-
-	// Crash if the item is not of the expected type
-	item, ok := obj.(*workItem)
-	if !ok {
-		m.logger.Fatalf("Unexpected work item type: want: %s, got: %s\n",
-			reflect.TypeOf(&workItem{}).Name(), reflect.TypeOf(obj).Name())
-	}
-	item.logger.Infof("Processing probe for %s, IP: %s:%s (depth: %d)",
-		item.url, item.podIP, item.podPort, m.workQueue.Len())
-
-	transport := http.DefaultTransport.(*http.Transport).Clone()
-
-	transport.DialContext = func(ctx context.Context, network, addr string) (conn net.Conn, e error) {
-		// http.Request.URL is set to the hostname and it is substituted in here with the target IP.
-		return dialContext(ctx, network, net.JoinHostPort(item.podIP, item.podPort))
-	}
-
-	probeURL := deepCopy(item.url)
-
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(item.context, probeTimeout)
-	defer cancel()
-	var opts []interface{}
-	opts = append(opts, m.opts...)
-	opts = append(opts, m.probeVerifier(item))
-
-	ok, err := prober.Do(
-		ctx,
-		transport,
-		probeURL.String(),
-		opts...)
-
-	// In case of cancellation, drop the work item
-	select {
-	case <-item.context.Done():
-		m.workQueue.Forget(obj)
-		return true
-	default:
-	}
-
-	if err != nil {
-		// In case of error, enqueue for retry
-		m.workQueue.AddRateLimited(obj)
-		item.logger.Errorw("Error occurred while probing",
-			zap.Any("url", item.url), zap.Any("IP", item.podIP),
-			zap.Any("port", item.podPort), zap.Bool("ready", ok), zap.Error(err),
-			zap.Int("depth", m.workQueue.Len()))
-	} else if !ok {
-		// No error, but verification failed, enqueue for retry
-		m.workQueue.AddRateLimited(obj)
-		item.logger.Debugw("Verification of pod response failed.",
-			zap.Any("url", item.url), zap.Any("IP", item.podIP),
-			zap.Any("port", item.podPort), zap.Bool("ready", ok), zap.Error(err),
-			zap.Int("depth", m.workQueue.Len()))
-	} else {
-		m.onProbingSuccess(item.targetStates, item.podState)
-	}
-	return true
-}
-
-func (m *Prober) onProbingSuccess(subscriptionState *targetState, podState *podState) {
-	// The last probe call for the Pod succeeded, the Pod is ready
-	if podState.pendingCount.Dec() == 0 {
-		// Unlock the goroutine blocked on <-podCtx.Done()
-		podState.cancel()
-		// This is the last pod being successfully probed, the subscription might ready
-		if m.checkReadiness(subscriptionState) {
-			subscriptionState.cancel()
-			m.readyCallback(subscriptionState.ch, subscriptionState.sub)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func (m *Prober) onProbingCancellation(subscriptionState *targetState, podState *podState) {
-	for {
-		pendingCount := podState.pendingCount.Load()
-		if pendingCount <= 0 {
-			// Probing succeeded, nothing to do
-			return
-		}
-		// Attempt to set pendingCount to 0.
-		if podState.pendingCount.CAS(pendingCount, 0) {
-			// This is the last pod being successfully probed, the subscription might be ready
-			if subscriptionState.pendingCount.Dec() == 0 {
-				if m.checkReadiness(subscriptionState) {
-					m.readyCallback(subscriptionState.ch, subscriptionState.sub)
-				}
-			}
-			return
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func (m *Prober) probeVerifier(item *workItem) prober.Verifier {
-	return func(r *http.Response, b []byte) (bool, error) {
-		m.logger.Debugw("Verifying response", zap.Int("status code", r.StatusCode),
-			zap.ByteString("body", b), zap.Any("subscription", item.targetStates.sub.UID),
-			zap.Any("channel", item.targetStates.ch))
-		switch r.StatusCode {
-		case http.StatusOK:
-			var subscriptions = make(map[string][]int)
-			err := json.Unmarshal(b, &subscriptions)
-			if err != nil {
-				m.logger.Errorw("error unmarshaling", err)
-				return false, err
-			}
-			uid := string(item.targetStates.sub.UID)
-			key := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", item.targetStates.ch.Namespace, item.targetStates.ch.Name)
-			m.logger.Debugw("Received proper probing response from target",
-				zap.Any("found subscriptions", subscriptions),
-				zap.String("pod ip", item.podIP),
-				zap.String("want channel", key),
-				zap.String("want subscription", uid),
-			)
-			if partitions, ok := subscriptions[uid]; ok {
-				func() {
-					item.targetStates.readyLock.Lock()
-					defer item.targetStates.readyLock.Unlock()
-					item.targetStates.readyPartitions.Insert(partitions...)
-				}()
-				return m.checkReadiness(item.targetStates), nil
-			} else {
-				return false, nil
-			}
-		case http.StatusNotFound, http.StatusServiceUnavailable:
-			m.logger.Errorf("unexpected status code: want %v, got %v", http.StatusOK, r.StatusCode)
-			return false, fmt.Errorf("unexpected status code: want %v, got %v", http.StatusOK, r.StatusCode)
-		default:
-			item.logger.Errorf("Probing of %s abandoned, IP: %s:%s: the response status is %v, expected one of: %v",
-				item.url, item.podIP, item.podPort, r.StatusCode,
-				[]int{http.StatusOK, http.StatusNotFound, http.StatusServiceUnavailable})
-			return true, nil
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-// A target state is outdated if the generation is different or if the target IPs change before it becomes
-// ready.
-func isOutdatedTargetState(state *targetState, sub eventingduckv1.SubscriberSpec, podIPs sets.String) bool {
-	state.readyLock.RLock()
-	defer state.readyLock.RUnlock()
-	return state.sub.Generation != sub.Generation || (!state.ready && !state.probedPods.Equal(podIPs))
-}
-
-// deepCopy copies a URL into a new one
-func deepCopy(in *url.URL) *url.URL {
-	// Safe to ignore the error since this is a deep copy
-	newURL, _ := url.Parse(in.String())
-	return newURL
-}
diff --git a/pkg/channel/distributed/dispatcher/controller/kafkachannel.go b/pkg/channel/distributed/dispatcher/controller/kafkachannel.go
index 09f6ef885..daa00127e 100644
--- a/pkg/channel/distributed/dispatcher/controller/kafkachannel.go
+++ b/pkg/channel/distributed/dispatcher/controller/kafkachannel.go
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ func (r Reconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, key string) error {
 	channel := original.DeepCopy()
 
 	// Perform the reconciliation (will update KafkaChannel.Status)
-	reconcileError := r.reconcile(channel)
+	reconcileError := r.reconcile(ctx, channel)
 	if reconcileError != nil {
 		r.logger.Error("Error Reconciling KafkaChannel", zap.Error(reconcileError))
 		r.recorder.Eventf(channel, corev1.EventTypeWarning, channelReconcileFailed, "KafkaChannel Reconciliation Failed: %v", reconcileError)
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ func (r Reconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, key string) error {
 }
 
 // Reconcile The Specified KafkaChannel
-func (r Reconciler) reconcile(channel *kafkav1beta1.KafkaChannel) error {
+func (r Reconciler) reconcile(ctx context.Context, channel *kafkav1beta1.KafkaChannel) error {
 
 	// The KafkaChannel's Subscribers
 	var subscribers []eventingduck.SubscriberSpec
@@ -232,7 +232,11 @@ func (r Reconciler) reconcile(channel *kafkav1beta1.KafkaChannel) error {
 	}
 
 	// Update The ConsumerGroups To Align With Current KafkaChannel Subscribers
-	subscriptions := r.dispatcher.UpdateSubscriptions(subscribers)
+	channelRef := types.NamespacedName{
+		Namespace: channel.GetNamespace(),
+		Name:      channel.GetName(),
+	}
+	subscriptions := r.dispatcher.UpdateSubscriptions(ctx, channelRef, subscribers)
 
 	// Update The KafkaChannel Subscribable Status Based On ConsumerGroup Creation Status
 	channel.Status.SubscribableStatus = r.createSubscribableStatus(channel.Spec.Subscribers, subscriptions)
diff --git a/pkg/channel/distributed/dispatcher/dispatcher/dispatcher.go b/pkg/channel/distributed/dispatcher/dispatcher/dispatcher.go
index 293602eb2..c41653434 100644
--- a/pkg/channel/distributed/dispatcher/dispatcher/dispatcher.go
+++ b/pkg/channel/distributed/dispatcher/dispatcher/dispatcher.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func NewSubscriberWrapper(subscriberSpec eventingduck.SubscriberSpec, groupId st
 type Dispatcher interface {
 	SecretChanged(ctx context.Context, secret *corev1.Secret)
 	Shutdown()
-	UpdateSubscriptions(subscriberSpecs []eventingduck.SubscriberSpec) commonconsumer.SubscriberStatusMap
+	UpdateSubscriptions(ctx context.Context, channelRef types.NamespacedName, subscriberSpecs []eventingduck.SubscriberSpec) commonconsumer.SubscriberStatusMap
 }
 
 // DispatcherImpl Is A Struct With Configuration & ConsumerGroup State
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ type DispatcherImpl struct {
 var _ Dispatcher = &DispatcherImpl{}
 
 // NewDispatcher Is The Dispatcher Constructor
-func NewDispatcher(dispatcherConfig DispatcherConfig, controlServer controlprotocol.ServerHandler) (Dispatcher, <-chan commonconsumer.ManagerEvent) {
+func NewDispatcher(dispatcherConfig DispatcherConfig, controlServer controlprotocol.ServerHandler, enqueue func(ref types.NamespacedName)) (Dispatcher, <-chan commonconsumer.ManagerEvent) {
 
-	consumerGroupManager := commonconsumer.NewConsumerGroupManager(dispatcherConfig.Logger, controlServer, dispatcherConfig.Brokers, dispatcherConfig.SaramaConfig)
+	consumerGroupManager := commonconsumer.NewConsumerGroupManager(dispatcherConfig.Logger, controlServer, dispatcherConfig.Brokers, dispatcherConfig.SaramaConfig, &commonconsumer.NoopConsumerGroupOffsetsChecker{}, enqueue)
 
 	// Create The DispatcherImpl With Specified Configuration
 	dispatcher := &DispatcherImpl{
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func (d *DispatcherImpl) Shutdown() {
 }
 
 // UpdateSubscriptions manages the Dispatcher's Subscriptions to align with new state
-func (d *DispatcherImpl) UpdateSubscriptions(subscriberSpecs []eventingduck.SubscriberSpec) commonconsumer.SubscriberStatusMap {
+func (d *DispatcherImpl) UpdateSubscriptions(ctx context.Context, channelRef types.NamespacedName, subscriberSpecs []eventingduck.SubscriberSpec) commonconsumer.SubscriberStatusMap {
 
 	if d.SaramaConfig == nil {
 		d.Logger.Error("Dispatcher has no config!")
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func (d *DispatcherImpl) UpdateSubscriptions(subscriberSpecs []eventingduck.Subs
 
 			// Create/Start A New ConsumerGroup With Custom Handler
 			handler := NewHandler(logger, groupId, &subscriberSpec)
-			err := d.consumerMgr.StartConsumerGroup(groupId, []string{d.Topic}, d.Logger.Sugar(), handler)
+			err := d.consumerMgr.StartConsumerGroup(ctx, groupId, []string{d.Topic}, handler, channelRef)
 			if err != nil {
 
 				// Log & Return Failure
diff --git a/pkg/common/consumer/consumer_factory.go b/pkg/common/consumer/consumer_factory.go
index 0efe1eb36..4ef170cdf 100644
--- a/pkg/common/consumer/consumer_factory.go
+++ b/pkg/common/consumer/consumer_factory.go
@@ -22,9 +22,11 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/Shopify/sarama"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
+	"knative.dev/pkg/logging"
 )
 
-// newConsumerGroup is a wrapper for the Sarama NewConsumerGroup function, to facilitate unit testing
+// wrapper functions for the Sarama functions, to facilitate unit testing
 var newConsumerGroup = sarama.NewConsumerGroup
 
 // consumeFunc is a function type that matches the Sarama ConsumerGroup's Consume function
@@ -32,12 +34,14 @@ type consumeFunc func(ctx context.Context, topics []string, handler sarama.Consu
 
 // KafkaConsumerGroupFactory creates the ConsumerGroup and start consuming the specified topic
 type KafkaConsumerGroupFactory interface {
-	StartConsumerGroup(groupID string, topics []string, logger *zap.SugaredLogger, handler KafkaConsumerHandler, options ...SaramaConsumerHandlerOption) (sarama.ConsumerGroup, error)
+	StartConsumerGroup(ctx context.Context, groupID string, topics []string, handler KafkaConsumerHandler, channelRef types.NamespacedName, options ...SaramaConsumerHandlerOption) (sarama.ConsumerGroup, error)
 }
 
 type kafkaConsumerGroupFactoryImpl struct {
-	config *sarama.Config
-	addrs  []string
+	config         *sarama.Config
+	addrs          []string
+	offsetsChecker ConsumerGroupOffsetsChecker
+	enqueue        func(ref types.NamespacedName)
 }
 
 type customConsumerGroup struct {
@@ -64,13 +68,17 @@ func (c *customConsumerGroup) Close() error {
 var _ sarama.ConsumerGroup = (*customConsumerGroup)(nil)
 
 // StartConsumerGroup creates a new customConsumerGroup and starts a Consume goroutine on it
-func (c kafkaConsumerGroupFactoryImpl) StartConsumerGroup(groupID string, topics []string, logger *zap.SugaredLogger, handler KafkaConsumerHandler, options ...SaramaConsumerHandlerOption) (sarama.ConsumerGroup, error) {
+func (c kafkaConsumerGroupFactoryImpl) StartConsumerGroup(ctx context.Context, groupID string, topics []string, handler KafkaConsumerHandler, channelRef types.NamespacedName, options ...SaramaConsumerHandlerOption) (sarama.ConsumerGroup, error) {
+	logger := logging.FromContext(ctx)
+
 	consumerGroup, err := c.createConsumerGroup(groupID)
 	if err != nil {
+		logger.Errorw("unable to create consumer group", zap.String("groupId", groupID), zap.Error(err))
 		return nil, err
 	}
+
 	// Start the consumerGroup.Consume function in a separate goroutine
-	return c.startExistingConsumerGroup(consumerGroup, consumerGroup.Consume, topics, logger, handler, options...), nil
+	return c.startExistingConsumerGroup(groupID, consumerGroup, consumerGroup.Consume, topics, logger, handler, channelRef, options...), nil
 }
 
 // createConsumerGroup creates a Sarama ConsumerGroup using the newConsumerGroup wrapper, with the
@@ -82,11 +90,13 @@ func (c kafkaConsumerGroupFactoryImpl) createConsumerGroup(groupID string) (sara
 // startExistingConsumerGroup creates a goroutine that begins a custom Consume loop on the provided ConsumerGroup
 // This loop is cancelable via the function provided in the returned customConsumerGroup.
 func (c kafkaConsumerGroupFactoryImpl) startExistingConsumerGroup(
+	groupID string,
 	saramaGroup sarama.ConsumerGroup,
 	consume consumeFunc,
 	topics []string,
 	logger *zap.SugaredLogger,
 	handler KafkaConsumerHandler,
+	channelRef types.NamespacedName,
 	options ...SaramaConsumerHandlerOption) *customConsumerGroup {
 
 	errorCh := make(chan error, 10)
@@ -94,6 +104,18 @@ func (c kafkaConsumerGroupFactoryImpl) startExistingConsumerGroup(
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 
 	go func() {
+		// this is a blocking func
+		// do not proceed until the check is done
+		err := c.offsetsChecker.WaitForOffsetsInitialization(ctx, groupID, topics, logger, c.addrs, c.config)
+		if err != nil {
+			logger.Errorw("error while checking if offsets are initialized", zap.Any("topics", topics), zap.String("groupId", groupID), zap.String("channel", channelRef.String()), zap.Error(err))
+			errorCh <- err
+			c.enqueue(channelRef)
+			return
+		}
+
+		logger.Debugw("all offsets are initialized", zap.Any("topics", topics), zap.Any("groupID", groupID))
+
 		defer func() {
 			close(errorCh)
 			releasedCh <- true
@@ -119,8 +141,8 @@ func (c kafkaConsumerGroupFactoryImpl) startExistingConsumerGroup(
 	return &customConsumerGroup{cancel, errorCh, saramaGroup, releasedCh}
 }
 
-func NewConsumerGroupFactory(addrs []string, config *sarama.Config) KafkaConsumerGroupFactory {
-	return kafkaConsumerGroupFactoryImpl{addrs: addrs, config: config}
+func NewConsumerGroupFactory(addrs []string, config *sarama.Config, offsetsChecker ConsumerGroupOffsetsChecker, enqueue func(ref types.NamespacedName)) KafkaConsumerGroupFactory {
+	return kafkaConsumerGroupFactoryImpl{addrs: addrs, config: config, offsetsChecker: offsetsChecker, enqueue: enqueue}
 }
 
 var _ KafkaConsumerGroupFactory = (*kafkaConsumerGroupFactoryImpl)(nil)
diff --git a/pkg/common/consumer/consumer_handler.go b/pkg/common/consumer/consumer_handler.go
index 8face040a..9fd22f189 100644
--- a/pkg/common/consumer/consumer_handler.go
+++ b/pkg/common/consumer/consumer_handler.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/Shopify/sarama"
 
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
+
 	kafkasarama "knative.dev/eventing-kafka/pkg/common/kafka/sarama"
 )
 
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ func NewConsumerHandler(logger *zap.SugaredLogger, handler KafkaConsumerHandler,
 
 // Setup is run at the beginning of a new session, before ConsumeClaim
 func (consumer *SaramaConsumerHandler) Setup(session sarama.ConsumerGroupSession) error {
-	consumer.logger.Info("setting up handler")
+	consumer.logger.Info("setting up handler", zap.Any("claims", session.Claims()))
 	consumer.lifecycleListener.Setup(session)
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/common/consumer/consumer_manager.go b/pkg/common/consumer/consumer_manager.go
index ff6b24bfd..882e4143d 100644
--- a/pkg/common/consumer/consumer_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/common/consumer/consumer_manager.go
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import (
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	ctrlservice "knative.dev/control-protocol/pkg/service"
+	"knative.dev/pkg/logging"
 
 	"knative.dev/eventing-kafka/pkg/common/controlprotocol"
 	"knative.dev/eventing-kafka/pkg/common/controlprotocol/commands"
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ type ManagerEvent struct {
 // KafkaConsumerGroupManager keeps track of Sarama consumer groups and handles messages from control-protocol clients
 type KafkaConsumerGroupManager interface {
 	Reconfigure(brokers []string, config *sarama.Config) *ReconfigureError
-	StartConsumerGroup(groupId string, topics []string, logger *zap.SugaredLogger, handler KafkaConsumerHandler, options ...SaramaConsumerHandlerOption) error
+	StartConsumerGroup(ctx context.Context, groupId string, topics []string, handler KafkaConsumerHandler, ref types.NamespacedName, options ...SaramaConsumerHandlerOption) error
 	CloseConsumerGroup(groupId string) error
 	Errors(groupId string) <-chan error
 	IsManaged(groupId string) bool
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ type kafkaConsumerGroupManagerImpl struct {
 	groupLock      sync.RWMutex // Synchronizes write access to the groupMap
 	notifyChannels []chan ManagerEvent
 	eventLock      sync.Mutex
+	offsetsChecker ConsumerGroupOffsetsChecker
 }
 
 // Verify that the kafkaConsumerGroupManagerImpl satisfies the KafkaConsumerGroupManager interface
@@ -139,15 +141,16 @@ func (r ReconfigureError) Error() string {
 var _ error = (*ReconfigureError)(nil)
 
 // NewConsumerGroupManager returns a new kafkaConsumerGroupManagerImpl as a KafkaConsumerGroupManager interface
-func NewConsumerGroupManager(logger *zap.Logger, serverHandler controlprotocol.ServerHandler, brokers []string, config *sarama.Config) KafkaConsumerGroupManager {
+func NewConsumerGroupManager(logger *zap.Logger, serverHandler controlprotocol.ServerHandler, brokers []string, config *sarama.Config, offsetsChecker ConsumerGroupOffsetsChecker, enqueue func(ref types.NamespacedName)) KafkaConsumerGroupManager {
 
 	manager := &kafkaConsumerGroupManagerImpl{
-		logger:    logger,
-		server:    serverHandler,
-		groups:    make(groupMap),
-		factory:   &kafkaConsumerGroupFactoryImpl{addrs: brokers, config: config},
-		groupLock: sync.RWMutex{},
-		eventLock: sync.Mutex{},
+		logger:         logger,
+		server:         serverHandler,
+		groups:         make(groupMap),
+		factory:        &kafkaConsumerGroupFactoryImpl{addrs: brokers, config: config, offsetsChecker: offsetsChecker, enqueue: enqueue},
+		groupLock:      sync.RWMutex{},
+		eventLock:      sync.Mutex{},
+		offsetsChecker: offsetsChecker,
 	}
 
 	logger.Info("Registering Consumer Group Manager Control-Protocol Handlers")
@@ -236,7 +239,7 @@ func (m *kafkaConsumerGroupManagerImpl) Reconfigure(brokers []string, config *sa
 		}
 	}
 
-	m.factory = &kafkaConsumerGroupFactoryImpl{addrs: brokers, config: config}
+	m.factory = &kafkaConsumerGroupFactoryImpl{addrs: brokers, config: config, offsetsChecker: m.offsetsChecker}
 
 	// Restart any groups this function stopped
 	m.logger.Info("Reconfigure Consumer Group Manager - Starting All Managed Consumer Groups")
@@ -261,7 +264,9 @@ func (m *kafkaConsumerGroupManagerImpl) Reconfigure(brokers []string, config *sa
 
 // StartConsumerGroup uses the consumer factory to create a new ConsumerGroup, add it to the list
 // of managed groups (for start/stop functionality) and start the Consume loop.
-func (m *kafkaConsumerGroupManagerImpl) StartConsumerGroup(groupId string, topics []string, logger *zap.SugaredLogger, handler KafkaConsumerHandler, options ...SaramaConsumerHandlerOption) error {
+func (m *kafkaConsumerGroupManagerImpl) StartConsumerGroup(ctx context.Context, groupId string, topics []string, handler KafkaConsumerHandler, ref types.NamespacedName, options ...SaramaConsumerHandlerOption) error {
+	logger := logging.FromContext(ctx)
+
 	groupLogger := m.logger.With(zap.String("GroupId", groupId))
 	groupLogger.Info("Creating New Managed ConsumerGroup")
 	group, err := m.factory.createConsumerGroup(groupId)
@@ -281,7 +286,7 @@ func (m *kafkaConsumerGroupManagerImpl) StartConsumerGroup(groupId string, topic
 	}
 
 	// The only thing we really want from the factory is the cancel function for the customConsumerGroup
-	customGroup := m.factory.startExistingConsumerGroup(group, consume, topics, logger, handler, options...)
+	customGroup := m.factory.startExistingConsumerGroup(groupId, group, consume, topics, logger, handler, ref, options...)
 	managedGrp := createManagedGroup(ctx, m.logger, group, cancel, customGroup.cancel)
 
 	// Add the Sarama ConsumerGroup we obtained from the factory to the managed group map,
diff --git a/pkg/common/consumer/consumergroup_offsets_checker.go b/pkg/common/consumer/consumergroup_offsets_checker.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a511de2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/common/consumer/consumergroup_offsets_checker.go
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+package consumer
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/Shopify/sarama"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
+
+	"knative.dev/eventing-kafka/pkg/common/kafka/offset"
+)
+
+const (
+	OffsetCheckRetryTimeout  = 60 * time.Second
+	OffsetCheckRetryInterval = 5 * time.Second
+)
+
+// wrapper functions for the Sarama functions, to facilitate unit testing
+var newSaramaClient = sarama.NewClient
+var newClusterAdminFromClient = sarama.NewClusterAdminFromClient
+
+type ConsumerGroupOffsetsChecker interface {
+	WaitForOffsetsInitialization(ctx context.Context, groupID string, topics []string, logger *zap.SugaredLogger, addrs []string, config *sarama.Config) error
+}
+
+type NoopConsumerGroupOffsetsChecker struct {
+}
+
+func (c *NoopConsumerGroupOffsetsChecker) WaitForOffsetsInitialization(ctx context.Context, groupID string, topics []string, logger *zap.SugaredLogger, addrs []string, config *sarama.Config) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+type KafkaConsumerGroupOffsetsChecker struct {
+}
+
+func (k *KafkaConsumerGroupOffsetsChecker) WaitForOffsetsInitialization(ctx context.Context, groupID string, topics []string, logger *zap.SugaredLogger, addrs []string, config *sarama.Config) error {
+	logger.Debugw("checking if all offsets are initialized", zap.Any("topics", topics), zap.Any("groupID", groupID))
+
+	client, err := newSaramaClient(addrs, config)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Errorw("unable to create Kafka client", zap.Any("topics", topics), zap.String("groupId", groupID), zap.Error(err))
+		return err
+	}
+	defer client.Close()
+
+	clusterAdmin, err := newClusterAdminFromClient(client)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Errorw("unable to create Kafka cluster admin client", zap.Any("topics", topics), zap.String("groupId", groupID), zap.Error(err))
+		return err
+	}
+	defer clusterAdmin.Close()
+
+	checkIfAllOffsetsInitialized := func() (bool, error) {
+		if initialized, err := offset.CheckIfAllOffsetsInitialized(client, clusterAdmin, topics, groupID); err == nil {
+			if initialized {
+				return true, nil
+			} else {
+				logger.Debugw("offsets not yet initialized, going to try again")
+				return false, nil
+			}
+		} else {
+			return false, fmt.Errorf("error checking if offsets are initialized. stopping trying. %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+	err = wait.PollImmediate(OffsetCheckRetryInterval, OffsetCheckRetryTimeout, checkIfAllOffsetsInitialized)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to check if offsets are initialized %w", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/common/kafka/offset/offsets.go b/pkg/common/kafka/offset/offsets.go
index 345ce2d9b..5caab1698 100644
--- a/pkg/common/kafka/offset/offsets.go
+++ b/pkg/common/kafka/offset/offsets.go
@@ -33,22 +33,14 @@ import (
 // Without InitOffsets, an event sent to a partition with an uninitialized offset
 // will not be forwarded when the session is closed (or a rebalancing is in progress).
 func InitOffsets(ctx context.Context, kafkaClient sarama.Client, kafkaAdminClient sarama.ClusterAdmin, topics []string, consumerGroup string) (int32, error) {
-	totalPartitions := 0
 	offsetManager, err := sarama.NewOffsetManagerFromClient(consumerGroup, kafkaClient)
 	if err != nil {
 		return -1, err
 	}
 
-	// Retrieve all partitions
-	topicPartitions := make(map[string][]int32)
-	for _, topic := range topics {
-		partitions, err := kafkaClient.Partitions(topic)
-		totalPartitions += len(partitions)
-		if err != nil {
-			return -1, fmt.Errorf("failed to get partitions for topic %s: %w", topic, err)
-		}
-
-		topicPartitions[topic] = partitions
+	totalPartitions, topicPartitions, err := retrieveAllPartitions(topics, kafkaClient)
+	if err != nil {
+		return -1, err
 	}
 
 	// Fetch topic offsets
@@ -101,3 +93,47 @@ func InitOffsets(ctx context.Context, kafkaClient sarama.Client, kafkaAdminClien
 	return int32(totalPartitions), nil
 
 }
+
+func CheckIfAllOffsetsInitialized(kafkaClient sarama.Client, kafkaAdminClient sarama.ClusterAdmin, topics []string, consumerGroup string) (bool, error) {
+	_, topicPartitions, err := retrieveAllPartitions(topics, kafkaClient)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	// Look for uninitialized offset (-1)
+	offsets, err := kafkaAdminClient.ListConsumerGroupOffsets(consumerGroup, topicPartitions)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	for _, partitions := range offsets.Blocks {
+		for _, block := range partitions {
+			if block.Offset == -1 { // not initialized?
+				return false, nil
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return true, nil
+}
+
+func retrieveAllPartitions(topics []string, kafkaClient sarama.Client) (int, map[string][]int32, error) {
+	totalPartitions := 0
+
+	// Retrieve all partitions
+	topicPartitions := make(map[string][]int32)
+	for _, topic := range topics {
+		partitions, err := kafkaClient.Partitions(topic)
+		totalPartitions += len(partitions)
+		if err != nil {
+			return -1, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get partitions for topic %s: %w", topic, err)
+		}
+
+		// return a copy of the partitions array in the map
+		// Sarama is caching this array and we don't want nobody to mess with it
+		clone := make([]int32, len(partitions))
+		copy(clone, partitions)
+		topicPartitions[topic] = clone
+	}
+	return totalPartitions, topicPartitions, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/source/adapter/adapter.go b/pkg/source/adapter/adapter.go
index 071329b89..90e41c409 100644
--- a/pkg/source/adapter/adapter.go
+++ b/pkg/source/adapter/adapter.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"golang.org/x/time/rate"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	ctrl "knative.dev/control-protocol/pkg"
 	ctrlnetwork "knative.dev/control-protocol/pkg/network"
 
@@ -140,12 +141,13 @@ func (a *Adapter) Start(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
 	a.saramaConfig = config
 
 	options := []consumer.SaramaConsumerHandlerOption{consumer.WithSaramaConsumerLifecycleListener(a)}
-	consumerGroupFactory := consumer.NewConsumerGroupFactory(addrs, config)
+	consumerGroupFactory := consumer.NewConsumerGroupFactory(addrs, config, &consumer.NoopConsumerGroupOffsetsChecker{}, func(ref types.NamespacedName) {})
 	group, err := consumerGroupFactory.StartConsumerGroup(
+		ctx,
 		a.config.ConsumerGroup,
 		a.config.Topics,
-		a.logger,
 		a,
+		types.NamespacedName{Namespace: a.config.Namespace, Name: a.config.Name},
 		options...,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
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deleted file mode 100644
index 261eeb9e9..000000000
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diff --git a/vendor/knative.dev/networking/pkg/prober/doc.go b/vendor/knative.dev/networking/pkg/prober/doc.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c971e14c..000000000
--- a/vendor/knative.dev/networking/pkg/prober/doc.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2019 The Knative Authors
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-// Package prober contains functionality for implementing probing in knative serving.
-package prober
diff --git a/vendor/knative.dev/networking/pkg/prober/prober.go b/vendor/knative.dev/networking/pkg/prober/prober.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b216609a..000000000
--- a/vendor/knative.dev/networking/pkg/prober/prober.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,199 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2020 The Knative Authors
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package prober
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
-	"net/http"
-	"sync"
-	"time"
-
-	"go.uber.org/zap"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
-	"knative.dev/pkg/logging"
-)
-
-// Preparer is a way for the caller to modify the HTTP request before it goes out.
-type Preparer func(r *http.Request) *http.Request
-
-// Verifier is a way for the caller to validate the HTTP response after it comes back.
-type Verifier func(r *http.Response, b []byte) (bool, error)
-
-// WithHeader sets a header in the probe request.
-func WithHeader(name, value string) Preparer {
-	return func(r *http.Request) *http.Request {
-		r.Header.Set(name, value)
-		return r
-	}
-}
-
-// WithHost sets the host in the probe request.
-func WithHost(host string) Preparer {
-	return func(r *http.Request) *http.Request {
-		r.Host = host
-		return r
-	}
-}
-
-// WithPath sets the path in the probe request.
-func WithPath(path string) Preparer {
-	return func(r *http.Request) *http.Request {
-		r.URL.Path = path
-		return r
-	}
-}
-
-// ExpectsBody validates that the body of the probe response matches the provided string.
-func ExpectsBody(body string) Verifier {
-	return func(r *http.Response, b []byte) (bool, error) {
-		if string(b) == body {
-			return true, nil
-		}
-		return false, fmt.Errorf("unexpected body: want %q, got %q", body, string(b))
-	}
-}
-
-// ExpectsHeader validates that the given header of the probe response matches the provided string.
-func ExpectsHeader(name, value string) Verifier {
-	return func(r *http.Response, _ []byte) (bool, error) {
-		if r.Header.Get(name) == value {
-			return true, nil
-		}
-		return false, fmt.Errorf("unexpected header %q: want %q, got %q", name, value, r.Header.Get(name))
-	}
-}
-
-// ExpectsStatusCodes validates that the given status code of the probe response matches the provided int.
-func ExpectsStatusCodes(statusCodes []int) Verifier {
-	return func(r *http.Response, _ []byte) (bool, error) {
-		for _, v := range statusCodes {
-			if r.StatusCode == v {
-				return true, nil
-			}
-		}
-		return false, fmt.Errorf("unexpected status code: want %v, got %v", statusCodes, r.StatusCode)
-	}
-}
-
-// Do sends a single probe to given target, e.g. `http://revision.default.svc.cluster.local:81`.
-// Do returns whether the probe was successful or not, or there was an error probing.
-func Do(ctx context.Context, transport http.RoundTripper, target string, ops ...interface{}) (bool, error) {
-	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, target, nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, fmt.Errorf("%s is not a valid URL: %w", target, err)
-	}
-	for _, op := range ops {
-		if po, ok := op.(Preparer); ok {
-			req = po(req)
-		}
-	}
-
-	resp, err := transport.RoundTrip(req)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, fmt.Errorf("error roundtripping %s: %w", target, err)
-	}
-	defer resp.Body.Close()
-	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, fmt.Errorf("error reading body: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	for _, op := range ops {
-		if vo, ok := op.(Verifier); ok {
-			if ok, err := vo(resp, body); err != nil || !ok {
-				return false, err
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	return true, nil
-}
-
-// Done is a callback that is executed when the async probe has finished.
-// `arg` is given by the caller at the offering time, while `success` and `err`
-// are the return values of the `Do` call.
-// It is assumed that the opaque arg is consistent for a given target and
-// we will coalesce concurrent Offer invocations on target.
-type Done func(arg interface{}, success bool, err error)
-
-// Manager manages async probes and makes sure we run concurrently only a single
-// probe for the same key.
-type Manager struct {
-	cb Done
-	// NB: it is paramount to use a transport that will close the connection
-	// after every request here. Otherwise the cached connections will prohibit
-	// scaling to zero, due to unsuccessful probes to the Activator.
-	transport http.RoundTripper
-
-	// mu guards keys.
-	mu   sync.Mutex
-	keys sets.String
-}
-
-// New creates a new Manager, that will invoke the given callback when
-// async probing is finished.
-func New(cb Done, transport http.RoundTripper) *Manager {
-	return &Manager{
-		keys:      sets.NewString(),
-		cb:        cb,
-		transport: transport,
-	}
-}
-
-// Offer executes asynchronous probe using `target` as the key.
-// If a probe with the same key already exists, Offer will return false and the
-// call is discarded. If the request is accepted, Offer returns true.
-// Otherwise Offer starts a goroutine that periodically executes
-// `Do`, until timeout is reached, the probe succeeds, or fails with an error.
-// In the end the callback is invoked with the provided `arg` and probing results.
-func (m *Manager) Offer(ctx context.Context, target string, arg interface{}, period, timeout time.Duration, ops ...interface{}) bool {
-	m.mu.Lock()
-	defer m.mu.Unlock()
-	if m.keys.Has(target) {
-		return false
-	}
-	m.keys.Insert(target)
-	m.doAsync(ctx, target, arg, period, timeout, ops...)
-	return true
-}
-
-// doAsync starts a go routine that probes the target with given period.
-func (m *Manager) doAsync(ctx context.Context, target string, arg interface{}, period, timeout time.Duration, ops ...interface{}) {
-	logger := logging.FromContext(ctx)
-	go func() {
-		defer func() {
-			m.mu.Lock()
-			defer m.mu.Unlock()
-			m.keys.Delete(target)
-		}()
-		var (
-			result bool
-			inErr  error
-		)
-		err := wait.PollImmediate(period, timeout, func() (bool, error) {
-			result, inErr = Do(ctx, m.transport, target, ops...)
-			// Do not return error, which is from verifierError, as retry is expected until timeout.
-			return result, nil
-		})
-		if inErr != nil {
-			logger.Errorw("Unable to read sockstat", zap.Error(inErr))
-		}
-		m.cb(arg, result, err)
-	}()
-}
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index e49ba15ea..72686977a 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -423,7 +423,6 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/otel/label
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/propagation
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace
 # go.uber.org/atomic v1.9.0
-## explicit
 go.uber.org/atomic
 # go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.4.0
 go.uber.org/automaxprocs/internal/cgroups
@@ -1245,9 +1244,6 @@ knative.dev/eventing/test/upgrade/prober/wathola/sender
 ## explicit
 knative.dev/hack
 knative.dev/hack/shell
-# knative.dev/networking v0.0.0-20210929162523-749575ef53f8
-## explicit
-knative.dev/networking/pkg/prober
 # knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20210929111822-2267a4cbebb8
 ## explicit
 knative.dev/pkg/apiextensions/storageversion


Test patch:
diff --git a/pkg/channel/consolidated/dispatcher/dispatcher_it_test.go b/pkg/channel/consolidated/dispatcher/dispatcher_it_test.go
index cbd86d41c..a8460bf64 100644
--- a/pkg/channel/consolidated/dispatcher/dispatcher_it_test.go
+++ b/pkg/channel/consolidated/dispatcher/dispatcher_it_test.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cloudevents/sdk-go/v2/test"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"knative.dev/eventing/pkg/channel/fanout"
 	"knative.dev/eventing/pkg/kncloudevents"
 	"knative.dev/pkg/apis"
@@ -55,6 +56,8 @@ func TestDispatcher(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Skipf("This test can't run in CI")
 	}
 
+	ctx := context.TODO()
+
 	logger, err := zap.NewDevelopment(zap.AddStacktrace(zap.WarnLevel))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
@@ -80,7 +83,7 @@ func TestDispatcher(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Create the dispatcher. At this point, if Kafka is not up, this thing fails
-	dispatcher, err := NewDispatcher(context.Background(), &dispatcherArgs)
+	dispatcher, err := NewDispatcher(context.Background(), &dispatcherArgs, func(ref types.NamespacedName) {})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Skipf("no dispatcher: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -179,7 +182,7 @@ func TestDispatcher(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 	require.NoError(t, dispatcher.RegisterChannelHost(channelAConfig))
-	require.NoError(t, dispatcher.ReconcileConsumers(channelAConfig))
+	require.NoError(t, dispatcher.ReconcileConsumers(ctx, channelAConfig))
 
 	channelBConfig := &ChannelConfig{
 		Namespace: "default",
@@ -195,7 +198,7 @@ func TestDispatcher(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 	require.NoError(t, dispatcher.RegisterChannelHost(channelBConfig))
-	require.NoError(t, dispatcher.ReconcileConsumers(channelBConfig))
+	require.NoError(t, dispatcher.ReconcileConsumers(ctx, channelBConfig))
 
 	time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
 
diff --git a/pkg/channel/consolidated/dispatcher/dispatcher_test.go b/pkg/channel/consolidated/dispatcher/dispatcher_test.go
index 2b34159ae..b431fca63 100644
--- a/pkg/channel/consolidated/dispatcher/dispatcher_test.go
+++ b/pkg/channel/consolidated/dispatcher/dispatcher_test.go
@@ -35,12 +35,13 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 
-	"knative.dev/eventing-kafka/pkg/channel/consolidated/utils"
-	"knative.dev/eventing-kafka/pkg/common/consumer"
 	eventingchannels "knative.dev/eventing/pkg/channel"
 	"knative.dev/eventing/pkg/channel/fanout"
 	klogtesting "knative.dev/pkg/logging/testing"
 	_ "knative.dev/pkg/system/testing"
+
+	"knative.dev/eventing-kafka/pkg/channel/consolidated/utils"
+	"knative.dev/eventing-kafka/pkg/common/consumer"
 )
 
 // ----- Mocks
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ type mockKafkaConsumerFactory struct {
 	createErr bool
 }
 
-func (c mockKafkaConsumerFactory) StartConsumerGroup(groupID string, topics []string, logger *zap.SugaredLogger, handler consumer.KafkaConsumerHandler, options ...consumer.SaramaConsumerHandlerOption) (sarama.ConsumerGroup, error) {
+func (c mockKafkaConsumerFactory) StartConsumerGroup(ctx context.Context, groupID string, topics []string, handler consumer.KafkaConsumerHandler, ref types.NamespacedName, options ...consumer.SaramaConsumerHandlerOption) (sarama.ConsumerGroup, error) {
 	if c.createErr {
 		return nil, errors.New("error creating consumer")
 	}
@@ -267,9 +268,11 @@ func TestDispatcher_UpdateConsumers(t *testing.T) {
 				logger:               zaptest.NewLogger(t).Sugar(),
 			}
 
+			ctx := context.TODO()
+
 			// Initialize using oldConfig
 			require.NoError(t, d.RegisterChannelHost(tc.oldConfig))
-			require.NoError(t, d.ReconcileConsumers(tc.oldConfig))
+			require.NoError(t, d.ReconcileConsumers(ctx, tc.oldConfig))
 
 			oldSubscribers := sets.NewString()
 			for _, sub := range d.subscriptions {
@@ -283,7 +286,7 @@ func TestDispatcher_UpdateConsumers(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			// Update with new config
-			err := d.ReconcileConsumers(tc.newConfig)
+			err := d.ReconcileConsumers(ctx, tc.newConfig)
 			if tc.createErr != "" {
 				if err == nil {
 					t.Errorf("Expected UpdateConfig error: '%v'. Actual nil", tc.createErr)
@@ -363,6 +366,8 @@ func TestDispatcher_MultipleChannelsInParallel(t *testing.T) {
 		logger:               zaptest.NewLogger(t).Sugar(),
 	}
 
+	ctx := context.TODO()
+
 	// Let's register channel configs first
 	for _, c := range configs {
 		require.NoError(t, d.RegisterChannelHost(c))
@@ -374,7 +379,7 @@ func TestDispatcher_MultipleChannelsInParallel(t *testing.T) {
 			wg.Add(1)
 			go func(c *ChannelConfig) {
 				defer wg.Done()
-				assert.NoError(t, d.ReconcileConsumers(c))
+				assert.NoError(t, d.ReconcileConsumers(ctx, c))
 			}(c)
 		}
 	}
@@ -418,6 +423,8 @@ func TestKafkaDispatcher_CleanupChannel(t *testing.T) {
 		logger:               zaptest.NewLogger(t).Sugar(),
 	}
 
+	ctx := context.TODO()
+
 	channelConfig := &ChannelConfig{
 		Namespace: "default",
 		Name:      "test-channel",
@@ -438,7 +445,7 @@ func TestKafkaDispatcher_CleanupChannel(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 	require.NoError(t, d.RegisterChannelHost(channelConfig))
-	require.NoError(t, d.ReconcileConsumers(channelConfig))
+	require.NoError(t, d.ReconcileConsumers(ctx, channelConfig))
 
 	require.NoError(t, d.CleanupChannel(channelConfig.Name, channelConfig.Namespace, channelConfig.HostName))
 	require.NotContains(t, d.subscriptions, "subscription-1")
@@ -461,6 +468,8 @@ func TestSubscribeError(t *testing.T) {
 		channelSubscriptions: map[types.NamespacedName]*KafkaSubscription{},
 	}
 
+	ctx := context.TODO()
+
 	channelRef := types.NamespacedName{
 		Name:      "test-channel",
 		Namespace: "test-ns",
@@ -470,7 +479,7 @@ func TestSubscribeError(t *testing.T) {
 		UID:          "test-sub",
 		Subscription: fanout.Subscription{},
 	}
-	err := d.subscribe(channelRef, subRef)
+	err := d.subscribe(ctx, channelRef, subRef)
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Errorf("Expected error want %s, got %s", "error creating consumer", err)
 	}
@@ -511,7 +520,7 @@ func TestNewDispatcher(t *testing.T) {
 		Brokers:   []string{"localhost:10000"},
 		TopicFunc: utils.TopicName,
 	}
-	_, err := NewDispatcher(context.TODO(), args)
+	_, err := NewDispatcher(context.TODO(), args, func(ref types.NamespacedName) {})
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Errorf("Expected error want %s, got %s", "message receiver is not set", err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/channel/consolidated/dispatcher/subscription_endpoint_test.go b/pkg/channel/consolidated/dispatcher/subscription_endpoint_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 63d7b0a6f..000000000
--- a/pkg/channel/consolidated/dispatcher/subscription_endpoint_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,155 +0,0 @@
-package dispatcher
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
-	"net/http"
-	"net/http/httptest"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
-	klogtesting "knative.dev/pkg/logging/testing"
-)
-
-func TestServeHTTP(t *testing.T) {
-
-	httpGet := "GET"
-	httpPost := "POST"
-	testCases := []struct {
-		name               string
-		responseReturnCode int
-		desiredJson        []byte
-		channelSubs        map[types.NamespacedName]*KafkaSubscription
-		requestURI         string
-		httpMethod         string
-	}{
-		{
-			name:               "channelref not found",
-			httpMethod:         httpGet,
-			responseReturnCode: http.StatusNotFound,
-			desiredJson:        []byte{},
-			requestURI:         "/exist/thisDoesNot",
-		}, {
-			name:               "nop",
-			httpMethod:         httpGet,
-			responseReturnCode: http.StatusNotFound,
-			desiredJson:        []byte{},
-			requestURI:         "///",
-		}, {
-			name:               "no ready subscribers",
-			httpMethod:         httpGet,
-			responseReturnCode: http.StatusOK,
-			desiredJson:        []byte(`{}`),
-			channelSubs: map[types.NamespacedName]*KafkaSubscription{
-				{Name: "foo", Namespace: "bar"}: {
-					subs:                      sets.NewString(),
-					channelReadySubscriptions: map[string]sets.Int32{},
-				},
-			},
-			requestURI: "/bar/foo",
-		}, {
-			name:               "different channelref called from populated channref (different ns)",
-			httpMethod:         httpGet,
-			desiredJson:        []byte{},
-			responseReturnCode: http.StatusNotFound,
-			channelSubs: map[types.NamespacedName]*KafkaSubscription{
-				{Name: "foo", Namespace: "baz"}: {
-					subs: sets.NewString("a", "b"),
-					channelReadySubscriptions: map[string]sets.Int32{
-						"a": sets.NewInt32(0),
-						"b": sets.NewInt32(0),
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			requestURI: "/bar/foo",
-		}, {
-			name:               "return correct subscription",
-			httpMethod:         httpGet,
-			desiredJson:        []byte(`{"a":[0],"b":[0,2,5]}`),
-			responseReturnCode: http.StatusOK,
-			channelSubs: map[types.NamespacedName]*KafkaSubscription{
-				{Name: "foo", Namespace: "bar"}: {
-					subs: sets.NewString("a", "b"),
-					channelReadySubscriptions: map[string]sets.Int32{
-						"a": sets.NewInt32(0),
-						"b": sets.NewInt32(0, 2, 5),
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			requestURI: "/bar/foo",
-		}, {
-			name:               "return correct subscription from multiple chanrefs",
-			httpMethod:         httpGet,
-			desiredJson:        []byte(`{"a":[0],"b":[0,2,5]}`),
-			responseReturnCode: http.StatusOK,
-			channelSubs: map[types.NamespacedName]*KafkaSubscription{
-				{Name: "table", Namespace: "flip"}: {
-					subs: sets.NewString("c", "d"),
-					channelReadySubscriptions: map[string]sets.Int32{
-						"c": sets.NewInt32(0),
-						"d": sets.NewInt32(0),
-					}},
-				{Name: "foo", Namespace: "bar"}: {
-					subs: sets.NewString("a", "b"),
-					channelReadySubscriptions: map[string]sets.Int32{
-						"a": sets.NewInt32(0),
-						"b": sets.NewInt32(0, 2, 5),
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			requestURI: "/bar/foo",
-		}, {
-			name:               "bad request uri",
-			httpMethod:         httpGet,
-			desiredJson:        []byte{},
-			responseReturnCode: http.StatusNotFound,
-			requestURI:         "/here/be/dragons/there/are/too/many/slashes",
-		}, {
-			name:               "bad request method (POST)",
-			httpMethod:         httpPost,
-			desiredJson:        []byte{},
-			responseReturnCode: http.StatusMethodNotAllowed,
-		},
-	}
-	logger := klogtesting.TestLogger(t)
-	d := &KafkaDispatcher{
-		channelSubscriptions: make(map[types.NamespacedName]*KafkaSubscription),
-		logger:               logger,
-	}
-	subscriptionEndpoint := &subscriptionEndpoint{
-		dispatcher: d,
-		logger:     logger,
-	}
-
-	ts := httptest.NewServer(subscriptionEndpoint)
-	defer ts.Close()
-	for _, tc := range testCases {
-		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			t.Logf("Running %s", t.Name())
-			d.channelSubscriptions = tc.channelSubs
-
-			request, _ := http.NewRequest(tc.httpMethod, fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", ts.URL, tc.requestURI), nil)
-			//			resp, err := http.Get(fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", ts.URL, tc.requestURI))
-			resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(request)
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Errorf("Could not send request to subscriber endpoint: %v", err)
-			}
-			if resp.StatusCode != tc.responseReturnCode {
-				t.Errorf("unepxected status returned: want: %d, got: %d", tc.responseReturnCode, resp.StatusCode)
-			}
-			respBody, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
-			defer resp.Body.Close()
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Errorf("Could not read response from subscriber endpoint: %v", err)
-			}
-			if testing.Verbose() && len(respBody) > 0 {
-				t.Logf("http response: %s\n", string(respBody))
-			}
-			if diff := cmp.Diff(tc.desiredJson, respBody); diff != "" {
-				t.Errorf("unexpected readysubscriber status response: (-want, +got) = %v", diff)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
diff --git a/pkg/channel/consolidated/reconciler/controller/kafkachannel_test.go b/pkg/channel/consolidated/reconciler/controller/kafkachannel_test.go
index 00b9ee377..b770b54e4 100644
--- a/pkg/channel/consolidated/reconciler/controller/kafkachannel_test.go
+++ b/pkg/channel/consolidated/reconciler/controller/kafkachannel_test.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
 	clientgotesting "k8s.io/client-go/testing"
+	commontesting "knative.dev/eventing-kafka/pkg/common/testing"
 	eventingduckv1 "knative.dev/eventing/pkg/apis/duck/v1"
 	eventingClient "knative.dev/eventing/pkg/client/injection/client"
 	"knative.dev/pkg/apis"
@@ -413,11 +414,15 @@ func TestAllCases(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	table.Test(t, reconcilertesting.MakeFactory(func(ctx context.Context, listers *reconcilertesting.Listers, cmw configmap.Watcher, options map[string]interface{}) controller.Reconciler {
-
+		saramaConfig := &sarama.Config{}
 		// Optional Customization Of KafkaConfig.EventingKafka - Defaults To Empty
 		configEventingKafkaInterface, ok := options["configEventingKafka"]
 		if !ok || configEventingKafkaInterface == nil {
-			configEventingKafkaInterface = config.EventingKafkaConfig{}
+			configEventingKafkaInterface = config.EventingKafkaConfig{
+				Sarama: config.EKSaramaConfig{
+					Config: saramaConfig,
+				},
+			}
 		}
 		configEventingKafka := configEventingKafkaInterface.(config.EventingKafkaConfig)
 
@@ -436,16 +441,19 @@ func TestAllCases(t *testing.T) {
 			deploymentLister:     listers.GetDeploymentLister(),
 			serviceLister:        listers.GetServiceLister(),
 			endpointsLister:      listers.GetEndpointsLister(),
-			kafkaClusterAdmin:    &mockClusterAdmin{},
-			kafkaClientSet:       fakekafkaclient.Get(ctx),
-			KubeClientSet:        kubeclient.Get(ctx),
-			EventingClientSet:    eventingClient.Get(ctx),
-			statusManager: &fakeStatusManager{
-				FakeIsReady: func(ctx context.Context, ch v1beta1.KafkaChannel,
-					sub eventingduckv1.SubscriberSpec) (bool, error) {
-					return true, nil
+			kafkaClusterAdmin: &commontesting.MockClusterAdmin{
+				MockListConsumerGroupsFunc: func() (map[string]string, error) {
+					cgs := map[string]string{
+						fmt.Sprintf("kafka.%s.%s.%s", kcName, testNS, sub1UID): "consumer",
+						fmt.Sprintf("kafka.%s.%s.%s", kcName, testNS, sub2UID): "consumer",
+					}
+					return cgs, nil
 				},
 			},
+			kafkaClient:       &mockKafkaClient{saramaConfig},
+			kafkaClientSet:    fakekafkaclient.Get(ctx),
+			KubeClientSet:     kubeclient.Get(ctx),
+			EventingClientSet: eventingClient.Get(ctx),
 		}
 		return kafkachannel.NewReconciler(ctx, logging.FromContext(ctx), r.kafkaClientSet, listers.GetKafkaChannelLister(), controller.GetEventRecorder(ctx), r)
 	}, zap.L()))
@@ -486,15 +494,19 @@ func TestTopicExists(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	row.Test(t, reconcilertesting.MakeFactory(func(ctx context.Context, listers *reconcilertesting.Listers, cmw configmap.Watcher, options map[string]interface{}) controller.Reconciler {
-
+		saramaConfig := &sarama.Config{}
 		r := &Reconciler{
 			systemNamespace:          testNS,
 			dispatcherImage:          testDispatcherImage,
 			dispatcherServiceAccount: testDispatcherserviceAccount,
 			kafkaConfigMapHash:       testConfigMapHash,
 			kafkaConfig: &KafkaConfig{
-				Brokers:       []string{brokerName},
-				EventingKafka: &config.EventingKafkaConfig{},
+				Brokers: []string{brokerName},
+				EventingKafka: &config.EventingKafkaConfig{
+					Sarama: config.EKSaramaConfig{
+						Config: saramaConfig,
+					},
+				},
 			},
 			kafkachannelLister: listers.GetKafkaChannelLister(),
 			// TODO fix
@@ -502,24 +514,26 @@ func TestTopicExists(t *testing.T) {
 			deploymentLister:     listers.GetDeploymentLister(),
 			serviceLister:        listers.GetServiceLister(),
 			endpointsLister:      listers.GetEndpointsLister(),
-			kafkaClusterAdmin: &mockClusterAdmin{
-				mockCreateTopicFunc: func(topic string, detail *sarama.TopicDetail, validateOnly bool) error {
+			kafkaClusterAdmin: &commontesting.MockClusterAdmin{
+				MockCreateTopicFunc: func(topic string, detail *sarama.TopicDetail, validateOnly bool) error {
 					errMsg := sarama.ErrTopicAlreadyExists.Error()
 					return &sarama.TopicError{
 						Err:    sarama.ErrTopicAlreadyExists,
 						ErrMsg: &errMsg,
 					}
 				},
+				MockListConsumerGroupsFunc: func() (map[string]string, error) {
+					cgs := map[string]string{
+						fmt.Sprintf("kafka.%s.%s.%s", kcName, testNS, sub1UID): "consumer",
+						fmt.Sprintf("kafka.%s.%s.%s", kcName, testNS, sub2UID): "consumer",
+					}
+					return cgs, nil
+				},
 			},
+			kafkaClient:       &mockKafkaClient{saramaConfig},
 			kafkaClientSet:    fakekafkaclient.Get(ctx),
 			KubeClientSet:     kubeclient.Get(ctx),
 			EventingClientSet: eventingClient.Get(ctx),
-			statusManager: &fakeStatusManager{
-				FakeIsReady: func(ctx context.Context, channel v1beta1.KafkaChannel,
-					spec eventingduckv1.SubscriberSpec) (bool, error) {
-					return true, nil
-				},
-			},
 		}
 		return kafkachannel.NewReconciler(ctx, logging.FromContext(ctx), r.kafkaClientSet, listers.GetKafkaChannelLister(), controller.GetEventRecorder(ctx), r)
 	}, zap.L()))
@@ -564,15 +578,19 @@ func TestDeploymentUpdatedOnImageChange(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	row.Test(t, reconcilertesting.MakeFactory(func(ctx context.Context, listers *reconcilertesting.Listers, cmw configmap.Watcher, options map[string]interface{}) controller.Reconciler {
-
+		saramaConfig := &sarama.Config{}
 		r := &Reconciler{
 			systemNamespace:          testNS,
 			dispatcherImage:          testDispatcherImage,
 			dispatcherServiceAccount: testDispatcherserviceAccount,
 			kafkaConfigMapHash:       testConfigMapHash,
 			kafkaConfig: &KafkaConfig{
-				Brokers:       []string{brokerName},
-				EventingKafka: &config.EventingKafkaConfig{},
+				Brokers: []string{brokerName},
+				EventingKafka: &config.EventingKafkaConfig{
+					Sarama: config.EKSaramaConfig{
+						Config: saramaConfig,
+					},
+				},
 			},
 			kafkachannelLister: listers.GetKafkaChannelLister(),
 			// TODO fix
@@ -580,24 +598,26 @@ func TestDeploymentUpdatedOnImageChange(t *testing.T) {
 			deploymentLister:     listers.GetDeploymentLister(),
 			serviceLister:        listers.GetServiceLister(),
 			endpointsLister:      listers.GetEndpointsLister(),
-			kafkaClusterAdmin: &mockClusterAdmin{
-				mockCreateTopicFunc: func(topic string, detail *sarama.TopicDetail, validateOnly bool) error {
+			kafkaClusterAdmin: &commontesting.MockClusterAdmin{
+				MockCreateTopicFunc: func(topic string, detail *sarama.TopicDetail, validateOnly bool) error {
 					errMsg := sarama.ErrTopicAlreadyExists.Error()
 					return &sarama.TopicError{
 						Err:    sarama.ErrTopicAlreadyExists,
 						ErrMsg: &errMsg,
 					}
 				},
+				MockListConsumerGroupsFunc: func() (map[string]string, error) {
+					cgs := map[string]string{
+						fmt.Sprintf("kafka.%s.%s.%s", kcName, testNS, sub1UID): "consumer",
+						fmt.Sprintf("kafka.%s.%s.%s", kcName, testNS, sub2UID): "consumer",
+					}
+					return cgs, nil
+				},
 			},
+			kafkaClient:       &mockKafkaClient{saramaConfig},
 			kafkaClientSet:    fakekafkaclient.Get(ctx),
 			KubeClientSet:     kubeclient.Get(ctx),
 			EventingClientSet: eventingClient.Get(ctx),
-			statusManager: &fakeStatusManager{
-				FakeIsReady: func(ctx context.Context, channel v1beta1.KafkaChannel,
-					spec eventingduckv1.SubscriberSpec) (bool, error) {
-					return true, nil
-				},
-			},
 		}
 		return kafkachannel.NewReconciler(ctx, logging.FromContext(ctx), r.kafkaClientSet, listers.GetKafkaChannelLister(), controller.GetEventRecorder(ctx), r)
 	}, zap.L()))
@@ -642,15 +662,19 @@ func TestDeploymentZeroReplicas(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	row.Test(t, reconcilertesting.MakeFactory(func(ctx context.Context, listers *reconcilertesting.Listers, cmw configmap.Watcher, options map[string]interface{}) controller.Reconciler {
-
+		saramaConfig := &sarama.Config{}
 		r := &Reconciler{
 			systemNamespace:          testNS,
 			dispatcherImage:          testDispatcherImage,
 			dispatcherServiceAccount: testDispatcherserviceAccount,
 			kafkaConfigMapHash:       testConfigMapHash,
 			kafkaConfig: &KafkaConfig{
-				Brokers:       []string{brokerName},
-				EventingKafka: &config.EventingKafkaConfig{},
+				Brokers: []string{brokerName},
+				EventingKafka: &config.EventingKafkaConfig{
+					Sarama: config.EKSaramaConfig{
+						Config: saramaConfig,
+					},
+				},
 			},
 			kafkachannelLister: listers.GetKafkaChannelLister(),
 			// TODO fix
@@ -658,24 +682,26 @@ func TestDeploymentZeroReplicas(t *testing.T) {
 			deploymentLister:     listers.GetDeploymentLister(),
 			serviceLister:        listers.GetServiceLister(),
 			endpointsLister:      listers.GetEndpointsLister(),
-			kafkaClusterAdmin: &mockClusterAdmin{
-				mockCreateTopicFunc: func(topic string, detail *sarama.TopicDetail, validateOnly bool) error {
+			kafkaClusterAdmin: &commontesting.MockClusterAdmin{
+				MockCreateTopicFunc: func(topic string, detail *sarama.TopicDetail, validateOnly bool) error {
 					errMsg := sarama.ErrTopicAlreadyExists.Error()
 					return &sarama.TopicError{
 						Err:    sarama.ErrTopicAlreadyExists,
 						ErrMsg: &errMsg,
 					}
 				},
+				MockListConsumerGroupsFunc: func() (map[string]string, error) {
+					cgs := map[string]string{
+						fmt.Sprintf("kafka.%s.%s.%s", kcName, testNS, sub1UID): "consumer",
+						fmt.Sprintf("kafka.%s.%s.%s", kcName, testNS, sub2UID): "consumer",
+					}
+					return cgs, nil
+				},
 			},
+			kafkaClient:       &mockKafkaClient{saramaConfig},
 			kafkaClientSet:    fakekafkaclient.Get(ctx),
 			KubeClientSet:     kubeclient.Get(ctx),
 			EventingClientSet: eventingClient.Get(ctx),
-			statusManager: &fakeStatusManager{
-				FakeIsReady: func(ctx context.Context, channel v1beta1.KafkaChannel,
-					spec eventingduckv1.SubscriberSpec) (bool, error) {
-					return true, nil
-				},
-			},
 		}
 		return kafkachannel.NewReconciler(ctx, logging.FromContext(ctx), r.kafkaClientSet, listers.GetKafkaChannelLister(), controller.GetEventRecorder(ctx), r)
 	}, zap.L()))
@@ -716,15 +742,19 @@ func TestDeploymentMoreThanOneReplicas(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	row.Test(t, reconcilertesting.MakeFactory(func(ctx context.Context, listers *reconcilertesting.Listers, cmw configmap.Watcher, options map[string]interface{}) controller.Reconciler {
-
+		saramaConfig := &sarama.Config{}
 		r := &Reconciler{
 			systemNamespace:          testNS,
 			dispatcherImage:          testDispatcherImage,
 			dispatcherServiceAccount: testDispatcherserviceAccount,
 			kafkaConfigMapHash:       testConfigMapHash,
 			kafkaConfig: &KafkaConfig{
-				Brokers:       []string{brokerName},
-				EventingKafka: &config.EventingKafkaConfig{},
+				Brokers: []string{brokerName},
+				EventingKafka: &config.EventingKafkaConfig{
+					Sarama: config.EKSaramaConfig{
+						Config: saramaConfig,
+					},
+				},
 			},
 			kafkachannelLister: listers.GetKafkaChannelLister(),
 			// TODO fix
@@ -732,24 +762,26 @@ func TestDeploymentMoreThanOneReplicas(t *testing.T) {
 			deploymentLister:     listers.GetDeploymentLister(),
 			serviceLister:        listers.GetServiceLister(),
 			endpointsLister:      listers.GetEndpointsLister(),
-			kafkaClusterAdmin: &mockClusterAdmin{
-				mockCreateTopicFunc: func(topic string, detail *sarama.TopicDetail, validateOnly bool) error {
+			kafkaClusterAdmin: &commontesting.MockClusterAdmin{
+				MockCreateTopicFunc: func(topic string, detail *sarama.TopicDetail, validateOnly bool) error {
 					errMsg := sarama.ErrTopicAlreadyExists.Error()
 					return &sarama.TopicError{
 						Err:    sarama.ErrTopicAlreadyExists,
 						ErrMsg: &errMsg,
 					}
 				},
+				MockListConsumerGroupsFunc: func() (map[string]string, error) {
+					cgs := map[string]string{
+						fmt.Sprintf("kafka.%s.%s.%s", kcName, testNS, sub1UID): "consumer",
+						fmt.Sprintf("kafka.%s.%s.%s", kcName, testNS, sub2UID): "consumer",
+					}
+					return cgs, nil
+				},
 			},
+			kafkaClient:       &mockKafkaClient{saramaConfig},
 			kafkaClientSet:    fakekafkaclient.Get(ctx),
 			KubeClientSet:     kubeclient.Get(ctx),
 			EventingClientSet: eventingClient.Get(ctx),
-			statusManager: &fakeStatusManager{
-				FakeIsReady: func(ctx context.Context, channel v1beta1.KafkaChannel,
-					spec eventingduckv1.SubscriberSpec) (bool, error) {
-					return true, nil
-				},
-			},
 		}
 		return kafkachannel.NewReconciler(ctx, logging.FromContext(ctx), r.kafkaClientSet, listers.GetKafkaChannelLister(), controller.GetEventRecorder(ctx), r)
 	}, zap.L()))
@@ -794,15 +826,19 @@ func TestDeploymentUpdatedOnConfigMapHashChange(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	row.Test(t, reconcilertesting.MakeFactory(func(ctx context.Context, listers *reconcilertesting.Listers, cmw configmap.Watcher, options map[string]interface{}) controller.Reconciler {
-
+		saramaConfig := &sarama.Config{}
 		r := &Reconciler{
 			systemNamespace:          testNS,
 			dispatcherImage:          testDispatcherImage,
 			dispatcherServiceAccount: testDispatcherserviceAccount,
 			kafkaConfigMapHash:       testConfigMapHash,
 			kafkaConfig: &KafkaConfig{
-				Brokers:       []string{brokerName},
-				EventingKafka: &config.EventingKafkaConfig{},
+				Brokers: []string{brokerName},
+				EventingKafka: &config.EventingKafkaConfig{
+					Sarama: config.EKSaramaConfig{
+						Config: saramaConfig,
+					},
+				},
 			},
 			kafkachannelLister: listers.GetKafkaChannelLister(),
 			// TODO fix
@@ -810,138 +846,114 @@ func TestDeploymentUpdatedOnConfigMapHashChange(t *testing.T) {
 			deploymentLister:     listers.GetDeploymentLister(),
 			serviceLister:        listers.GetServiceLister(),
 			endpointsLister:      listers.GetEndpointsLister(),
-			kafkaClusterAdmin: &mockClusterAdmin{
-				mockCreateTopicFunc: func(topic string, detail *sarama.TopicDetail, validateOnly bool) error {
+			kafkaClusterAdmin: &commontesting.MockClusterAdmin{
+				MockCreateTopicFunc: func(topic string, detail *sarama.TopicDetail, validateOnly bool) error {
 					errMsg := sarama.ErrTopicAlreadyExists.Error()
 					return &sarama.TopicError{
 						Err:    sarama.ErrTopicAlreadyExists,
 						ErrMsg: &errMsg,
 					}
 				},
+				MockListConsumerGroupsFunc: func() (map[string]string, error) {
+					cgs := map[string]string{
+						fmt.Sprintf("kafka.%s.%s.%s", kcName, testNS, sub1UID): "consumer",
+						fmt.Sprintf("kafka.%s.%s.%s", kcName, testNS, sub2UID): "consumer",
+					}
+					return cgs, nil
+				},
 			},
+			kafkaClient:       &mockKafkaClient{saramaConfig},
 			kafkaClientSet:    fakekafkaclient.Get(ctx),
 			KubeClientSet:     kubeclient.Get(ctx),
 			EventingClientSet: eventingClient.Get(ctx),
-			statusManager: &fakeStatusManager{
-				FakeIsReady: func(ctx context.Context, channel v1beta1.KafkaChannel,
-					spec eventingduckv1.SubscriberSpec) (bool, error) {
-					return true, nil
-				},
-			},
 		}
 		return kafkachannel.NewReconciler(ctx, logging.FromContext(ctx), r.kafkaClientSet, listers.GetKafkaChannelLister(), controller.GetEventRecorder(ctx), r)
 	}, zap.L()))
 }
 
-type mockClusterAdmin struct {
-	mockCreateTopicFunc func(topic string, detail *sarama.TopicDetail, validateOnly bool) error
-	mockDeleteTopicFunc func(topic string) error
+type mockKafkaClient struct {
+	saramaConfig *sarama.Config
 }
 
-func (ca *mockClusterAdmin) AlterPartitionReassignments(topic string, assignment [][]int32) error {
-	return nil
+func (c mockKafkaClient) Config() *sarama.Config {
+	return c.saramaConfig
 }
 
-func (ca *mockClusterAdmin) ListPartitionReassignments(topics string, partitions []int32) (topicStatus map[string]map[int32]*sarama.PartitionReplicaReassignmentsStatus, err error) {
+func (c mockKafkaClient) Controller() (*sarama.Broker, error) {
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
-func (ca *mockClusterAdmin) DescribeLogDirs(brokers []int32) (map[int32][]sarama.DescribeLogDirsResponseDirMetadata, error) {
+func (c mockKafkaClient) RefreshController() (*sarama.Broker, error) {
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
-func (ca *mockClusterAdmin) DescribeUserScramCredentials(users []string) ([]*sarama.DescribeUserScramCredentialsResult, error) {
-	return nil, nil
+func (c mockKafkaClient) Brokers() []*sarama.Broker {
+	return nil
 }
 
-func (ca *mockClusterAdmin) DeleteUserScramCredentials(delete []sarama.AlterUserScramCredentialsDelete) ([]*sarama.AlterUserScramCredentialsResult, error) {
+func (c mockKafkaClient) Broker(brokerID int32) (*sarama.Broker, error) {
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
-func (ca *mockClusterAdmin) UpsertUserScramCredentials(upsert []sarama.AlterUserScramCredentialsUpsert) ([]*sarama.AlterUserScramCredentialsResult, error) {
+func (c mockKafkaClient) Topics() ([]string, error) {
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
-func (ca *mockClusterAdmin) CreateTopic(topic string, detail *sarama.TopicDetail, validateOnly bool) error {
-	if ca.mockCreateTopicFunc != nil {
-		return ca.mockCreateTopicFunc(topic, detail, validateOnly)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (ca *mockClusterAdmin) Close() error {
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (ca *mockClusterAdmin) DeleteTopic(topic string) error {
-	if ca.mockDeleteTopicFunc != nil {
-		return ca.mockDeleteTopicFunc(topic)
-	}
-	return nil
+func (c mockKafkaClient) Partitions(topic string) ([]int32, error) {
+	return nil, nil
 }
 
-func (ca *mockClusterAdmin) DescribeTopics(topics []string) (metadata []*sarama.TopicMetadata, err error) {
+func (c mockKafkaClient) WritablePartitions(topic string) ([]int32, error) {
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
-func (ca *mockClusterAdmin) ListTopics() (map[string]sarama.TopicDetail, error) {
+func (c mockKafkaClient) Leader(topic string, partitionID int32) (*sarama.Broker, error) {
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
-func (ca *mockClusterAdmin) CreatePartitions(topic string, count int32, assignment [][]int32, validateOnly bool) error {
-	return nil
+func (c mockKafkaClient) Replicas(topic string, partitionID int32) ([]int32, error) {
+	return nil, nil
 }
 
-func (ca *mockClusterAdmin) DeleteRecords(topic string, partitionOffsets map[int32]int64) error {
-	return nil
+func (c mockKafkaClient) InSyncReplicas(topic string, partitionID int32) ([]int32, error) {
+	return nil, nil
 }
 
-func (ca *mockClusterAdmin) DescribeConfig(resource sarama.ConfigResource) ([]sarama.ConfigEntry, error) {
+func (c mockKafkaClient) OfflineReplicas(topic string, partitionID int32) ([]int32, error) {
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
-func (ca *mockClusterAdmin) AlterConfig(resourceType sarama.ConfigResourceType, name string, entries map[string]*string, validateOnly bool) error {
+func (c mockKafkaClient) RefreshBrokers(addrs []string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (ca *mockClusterAdmin) CreateACL(resource sarama.Resource, acl sarama.Acl) error {
+func (c mockKafkaClient) RefreshMetadata(topics ...string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (ca *mockClusterAdmin) ListAcls(filter sarama.AclFilter) ([]sarama.ResourceAcls, error) {
-	return nil, nil
+func (c mockKafkaClient) GetOffset(topic string, partitionID int32, time int64) (int64, error) {
+	return 0, nil
 }
 
-func (ca *mockClusterAdmin) DeleteACL(filter sarama.AclFilter, validateOnly bool) ([]sarama.MatchingAcl, error) {
+func (c mockKafkaClient) Coordinator(consumerGroup string) (*sarama.Broker, error) {
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
-func (ca *mockClusterAdmin) ListConsumerGroups() (map[string]string, error) {
-	cgs := map[string]string{
-		fmt.Sprintf("kafka.%s.%s.%s", kcName, testNS, sub1UID): "consumer",
-		fmt.Sprintf("kafka.%s.%s.%s", kcName, testNS, sub2UID): "consumer",
-	}
-	return cgs, nil
+func (c mockKafkaClient) RefreshCoordinator(consumerGroup string) error {
+	return nil
 }
 
-func (ca *mockClusterAdmin) DescribeConsumerGroups(groups []string) ([]*sarama.GroupDescription, error) {
+func (c mockKafkaClient) InitProducerID() (*sarama.InitProducerIDResponse, error) {
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
-func (ca *mockClusterAdmin) ListConsumerGroupOffsets(group string, topicPartitions map[string][]int32) (*sarama.OffsetFetchResponse, error) {
-	return &sarama.OffsetFetchResponse{}, nil
-}
-
-func (ca *mockClusterAdmin) DescribeCluster() (brokers []*sarama.Broker, controllerID int32, err error) {
-	return nil, 0, nil
-}
-
-// Delete a consumer group.
-func (ca *mockClusterAdmin) DeleteConsumerGroup(group string) error {
+func (c mockKafkaClient) Close() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-var _ sarama.ClusterAdmin = (*mockClusterAdmin)(nil)
+func (c mockKafkaClient) Closed() bool {
+	return false
+}
 
 func makeDeploymentWithParams(image string, replicas int32, configMapHash string, objMeta bool) *appsv1.Deployment {
 	args := resources.DispatcherDeploymentArgs{
@@ -1087,22 +1099,6 @@ func subscribers() []eventingduckv1.SubscriberSpec {
 	}}
 }
 
-type fakeStatusManager struct {
-	FakeIsReady func(context.Context, v1beta1.KafkaChannel, eventingduckv1.SubscriberSpec) (bool, error)
-}
-
-func (m *fakeStatusManager) IsReady(ctx context.Context, ch v1beta1.KafkaChannel, sub eventingduckv1.SubscriberSpec) (bool, error) {
-	return m.FakeIsReady(ctx, ch, sub)
-}
-
-func (m *fakeStatusManager) CancelProbing(sub eventingduckv1.SubscriberSpec) {
-	//do nothing
-}
-
-func (m *fakeStatusManager) CancelPodProbing(pod corev1.Pod) {
-	//do nothing
-}
-
 func makePatch(namespace, name, patch string) clientgotesting.PatchActionImpl {
 	return clientgotesting.PatchActionImpl{
 		ActionImpl: clientgotesting.ActionImpl{
diff --git a/pkg/channel/consolidated/status/status_test.go b/pkg/channel/consolidated/status/status_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d99781f3..000000000
--- a/pkg/channel/consolidated/status/status_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,340 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2019 The Knative Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package status
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
-	"errors"
-	"net/http"
-	"net/http/httptest"
-	"net/url"
-	"strconv"
-	"testing"
-	"time"
-
-	"go.uber.org/atomic"
-	"go.uber.org/zap/zaptest"
-	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
-
-	"knative.dev/eventing-kafka/pkg/apis/messaging/v1beta1"
-	messagingv1beta1 "knative.dev/eventing-kafka/pkg/apis/messaging/v1beta1"
-	eventingduckv1 "knative.dev/eventing/pkg/apis/duck/v1"
-	"knative.dev/pkg/apis"
-)
-
-var channelObjectMeta = metav1.ObjectMeta{
-	Namespace: "default",
-	Name:      "chan4prober",
-}
-
-const dispatcherReadySubHeader = "K-Subscriber-Status"
-
-type ReadyPair struct {
-	c v1beta1.KafkaChannel
-	s eventingduckv1.SubscriberSpec
-}
-
-func TestProbeSinglePod(t *testing.T) {
-	ch := getChannel(1)
-	sub := getSubscription()
-	var subscriptions = map[string][]int{
-		string(sub.UID): {0},
-	}
-
-	// This should be called when we want the dispatcher to return a successful result
-	successHandler := http.HandlerFunc(readyJSONHandler(t, subscriptions))
-
-	// Probes only succeed if succeed is true
-	var succeed atomic.Bool
-
-	// This is a latch channel that will lock the handler goroutine until we drain it
-	probeRequests := make(chan *http.Request)
-	handler := func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		probeRequests <- r
-		if !succeed.Load() {
-			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
-			return
-		}
-
-		successHandler.ServeHTTP(w, r)
-	}
-
-	ts := getDispatcherServer(handler)
-	defer ts.Close()
-
-	lister := fakeProbeTargetLister{
-		target: getTargetLister(t, ts.URL),
-	}
-
-	prober, ready := getProber(t, &lister)
-
-	done := make(chan struct{})
-	cancelled := prober.Start(done)
-	defer func() {
-		close(done)
-		<-cancelled
-	}()
-
-	assertEventuallyReady(t, prober, ch, sub, ready, &succeed, &probeRequests)
-}
-
-func TestProbeListerFail(t *testing.T) {
-	ch := getChannel(1)
-	sub := getSubscription()
-
-	ready := make(chan *ReadyPair)
-	defer close(ready)
-	prober := NewProber(
-		zaptest.NewLogger(t).Sugar(),
-		notFoundLister{},
-		func(c v1beta1.KafkaChannel, s eventingduckv1.SubscriberSpec) {
-			ready <- &ReadyPair{
-				c,
-				s,
-			}
-		})
-
-	// If we can't list, this  must fail and return false
-	ok, err := prober.IsReady(context.Background(), *ch, *sub)
-	if err == nil {
-		t.Fatal("IsReady returned unexpected success")
-	}
-	if ok {
-		t.Fatal("IsReady() returned true")
-	}
-}
-
-func TestSucceedAfterRefreshPodProbing(t *testing.T) {
-	// We have a channel with three partitions
-	ch := getChannel(3)
-	sub := getSubscription()
-
-	// Dispatcher D1 will return only one ready partition
-	var subsD1 = map[string][]int{
-		string(sub.UID): {0},
-	}
-
-	// Dispatcher D2 will return the three ready partitions
-	var subsD2 = map[string][]int{
-		string(sub.UID): {0, 1, 2},
-	}
-
-	// The success handler for dispatcher D1, will return one partition only
-	successHandlerD1 := http.HandlerFunc(readyJSONHandler(t, subsD1))
-
-	// This is a latch channel that will lock the handler goroutine until we drain it
-	probeRequestsD1 := make(chan *http.Request)
-
-	handlerD1 := func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		probeRequestsD1 <- r
-		successHandlerD1.ServeHTTP(w, r)
-	}
-
-	serverD1 := getDispatcherServer(handlerD1)
-	defer serverD1.Close()
-
-	// Probes only succeed if succeed is true
-	var succeed atomic.Bool
-
-	// The success handler for dispatcher D2, will return all three needed partitions
-	probeHandlerD2 := http.HandlerFunc(readyJSONHandler(t, subsD2))
-
-	// This is a latch channel that will lock the handler goroutine until we drain it
-	probeRequestsD2 := make(chan *http.Request)
-	handlerD2 := func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		probeRequestsD2 <- r
-		if !succeed.Load() {
-			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
-			return
-		}
-
-		probeHandlerD2.ServeHTTP(w, r)
-	}
-
-	serverD2 := getDispatcherServer(handlerD2)
-	defer serverD2.Close()
-
-	// Initially, lister points to d1
-	lister := fakeProbeTargetLister{
-		target: getTargetLister(t, serverD1.URL),
-	}
-
-	prober, ready := getProber(t, &lister)
-
-	done := make(chan struct{})
-	cancelled := prober.Start(done)
-	defer func() {
-		close(done)
-		<-cancelled
-	}()
-
-	// Assert we're not ready.
-	assertNeverReady(t, prober, ch, sub, ready, &probeRequestsD1)
-
-	// Switch to new dispatcher
-	lister.target = getTargetLister(t, serverD2.URL)
-
-	// Assert we're still not ready
-	assertNeverReady(t, prober, ch, sub, ready, &probeRequestsD1)
-
-	// Refresh the pod probing, now the prober should probe the new disptacher
-	prober.RefreshPodProbing(context.Background())
-
-	// Assert that probing will be successful eventually
-	assertEventuallyReady(t, prober, ch, sub, ready, &succeed, &probeRequestsD2)
-}
-
-func assertNeverReady(t *testing.T, prober *Prober, ch *messagingv1beta1.KafkaChannel, sub *eventingduckv1.SubscriberSpec, ready chan *ReadyPair, probeRequests *chan *http.Request) {
-	// The first call to IsReady must succeed and return false
-	ok, err := prober.IsReady(context.Background(), *ch, *sub)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal("IsReady failed:", err)
-	}
-	if ok {
-		t.Fatal("IsReady() returned true")
-	}
-
-	// Just drain the requests in the channel to not block the handler
-	go func() {
-		for range *probeRequests {
-		}
-	}()
-
-	select {
-	case <-ready:
-		// Prober shouldn't be ready
-		t.Fatal("Prober shouldn't be ready")
-	case <-time.After(1 * time.Second):
-		// Not ideal but it gives time to the prober to write to ready
-		break
-	}
-}
-
-func assertEventuallyReady(t *testing.T, prober *Prober, ch *messagingv1beta1.KafkaChannel, sub *eventingduckv1.SubscriberSpec, ready chan *ReadyPair, succeed *atomic.Bool, probeRequests *chan *http.Request) {
-
-	// Since succeed is still false the prober shouldn't be ready
-	assertNeverReady(t, prober, ch, sub, ready, probeRequests)
-
-	// Make probes succeed
-	succeed.Store(true)
-
-	// Just drain the requests in the channel to not block the handler
-	go func() {
-		for range *probeRequests {
-		}
-	}()
-
-	select {
-	case <-ready:
-		// Wait for the probing to eventually succeed
-	case <-time.After(5 * time.Second):
-		t.Error("Timed out waiting for probing to succeed.")
-	}
-}
-
-func getDispatcherServer(handler func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request)) *httptest.Server {
-	ts := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(handler))
-	return ts
-}
-
-func getChannel(partitionsNum int32) *v1beta1.KafkaChannel {
-	return (&v1beta1.KafkaChannel{
-		ObjectMeta: channelObjectMeta,
-		Spec: v1beta1.KafkaChannelSpec{
-			NumPartitions:     partitionsNum,
-			ReplicationFactor: 1,
-		},
-	}).DeepCopy()
-}
-
-func getSubscription() *eventingduckv1.SubscriberSpec {
-	return (&eventingduckv1.SubscriberSpec{
-		UID:           types.UID("90713ffd-f527-42bf-b158-57630b68ebe2"),
-		Generation:    1,
-		SubscriberURI: getURL("http://subscr.ns.local"),
-	}).DeepCopy()
-}
-
-func getURL(s string) *apis.URL {
-	u, _ := apis.ParseURL(s)
-	return u
-}
-
-// readyJSONHandler is a factory for a handler which responds with a JSON of the ready subscriptions
-func readyJSONHandler(t *testing.T, subscriptions map[string][]int) func(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request) {
-	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		channelRefName := channelObjectMeta.Name
-		channelRefNamespace := channelObjectMeta.Namespace
-		w.Header().Set(dispatcherReadySubHeader, channelRefName)
-		jsonResult, err := json.Marshal(subscriptions)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("Error marshalling json for sub-status channelref: %s/%s, %v", channelRefNamespace, channelRefName, err)
-		}
-		_, err = w.Write(jsonResult)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("Error writing jsonResult to serveHTTP writer: %v", err)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func getTargetLister(t *testing.T, dURL string) *ProbeTarget {
-	tsURL, err := url.Parse(dURL)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Failed to parse URL %q: %v", dURL, err)
-	}
-	port, err := strconv.Atoi(tsURL.Port())
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Failed to parse port %q: %v", tsURL.Port(), err)
-	}
-	hostname := tsURL.Hostname()
-	return &ProbeTarget{
-		PodIPs:  sets.NewString(hostname),
-		PodPort: strconv.Itoa(port),
-		URL:     tsURL,
-	}
-}
-
-func getProber(t *testing.T, lister ProbeTargetLister) (*Prober, chan *ReadyPair) {
-	ready := make(chan *ReadyPair)
-	prober := NewProber(
-		zaptest.NewLogger(t).Sugar(),
-		lister,
-		func(c v1beta1.KafkaChannel, s eventingduckv1.SubscriberSpec) {
-			ready <- &ReadyPair{
-				c,
-				s,
-			}
-		})
-	return prober, ready
-}
-
-type fakeProbeTargetLister struct {
-	target *ProbeTarget
-}
-
-func (l fakeProbeTargetLister) ListProbeTargets(ctx context.Context, kc messagingv1beta1.KafkaChannel) (*ProbeTarget, error) {
-	return l.target, nil
-}
-
-type notFoundLister struct{}
-
-func (l notFoundLister) ListProbeTargets(ctx context.Context, kc messagingv1beta1.KafkaChannel) (*ProbeTarget, error) {
-	return nil, errors.New("not found")
-}
diff --git a/pkg/channel/distributed/dispatcher/controller/kafkachannel_test.go b/pkg/channel/distributed/dispatcher/controller/kafkachannel_test.go
index cb2583e9a..f66cb9bf2 100644
--- a/pkg/channel/distributed/dispatcher/controller/kafkachannel_test.go
+++ b/pkg/channel/distributed/dispatcher/controller/kafkachannel_test.go
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ func TestAllCases(t *testing.T) {
 		status consumer.SubscriberStatusMap,
 	) controller.Reconciler {
 		mockDispatcher := &MockDispatcher{}
-		mockDispatcher.On("UpdateSubscriptions", mock.Anything).Return(status)
+		mockDispatcher.On("UpdateSubscriptions", mock.Anything, mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(status)
 		return &Reconciler{
 			logger:               logtesting.TestLogger(t).Desugar(),
 			channelKey:           kcKey,
@@ -365,8 +365,8 @@ func (m *MockDispatcher) Shutdown() {
 	m.Called()
 }
 
-func (m *MockDispatcher) UpdateSubscriptions(subscriberSpecs []eventingduck.SubscriberSpec) consumer.SubscriberStatusMap {
-	args := m.Called(subscriberSpecs)
+func (m *MockDispatcher) UpdateSubscriptions(ctx context.Context, ref types.NamespacedName, subscriberSpecs []eventingduck.SubscriberSpec) consumer.SubscriberStatusMap {
+	args := m.Called(ctx, ref, subscriberSpecs)
 	return args.Get(0).(consumer.SubscriberStatusMap)
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/channel/distributed/dispatcher/dispatcher/dispatcher_test.go b/pkg/channel/distributed/dispatcher/dispatcher/dispatcher_test.go
index d0cf85967..cd9ae9d80 100644
--- a/pkg/channel/distributed/dispatcher/dispatcher/dispatcher_test.go
+++ b/pkg/channel/distributed/dispatcher/dispatcher/dispatcher_test.go
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ func TestUpdateSubscriptions(t *testing.T) {
 			if !testCase.wantFailure {
 				mockManager.On("ClearNotifications").Return()
 				for _, id := range testCase.expectStarted {
-					mockManager.On("StartConsumerGroup", "kafka."+id, mock.Anything, mock.Anything, mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(testCase.createErr)
+					mockManager.On("StartConsumerGroup", mock.Anything, "kafka."+id, mock.Anything, mock.Anything, mock.Anything, mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(testCase.createErr)
 				}
 				for _, id := range testCase.expectErrors {
 					mockManager.On("Errors", "kafka."+id).Return((<-chan error)(errorSource))
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ func TestUpdateSubscriptions(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			// Perform The Test
-			result := dispatcher.UpdateSubscriptions(testCase.args.subscriberSpecs)
+			result := dispatcher.UpdateSubscriptions(ctx, types.NamespacedName{}, testCase.args.subscriberSpecs)
 
 			close(errorSource)
 
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ func createTestDispatcher(t *testing.T, brokers []string, config *sarama.Config)
 	serverHandler.Service.On("SendAndWaitForAck", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil)
 
 	// Create The Dispatcher
-	dispatcher, events := NewDispatcher(dispatcherConfig, serverHandler)
+	dispatcher, events := NewDispatcher(dispatcherConfig, serverHandler, func(ref types.NamespacedName) {})
 	assert.NotNil(t, events)
 	serverHandler.AssertExpectations(t)
 
diff --git a/pkg/common/consumer/consumer_factory_test.go b/pkg/common/consumer/consumer_factory_test.go
index acfb03549..cbc50736e 100644
--- a/pkg/common/consumer/consumer_factory_test.go
+++ b/pkg/common/consumer/consumer_factory_test.go
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/Shopify/sarama"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
+
+	controllertesting "knative.dev/eventing-kafka/pkg/common/commands/resetoffset/controller/testing"
+	commontesting "knative.dev/eventing-kafka/pkg/common/testing"
 )
 
 //------ Mocks
@@ -85,18 +89,58 @@ func mockedNewConsumerGroupFromClient(mockInputMessageCh chan *sarama.ConsumerMe
 	}
 }
 
+func mockedNewSaramaClient(client *controllertesting.MockClient, mustFail bool) func(addrs []string, config *sarama.Config) (sarama.Client, error) {
+	if !mustFail {
+		return func(addrs []string, config *sarama.Config) (sarama.Client, error) {
+			return client, nil
+		}
+	} else {
+		return func(addrs []string, config *sarama.Config) (sarama.Client, error) {
+			return nil, errors.New("failed")
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func mockedNewSaramaClusterAdminFromClient(clusterAdmin sarama.ClusterAdmin, mustFail bool) func(client sarama.Client) (sarama.ClusterAdmin, error) {
+	if !mustFail {
+		return func(client sarama.Client) (sarama.ClusterAdmin, error) {
+			return clusterAdmin, nil
+		}
+	} else {
+		return func(client sarama.Client) (sarama.ClusterAdmin, error) {
+			return nil, errors.New("failed")
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 //------ Tests
 
+type mockConsumerGroupOffsetsChecker struct {
+}
+
+func (m mockConsumerGroupOffsetsChecker) WaitForOffsetsInitialization(ctx context.Context, groupID string, topics []string, logger *zap.SugaredLogger, addrs []string, config *sarama.Config) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
 func TestErrorPropagationCustomConsumerGroup(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.TODO()
+	client := controllertesting.NewMockClient(
+		controllertesting.WithClientMockClosed(false),
+		controllertesting.WithClientMockClose(nil))
+	clusterAdmin := &commontesting.MockClusterAdmin{}
 
+	// override some functions
 	newConsumerGroup = mockedNewConsumerGroupFromClient(nil, true, true, false, false)
+	newSaramaClient = mockedNewSaramaClient(client, false)
+	newClusterAdminFromClient = mockedNewSaramaClusterAdminFromClient(clusterAdmin, false)
 
 	factory := kafkaConsumerGroupFactoryImpl{
-		config: sarama.NewConfig(),
-		addrs:  []string{"b1", "b2"},
+		config:         sarama.NewConfig(),
+		addrs:          []string{"b1", "b2"},
+		offsetsChecker: &mockConsumerGroupOffsetsChecker{},
 	}
 
-	consumerGroup, err := factory.StartConsumerGroup("bla", []string{}, zap.NewNop().Sugar(), nil)
+	consumerGroup, err := factory.StartConsumerGroup(ctx, "bla", []string{}, nil, types.NamespacedName{})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Should not throw error %v", err)
 	}
@@ -137,14 +181,15 @@ func assertContainsError(t *testing.T, collection []error, errorStr string) {
 }
 
 func TestErrorWhileCreatingNewConsumerGroup(t *testing.T) {
-
+	ctx := context.TODO()
 	newConsumerGroup = mockedNewConsumerGroupFromClient(nil, true, true, false, true)
 
 	factory := kafkaConsumerGroupFactoryImpl{
-		config: sarama.NewConfig(),
-		addrs:  []string{"b1", "b2"},
+		config:         sarama.NewConfig(),
+		addrs:          []string{"b1", "b2"},
+		offsetsChecker: &mockConsumerGroupOffsetsChecker{},
 	}
-	_, err := factory.StartConsumerGroup("bla", []string{}, zap.L().Sugar(), nil)
+	_, err := factory.StartConsumerGroup(ctx, "bla", []string{}, nil, types.NamespacedName{})
 
 	if err == nil || err.Error() != "failed" {
 		t.Errorf("Should contain an error with message failed. Got %v", err)
@@ -152,14 +197,15 @@ func TestErrorWhileCreatingNewConsumerGroup(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestErrorWhileNewConsumerGroup(t *testing.T) {
-
+	ctx := context.TODO()
 	newConsumerGroup = mockedNewConsumerGroupFromClient(nil, false, false, true, false)
 
 	factory := kafkaConsumerGroupFactoryImpl{
-		config: sarama.NewConfig(),
-		addrs:  []string{"b1", "b2"},
+		config:         sarama.NewConfig(),
+		addrs:          []string{"b1", "b2"},
+		offsetsChecker: &mockConsumerGroupOffsetsChecker{},
 	}
-	consumerGroup, _ := factory.StartConsumerGroup("bla", []string{}, zap.L().Sugar(), nil)
+	consumerGroup, _ := factory.StartConsumerGroup(ctx, "bla", []string{}, nil, types.NamespacedName{})
 
 	consumerGroup.(*customConsumerGroup).cancel() // Stop the consume loop from spinning after the error is generated
 	err := <-consumerGroup.Errors()
diff --git a/pkg/common/consumer/consumer_manager_test.go b/pkg/common/consumer/consumer_manager_test.go
index 35ebc85d8..51b767368 100644
--- a/pkg/common/consumer/consumer_manager_test.go
+++ b/pkg/common/consumer/consumer_manager_test.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/Shopify/sarama"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/mock"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	ctrl "knative.dev/control-protocol/pkg"
 	ctrlservice "knative.dev/control-protocol/pkg/service"
 	logtesting "knative.dev/pkg/logging/testing"
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ import (
 
 func TestNewConsumerGroupManager(t *testing.T) {
 	server := getMockServerHandler()
-	manager := NewConsumerGroupManager(logtesting.TestLogger(t).Desugar(), server, []string{}, &sarama.Config{})
+	manager := NewConsumerGroupManager(logtesting.TestLogger(t).Desugar(), server, []string{}, &sarama.Config{}, &NoopConsumerGroupOffsetsChecker{}, func(ref types.NamespacedName) {})
 	assert.NotNil(t, manager)
 	assert.NotNil(t, server.Router[commands.StopConsumerGroupOpCode])
 	assert.NotNil(t, server.Router[commands.StartConsumerGroupOpCode])
@@ -155,7 +156,8 @@ func TestStartConsumerGroup(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	} {
 		t.Run(testCase.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			manager := NewConsumerGroupManager(logtesting.TestLogger(t).Desugar(), getMockServerHandler(), []string{}, &sarama.Config{})
+			ctx := context.TODO()
+			manager := NewConsumerGroupManager(logtesting.TestLogger(t).Desugar(), getMockServerHandler(), []string{}, &sarama.Config{}, &NoopConsumerGroupOffsetsChecker{}, func(ref types.NamespacedName) {})
 			mockGroup := kafkatesting.NewMockConsumerGroup()
 			newConsumerGroup = func(addrs []string, groupID string, config *sarama.Config) (sarama.ConsumerGroup, error) {
 				if testCase.factoryErr {
@@ -164,7 +166,7 @@ func TestStartConsumerGroup(t *testing.T) {
 				mockGroup.On("Errors").Return(mockGroup.ErrorChan)
 				return mockGroup, nil
 			}
-			err := manager.StartConsumerGroup("testid", []string{}, nil, nil)
+			err := manager.StartConsumerGroup(ctx, "testid", []string{}, nil, types.NamespacedName{})
 			assert.Equal(t, testCase.factoryErr, err != nil)
 			time.Sleep(shortTimeout) // Give the transferErrors routine a chance to call Errors()
 			mockGroup.AssertExpectations(t)
@@ -620,7 +622,7 @@ func getManagerWithMockGroup(t *testing.T, groupId string, factoryErr bool) (Kaf
 		mockGroup.On("Errors").Return(make(chan error))
 		return mockGroup, nil
 	}
-	manager := NewConsumerGroupManager(logtesting.TestLogger(t).Desugar(), serverHandler, []string{}, &sarama.Config{})
+	manager := NewConsumerGroupManager(logtesting.TestLogger(t).Desugar(), serverHandler, []string{}, &sarama.Config{}, &NoopConsumerGroupOffsetsChecker{}, func(ref types.NamespacedName) {})
 	if groupId != "" {
 		mockGroup, managedGrp := createMockAndManagedGroups(t)
 		manager.(*kafkaConsumerGroupManagerImpl).groups[groupId] = managedGrp
diff --git a/pkg/common/consumer/testing/mocks.go b/pkg/common/consumer/testing/mocks.go
index 9a7f40bac..80767b5ac 100644
--- a/pkg/common/consumer/testing/mocks.go
+++ b/pkg/common/consumer/testing/mocks.go
@@ -17,9 +17,11 @@ limitations under the License.
 package testing
 
 import (
+	"context"
+
 	"github.com/Shopify/sarama"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/mock"
-	"go.uber.org/zap"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 
 	"knative.dev/eventing-kafka/pkg/common/consumer"
 )
@@ -33,8 +35,8 @@ type MockKafkaConsumerGroupFactory struct {
 	mock.Mock
 }
 
-func (c *MockKafkaConsumerGroupFactory) StartConsumerGroup(groupId string, topics []string, logger *zap.SugaredLogger, handler consumer.KafkaConsumerHandler, options ...consumer.SaramaConsumerHandlerOption) (sarama.ConsumerGroup, error) {
-	args := c.Called(groupId, topics, logger, handler, options)
+func (c *MockKafkaConsumerGroupFactory) StartConsumerGroup(ctx context.Context, groupId string, topics []string, handler consumer.KafkaConsumerHandler, ref types.NamespacedName, options ...consumer.SaramaConsumerHandlerOption) (sarama.ConsumerGroup, error) {
+	args := c.Called(ctx, groupId, topics, handler, ref, options)
 	return args.Get(0).(sarama.ConsumerGroup), args.Error(1)
 }
 
@@ -60,9 +62,9 @@ func (m *MockConsumerGroupManager) Reconfigure(brokers []string, config *sarama.
 	return m.Called(brokers, config).Get(0).(*consumer.ReconfigureError)
 }
 
-func (m *MockConsumerGroupManager) StartConsumerGroup(groupId string, topics []string, logger *zap.SugaredLogger,
-	handler consumer.KafkaConsumerHandler, options ...consumer.SaramaConsumerHandlerOption) error {
-	return m.Called(groupId, topics, logger, handler, options).Error(0)
+func (m *MockConsumerGroupManager) StartConsumerGroup(ctx context.Context, groupId string, topics []string,
+	handler consumer.KafkaConsumerHandler, channelRef types.NamespacedName, options ...consumer.SaramaConsumerHandlerOption) error {
+	return m.Called(ctx, groupId, topics, handler, channelRef, options).Error(0)
 }
 
 func (m *MockConsumerGroupManager) CloseConsumerGroup(groupId string) error {
diff --git a/pkg/common/kafka/offset/offsets_test.go b/pkg/common/kafka/offset/offsets_test.go
index e5effa504..41285318f 100644
--- a/pkg/common/kafka/offset/offsets_test.go
+++ b/pkg/common/kafka/offset/offsets_test.go
@@ -25,57 +25,57 @@ import (
 	logtesting "knative.dev/pkg/logging/testing"
 )
 
-func TestInitOffsets(t *testing.T) {
-	testCases := map[string]struct {
-		topics       []string
-		topicOffsets map[string]map[int32]int64
-		cgOffsets    map[string]map[int32]int64
-		wantCommit   bool
-	}{
-		"one topic, one partition, initialized": {
-			topics: []string{"my-topic"},
-			topicOffsets: map[string]map[int32]int64{
-				"my-topic": {
-					0: 5,
-				},
-			},
-			cgOffsets: map[string]map[int32]int64{
-				"my-topic": {
-					0: 2,
-				},
+var testCases = map[string]struct {
+	topics       []string
+	topicOffsets map[string]map[int32]int64
+	cgOffsets    map[string]map[int32]int64
+	initialized  bool
+}{
+	"one topic, one partition, initialized": {
+		topics: []string{"my-topic"},
+		topicOffsets: map[string]map[int32]int64{
+			"my-topic": {
+				0: 5,
 			},
-			wantCommit: false,
 		},
-		"one topic, one partition, uninitialized": {
-			topics: []string{"my-topic"},
-			topicOffsets: map[string]map[int32]int64{
-				"my-topic": {
-					0: 5,
-				},
+		cgOffsets: map[string]map[int32]int64{
+			"my-topic": {
+				0: 2,
 			},
-			cgOffsets: map[string]map[int32]int64{
-				"my-topic": {
-					0: -1,
-				},
-			},
-			wantCommit: true,
 		},
-		"several topics, several partitions, not all initialized": {
-			topics: []string{"my-topic", "my-topic-2", "my-topic-3"},
-			topicOffsets: map[string]map[int32]int64{
-				"my-topic":   {0: 5, 1: 7},
-				"my-topic-2": {0: 5, 1: 7, 2: 9},
-				"my-topic-3": {0: 5, 1: 7, 2: 2, 3: 10},
+		initialized: true,
+	},
+	"one topic, one partition, uninitialized": {
+		topics: []string{"my-topic"},
+		topicOffsets: map[string]map[int32]int64{
+			"my-topic": {
+				0: 5,
 			},
-			cgOffsets: map[string]map[int32]int64{
-				"my-topic":   {0: -1, 1: 7},
-				"my-topic-2": {0: 5, 1: -1, 2: -1},
-				"my-topic-3": {0: 5, 1: 7, 2: -1, 3: 10},
+		},
+		cgOffsets: map[string]map[int32]int64{
+			"my-topic": {
+				0: -1,
 			},
-			wantCommit: true,
 		},
-	}
+		initialized: false,
+	},
+	"several topics, several partitions, not all initialized": {
+		topics: []string{"my-topic", "my-topic-2", "my-topic-3"},
+		topicOffsets: map[string]map[int32]int64{
+			"my-topic":   {0: 5, 1: 7},
+			"my-topic-2": {0: 5, 1: 7, 2: 9},
+			"my-topic-3": {0: 5, 1: 7, 2: 2, 3: 10},
+		},
+		cgOffsets: map[string]map[int32]int64{
+			"my-topic":   {0: -1, 1: 7},
+			"my-topic-2": {0: 5, 1: -1, 2: -1},
+			"my-topic-3": {0: 5, 1: 7, 2: -1, 3: 10},
+		},
+		initialized: false,
+	},
+}
 
+func TestInitOffsets(t *testing.T) {
 	for n, tc := range testCases {
 		t.Run(n, func(t *testing.T) {
 			broker := sarama.NewMockBroker(t, 1)
@@ -83,52 +83,47 @@ func TestInitOffsets(t *testing.T) {
 
 			group := "my-group"
 
-			offsetResponse := sarama.NewMockOffsetResponse(t).SetVersion(1)
-			for topic, partitions := range tc.topicOffsets {
-				for partition, offset := range partitions {
-					offsetResponse = offsetResponse.SetOffset(topic, partition, -1, offset)
-				}
-			}
-
-			offsetFetchResponse := sarama.NewMockOffsetFetchResponse(t).SetError(sarama.ErrNoError)
-			for topic, partitions := range tc.cgOffsets {
-				for partition, offset := range partitions {
-					offsetFetchResponse = offsetFetchResponse.SetOffset(group, topic, partition, offset, "", sarama.ErrNoError)
-				}
-			}
+			configureMockBroker(t, group, tc.topicOffsets, tc.cgOffsets, tc.initialized, broker)
 
-			offsetCommitResponse := sarama.NewMockOffsetCommitResponse(t)
-			serr := sarama.ErrNoError
-			if !tc.wantCommit {
-				serr = sarama.ErrUnknown // could be anything
+			config := sarama.NewConfig()
+			config.Version = sarama.MaxVersion
 
+			sc, err := sarama.NewClient([]string{broker.Addr()}, config)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 			}
+			defer sc.Close()
 
-			for topic, partitions := range tc.cgOffsets {
-				for partition := range partitions {
-					offsetCommitResponse = offsetCommitResponse.SetError(group, topic, partition, serr)
-				}
+			kac, err := sarama.NewClusterAdminFromClient(sc)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 			}
+			defer kac.Close()
 
-			metadataResponse := sarama.NewMockMetadataResponse(t).
-				SetController(broker.BrokerID()).
-				SetBroker(broker.Addr(), broker.BrokerID())
-			for topic, partitions := range tc.topicOffsets {
-				for partition := range partitions {
-					metadataResponse = metadataResponse.SetLeader(topic, partition, broker.BrokerID())
-				}
+			// test InitOffsets
+			ctx := logtesting.TestContextWithLogger(t)
+			partitionCt, err := InitOffsets(ctx, sc, kac, tc.topics, group)
+			total := 0
+			for _, partitions := range tc.topicOffsets {
+				total += len(partitions)
+			}
+			assert.Equal(t, int(partitionCt), total)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 			}
+		})
+	}
+}
 
-			broker.SetHandlerByMap(map[string]sarama.MockResponse{
-				"OffsetRequest":       offsetResponse,
-				"OffsetFetchRequest":  offsetFetchResponse,
-				"OffsetCommitRequest": offsetCommitResponse,
+func TestCheckIfAllOffsetsInitialized(t *testing.T) {
+	for n, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(n, func(t *testing.T) {
+			broker := sarama.NewMockBroker(t, 1)
+			defer broker.Close()
 
-				"FindCoordinatorRequest": sarama.NewMockFindCoordinatorResponse(t).
-					SetCoordinator(sarama.CoordinatorGroup, group, broker),
+			group := "my-group"
 
-				"MetadataRequest": metadataResponse,
-			})
+			configureMockBroker(t, group, tc.topicOffsets, tc.cgOffsets, tc.initialized, broker)
 
 			config := sarama.NewConfig()
 			config.Version = sarama.MaxVersion
@@ -145,18 +140,61 @@ func TestInitOffsets(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 			defer kac.Close()
 
-			ctx := logtesting.TestContextWithLogger(t)
-			partitionCt, err := InitOffsets(ctx, sc, kac, tc.topics, group)
-			total := 0
-			for _, partitions := range tc.topicOffsets {
-				total += len(partitions)
-			}
-			assert.Equal(t, int(partitionCt), total)
+			// test CheckIfAllOffsetsInitialized
+			retrieved, err := CheckIfAllOffsetsInitialized(sc, kac, tc.topics, group)
+			assert.Equal(t, retrieved, tc.initialized)
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 			}
-
 		})
 	}
+}
+
+func configureMockBroker(t *testing.T, group string, topicOffsets map[string]map[int32]int64, cgOffsets map[string]map[int32]int64, initialized bool, broker *sarama.MockBroker) {
+	offsetResponse := sarama.NewMockOffsetResponse(t).SetVersion(1)
+	for topic, partitions := range topicOffsets {
+		for partition, offset := range partitions {
+			offsetResponse = offsetResponse.SetOffset(topic, partition, -1, offset)
+		}
+	}
+
+	offsetFetchResponse := sarama.NewMockOffsetFetchResponse(t).SetError(sarama.ErrNoError)
+	for topic, partitions := range cgOffsets {
+		for partition, offset := range partitions {
+			offsetFetchResponse = offsetFetchResponse.SetOffset(group, topic, partition, offset, "", sarama.ErrNoError)
+		}
+	}
+
+	offsetCommitResponse := sarama.NewMockOffsetCommitResponse(t)
+	serr := sarama.ErrNoError
+	if initialized { // means, we want a commit
+		serr = sarama.ErrUnknown // could be anything
+
+	}
+
+	for topic, partitions := range cgOffsets {
+		for partition := range partitions {
+			offsetCommitResponse = offsetCommitResponse.SetError(group, topic, partition, serr)
+		}
+	}
+
+	metadataResponse := sarama.NewMockMetadataResponse(t).
+		SetController(broker.BrokerID()).
+		SetBroker(broker.Addr(), broker.BrokerID())
+	for topic, partitions := range topicOffsets {
+		for partition := range partitions {
+			metadataResponse = metadataResponse.SetLeader(topic, partition, broker.BrokerID())
+		}
+	}
+
+	broker.SetHandlerByMap(map[string]sarama.MockResponse{
+		"OffsetRequest":       offsetResponse,
+		"OffsetFetchRequest":  offsetFetchResponse,
+		"OffsetCommitRequest": offsetCommitResponse,
+
+		"FindCoordinatorRequest": sarama.NewMockFindCoordinatorResponse(t).
+			SetCoordinator(sarama.CoordinatorGroup, group, broker),
 
+		"MetadataRequest": metadataResponse,
+	})
 }
diff --git a/pkg/common/testing/mocks.go b/pkg/common/testing/mocks.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..933a22a9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/common/testing/mocks.go
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+package testing
+
+import "github.com/Shopify/sarama"
+
+var _ sarama.ClusterAdmin = (*MockClusterAdmin)(nil)
+
+type MockClusterAdmin struct {
+	MockCreateTopicFunc        func(topic string, detail *sarama.TopicDetail, validateOnly bool) error
+	MockDeleteTopicFunc        func(topic string) error
+	MockListConsumerGroupsFunc func() (map[string]string, error)
+}
+
+func (ca *MockClusterAdmin) AlterPartitionReassignments(topic string, assignment [][]int32) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (ca *MockClusterAdmin) ListPartitionReassignments(topics string, partitions []int32) (topicStatus map[string]map[int32]*sarama.PartitionReplicaReassignmentsStatus, err error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+func (ca *MockClusterAdmin) DescribeLogDirs(brokers []int32) (map[int32][]sarama.DescribeLogDirsResponseDirMetadata, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+func (ca *MockClusterAdmin) DescribeUserScramCredentials(users []string) ([]*sarama.DescribeUserScramCredentialsResult, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+func (ca *MockClusterAdmin) DeleteUserScramCredentials(delete []sarama.AlterUserScramCredentialsDelete) ([]*sarama.AlterUserScramCredentialsResult, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+func (ca *MockClusterAdmin) UpsertUserScramCredentials(upsert []sarama.AlterUserScramCredentialsUpsert) ([]*sarama.AlterUserScramCredentialsResult, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+func (ca *MockClusterAdmin) CreateTopic(topic string, detail *sarama.TopicDetail, validateOnly bool) error {
+	if ca.MockCreateTopicFunc != nil {
+		return ca.MockCreateTopicFunc(topic, detail, validateOnly)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (ca *MockClusterAdmin) Close() error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (ca *MockClusterAdmin) DeleteTopic(topic string) error {
+	if ca.MockDeleteTopicFunc != nil {
+		return ca.MockDeleteTopicFunc(topic)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (ca *MockClusterAdmin) DescribeTopics(topics []string) (metadata []*sarama.TopicMetadata, err error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+func (ca *MockClusterAdmin) ListTopics() (map[string]sarama.TopicDetail, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+func (ca *MockClusterAdmin) CreatePartitions(topic string, count int32, assignment [][]int32, validateOnly bool) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (ca *MockClusterAdmin) DeleteRecords(topic string, partitionOffsets map[int32]int64) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (ca *MockClusterAdmin) DescribeConfig(resource sarama.ConfigResource) ([]sarama.ConfigEntry, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+func (ca *MockClusterAdmin) AlterConfig(resourceType sarama.ConfigResourceType, name string, entries map[string]*string, validateOnly bool) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (ca *MockClusterAdmin) CreateACL(resource sarama.Resource, acl sarama.Acl) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (ca *MockClusterAdmin) ListAcls(filter sarama.AclFilter) ([]sarama.ResourceAcls, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+func (ca *MockClusterAdmin) DeleteACL(filter sarama.AclFilter, validateOnly bool) ([]sarama.MatchingAcl, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+func (ca *MockClusterAdmin) ListConsumerGroups() (map[string]string, error) {
+	if ca.MockListConsumerGroupsFunc != nil {
+		return ca.MockListConsumerGroupsFunc()
+	}
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+func (ca *MockClusterAdmin) DescribeConsumerGroups(groups []string) ([]*sarama.GroupDescription, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+func (ca *MockClusterAdmin) ListConsumerGroupOffsets(group string, topicPartitions map[string][]int32) (*sarama.OffsetFetchResponse, error) {
+	return &sarama.OffsetFetchResponse{}, nil
+}
+
+func (ca *MockClusterAdmin) DescribeCluster() (brokers []*sarama.Broker, controllerID int32, err error) {
+	return nil, 0, nil
+}
+
+// Delete a consumer group.
+func (ca *MockClusterAdmin) DeleteConsumerGroup(group string) error {
+	return nil
+}