Communication protocol for a distributed event streaming platform

A system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processing device operatively coupled to the memory, the processing device to:
• identify, by an event sender, a receiving component to receive a record;
• determine whether the receiving component is a protocol aware component;
• and
• upon determining that the receiving component is the protocol aware component, send the record to the receiving component using a first protocol, wherein sending the record to the receiving component using the first protocol bypasses a dispatch service of the event sender and bypasses an ingress service of the receiving component.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium, having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to:

• identify, by an event sender, a receiving component to receive a record;
• determine, by the processing device, whether the receiving component is a protocol aware component;
• and
• upon determining that the receiving component is the protocol aware component, send the record to the receiving component using a first protocol, wherein to send the record to the receiving component using the first protocol bypasses a dispatch service of the event sender and bypasses an ingress service of the receiving component.