diff --git a/lib-ee/emqx_ee_bridge/src/kafka/emqx_bridge_impl_kafka_producer.erl b/lib-ee/emqx_ee_bridge/src/kafka/emqx_bridge_impl_kafka_producer.erl
index 666ab3f8e..a012a7ab0 100644
--- a/lib-ee/emqx_ee_bridge/src/kafka/emqx_bridge_impl_kafka_producer.erl
+++ b/lib-ee/emqx_ee_bridge/src/kafka/emqx_bridge_impl_kafka_producer.erl
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 %%--------------------------------------------------------------------
-%% Copyright (c) 2022-2023 EMQ Technologies Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
+%% Copyright (c) 2022 EMQ Technologies Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
 %%--------------------------------------------------------------------
 -module(emqx_bridge_impl_kafka_producer).
 
+-include_lib("emqx_resource/include/emqx_resource.hrl").
+
 %% callbacks of behaviour emqx_resource
 -export([
     callback_mode/0,
@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@ on_start(InstId, Config) ->
     %% TODO: change this to `kafka_producer` after refactoring for kafka_consumer
     BridgeType = kafka,
     ResourceID = emqx_bridge_resource:resource_id(BridgeType, BridgeName),
-    _ = maybe_install_wolff_telemetry_handlers(InstId, ResourceID),
+    _ = maybe_install_wolff_telemetry_handlers(ResourceID),
     %% it's a bug if producer config is not found
     %% the caller should not try to start a producer if
     %% there is no producer config
@@ -79,7 +81,8 @@ on_start(InstId, Config) ->
             {ok, #{
                 message_template => compile_message_template(MessageTemplate),
                 client_id => ClientId,
-                producers => Producers
+                producers => Producers,
+                resource_id => ResourceID
             }};
         {error, Reason2} ->
             ?SLOG(error, #{
@@ -105,7 +108,7 @@ on_start(InstId, Config) ->
             throw(failed_to_start_kafka_producer)
     end.
 
-on_stop(InstanceID, #{client_id := ClientID, producers := Producers}) ->
+on_stop(_InstanceID, #{client_id := ClientID, producers := Producers, resource_id := ResourceID}) ->
     _ = with_log_at_error(
         fun() -> wolff:stop_and_delete_supervised_producers(Producers) end,
         #{
@@ -121,7 +124,7 @@ on_stop(InstanceID, #{client_id := ClientID, producers := Producers}) ->
         }
     ),
     with_log_at_error(
-        fun() -> uninstall_telemetry_handlers(InstanceID) end,
+        fun() -> uninstall_telemetry_handlers(ResourceID) end,
         #{
             msg => "failed_to_uninstall_telemetry_handlers",
             client_id => ClientID
@@ -176,27 +179,14 @@ on_kafka_ack(_Partition, _Offset, _Extra) ->
     %% Maybe need to bump some counters?
     ok.
 
-on_get_status(_InstId, #{producers := Producers}) ->
-    %% Just to pick some producer.
-    RandomVal = emqx_guid:gen(),
-    FakeMsg = [#{key => RandomVal, value => RandomVal}],
-    %% Note: we must not check the connectivity to Kafka itself, but
-    %% only if there are producers available.  Otherwise, if Kafka
-    %% goes down, the resource will be considered down and messages
-    %% *will not* be sent to the wolff producers and buffered,
-    %% effectively losing the message as there are no buffer workers
-    %% for Kafka producer.
-    try wolff_producers:pick_producer(Producers, FakeMsg) of
-        {_Partition, _Pid} ->
-            connected
-    catch
-        error:{producer_down, _} ->
-            disconnected
-    end.
+on_get_status(_InstId, _State) ->
+    connected.
 
 %% Parse comma separated host:port list into a [{Host,Port}] list
-hosts(Hosts) ->
-    emqx_schema:parse_servers(Hosts, emqx_ee_bridge_kafka:host_opts()).
+hosts(Hosts) when is_binary(Hosts) ->
+    hosts(binary_to_list(Hosts));
+hosts(Hosts) when is_list(Hosts) ->
+    kpro:parse_endpoints(Hosts).
 
 %% Extra socket options, such as sndbuf size etc.
 socket_opts(Opts) when is_map(Opts) ->
@@ -252,14 +242,10 @@ producers_config(BridgeName, ClientId, Input) ->
             mode := BufferMode,
             per_partition_limit := PerPartitionLimit,
             segment_bytes := SegmentBytes,
-            memory_overload_protection := MemOLP0
+            memory_overload_protection := MemOLP
         }
     } = Input,
-    MemOLP =
-        case os:type() of
-            {unix, linux} -> MemOLP0;
-            _ -> false
-        end,
+
     {OffloadMode, ReplayqDir} =
         case BufferMode of
             memory -> {false, false};
@@ -396,20 +382,23 @@ handle_telemetry_event(_EventId, _Metrics, _MetaData, _HandlerConfig) ->
     %% Event that we do not handle
     ok.
 
--spec telemetry_handler_id(emqx_resource:resource_id()) -> binary().
-telemetry_handler_id(InstanceID) ->
-    <<"emqx-bridge-kafka-producer-", InstanceID/binary>>.
+%% Note: don't use the instance/manager ID, as that changes everytime
+%% the bridge is recreated, and will lead to multiplication of
+%% metrics.
+-spec telemetry_handler_id(resource_id()) -> binary().
+telemetry_handler_id(ResourceID) ->
+    <<"emqx-bridge-kafka-producer-", ResourceID/binary>>.
 
-uninstall_telemetry_handlers(InstanceID) ->
-    HandlerID = telemetry_handler_id(InstanceID),
+uninstall_telemetry_handlers(ResourceID) ->
+    HandlerID = telemetry_handler_id(ResourceID),
     telemetry:detach(HandlerID).
 
-maybe_install_wolff_telemetry_handlers(InstanceID, ResourceID) ->
+maybe_install_wolff_telemetry_handlers(ResourceID) ->
     %% Attach event handlers for Kafka telemetry events. If a handler with the
     %% handler id already exists, the attach_many function does nothing
     telemetry:attach_many(
         %% unique handler id
-        telemetry_handler_id(InstanceID),
+        telemetry_handler_id(ResourceID),
         [
             [wolff, dropped],
             [wolff, dropped_queue_full],