diff --git a/lib-ee/emqx_ee_bridge/src/emqx_ee_bridge_kafka.erl b/lib-ee/emqx_ee_bridge/src/emqx_ee_bridge_kafka.erl
index 89cad3421..f812901be 100644
--- a/lib-ee/emqx_ee_bridge/src/emqx_ee_bridge_kafka.erl
+++ b/lib-ee/emqx_ee_bridge/src/emqx_ee_bridge_kafka.erl
@@ -274,7 +274,9 @@ fields(consumer_kafka_opts) ->
             })},
         {max_rejoin_attempts,
             mk(non_neg_integer(), #{
-                default => 5, desc => ?DESC(consumer_max_rejoin_attempts)
+                hidden => true,
+                default => 5,
+                desc => ?DESC(consumer_max_rejoin_attempts)
             })},
         {offset_reset_policy,
             mk(
diff --git a/lib-ee/emqx_ee_bridge/src/kafka/emqx_bridge_impl_kafka_consumer.erl b/lib-ee/emqx_ee_bridge/src/kafka/emqx_bridge_impl_kafka_consumer.erl
index ab4a996bd..f89b63d7b 100644
--- a/lib-ee/emqx_ee_bridge/src/kafka/emqx_bridge_impl_kafka_consumer.erl
+++ b/lib-ee/emqx_ee_bridge/src/kafka/emqx_bridge_impl_kafka_consumer.erl
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ on_start(InstanceId, Config) ->
             }),
             throw(failed_to_start_kafka_client)
     end,
-    start_subscriber(Config, InstanceId, ClientID).
+    start_consumer(Config, InstanceId, ClientID).
 
 -spec on_stop(manager_id(), state()) -> ok.
 on_stop(_InstanceID, State) ->
@@ -169,44 +169,45 @@ handle_message(Message, State) ->
     ?tp_span(
         kafka_consumer_handle_message,
         #{message => Message, state => State},
-        begin
-            #{
-                resource_id := ResourceId,
-                hookpoint := Hookpoint,
-                kafka_topic := KafkaTopic,
-                mqtt := #{
-                    topic := MQTTTopic,
-                    payload := MQTTPayload,
-                    qos := MQTTQoS
-                }
-            } = State,
-            FullMessage = #{
-                offset => Message#kafka_message.offset,
-                key => Message#kafka_message.key,
-                value => Message#kafka_message.value,
-                ts => Message#kafka_message.ts,
-                ts_type => Message#kafka_message.ts_type,
-                headers => maps:from_list(Message#kafka_message.headers),
-                topic => KafkaTopic
-            },
-            Payload =
-                case MQTTPayload of
-                    full_message ->
-                        FullMessage;
-                    message_value ->
-                        Message#kafka_message.value
-                end,
-            EncodedPayload = emqx_json:encode(Payload),
-            MQTTMessage = emqx_message:make(ResourceId, MQTTQoS, MQTTTopic, EncodedPayload),
-            _ = emqx:publish(MQTTMessage),
-            emqx:run_hook(Hookpoint, [FullMessage]),
-            emqx_resource_metrics:received_inc(ResourceId),
-            %% note: just `ack' does not commit the offset to the
-            %% kafka consumer group.
-            {ok, commit, State}
-        end
+        do_handle_message(Message, State)
     ).
 
+do_handle_message(Message, State) ->
+    #{
+        resource_id := ResourceId,
+        hookpoint := Hookpoint,
+        kafka_topic := KafkaTopic,
+        mqtt := #{
+            topic := MQTTTopic,
+            payload := MQTTPayload,
+            qos := MQTTQoS
+        }
+    } = State,
+    FullMessage = #{
+        offset => Message#kafka_message.offset,
+        key => Message#kafka_message.key,
+        value => Message#kafka_message.value,
+        ts => Message#kafka_message.ts,
+        ts_type => Message#kafka_message.ts_type,
+        headers => maps:from_list(Message#kafka_message.headers),
+        topic => KafkaTopic
+    },
+    Payload =
+        case MQTTPayload of
+            full_message ->
+                FullMessage;
+            message_value ->
+                Message#kafka_message.value
+        end,
+    EncodedPayload = emqx_json:encode(Payload),
+    MQTTMessage = emqx_message:make(ResourceId, MQTTQoS, MQTTTopic, EncodedPayload),
+    _ = emqx:publish(MQTTMessage),
+    emqx:run_hook(Hookpoint, [FullMessage]),
+    emqx_resource_metrics:received_inc(ResourceId),
+    %% note: just `ack' does not commit the offset to the
+    %% kafka consumer group.
+    {ok, commit, State}.
+
 %%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 %% Helper fns
 %%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -241,8 +242,8 @@ ensure_consumer_supervisor_started() ->
             ok
     end.
 
--spec start_subscriber(config(), manager_id(), brod:client_id()) -> {ok, state()}.
-start_subscriber(Config, InstanceId, ClientID) ->
+-spec start_consumer(config(), manager_id(), brod:client_id()) -> {ok, state()}.
+start_consumer(Config, InstanceId, ClientID) ->
     #{
         bootstrap_hosts := BootstrapHosts0,
         bridge_name := BridgeName,
@@ -256,7 +257,7 @@ start_subscriber(Config, InstanceId, ClientID) ->
         },
         mqtt := #{topic := MQTTTopic, qos := MQTTQoS, payload := MQTTPayload}
     } = Config,
-    ensure_consumer_supervisor_started(),
+    ok = ensure_consumer_supervisor_started(),
     InitialState = #{
         resource_id => emqx_bridge_resource:resource_id(kafka_consumer, BridgeName),
         mqtt => #{