kafka-errors - Gopi Gorantala

Kafka TransactionalIdAuthorizationException: Fix the ACL

TransactionalIdAuthorizationException: Transactional Id authorization failed. Why your EOS/Spring transactional producer dies on a secured cluster and the exact ACLs that fix it.

Kafka CorruptRecordException: Record Is Corrupt — Fix It

Kafka CorruptRecordException: Record is corrupt (stored crc != computed crc). Why the CRC check fails, how to recover the partition, and how to stop it recurring.

Kafka TopicAuthorizationException: Not Authorized to Access Topics — Fix

Hitting TopicAuthorizationException: Not authorized to access topics in Kafka? Here's why ACLs deny you, how principals really resolve, and the exact fix.

Kafka Failed to Acquire Lock on File .lock: How to Fix It

Kafka broker won't start: 'Failed to acquire lock on file .lock ... A Kafka instance in another process is using this directory.' Why it happens and how to fix it.

Kafka InstanceAlreadyExistsException: AppInfo Mbean Fix

Kafka logs 'Error registering AppInfo mbean javax.management.InstanceAlreadyExistsException'. Here's what a duplicate client.id really breaks and how to fix it.

Kafka Timeout Before Position for Partition Could Be Determined

Kafka consumer failing with TimeoutException: Timeout of 60000ms expired before the position for partition could be determined? Here's the fix.

Kafka: Timed out waiting for a node assignment — Fix

Kafka AdminClient and kafka-topics.sh fail with 'Timed out waiting for a node assignment. Call: createTopics'. Here's why it happens and the exact fix.

Kafka Streams LockException: Failed to Lock the State Directory

Kafka Streams throwing LockException: Failed to lock the state directory for task? Here's the exact cause, why it happens, and the fix.

Kafka: Connection Terminated During Authentication — Fix

Kafka AuthenticationException 'terminated during authentication' with its three-reason hint decoded: security.protocol mismatch, TLS/firewall, and mTLS. Repro plus the fix.

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Kafka TimeoutException: Expiring N record(s) — Cause and Fix

Kafka producer failing with TimeoutException: Expiring N record(s): ms has passed since batch creation? What delivery.timeout.ms really does — and the fix.