kafka cluster_error ai_generated true

LeaderNotAvailableException: leader not available for partition

ID: kafka/leader-not-available

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78%Fix Rate
83%Confidence
3Evidence
2023-01-01First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
3 active — — —

Root Cause

Partition has no leader. Broker failure or ISR empty.

generic

Workarounds

  1. 88% success Wait for automatic leader election (usually seconds)
  2. 85% success Check ISR list and ensure min.insync.replicas brokers are up

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Force preferred leader election on all partitions 80% fail

    Can elect under-replicated leaders

  2. Delete and recreate topic 92% fail

    Loses all existing data