kafka config_error ai_generated true

InvalidReplicationFactorException: replication factor larger than available brokers

ID: kafka/replication-factor-error

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88%Fix Rate
90%Confidence
3Evidence
2023-01-01First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
3 active — — —

Root Cause

Topic replication factor exceeds number of brokers.

generic

Workarounds

  1. 90% success Add brokers to match desired replication factor
  2. 92% success Create topic with replication factor <= broker count

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Reduce replication factor to 1 85% fail

    No fault tolerance, data loss on broker failure

  2. Add placeholder broker with no storage 80% fail

    Unbalanced cluster