kafka auth_error ai_generated true

TopicAuthorizationException: not authorized

ID: kafka/topic-authorization-failed

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82%Fix Rate
86%Confidence
3Evidence
2023-01-01First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
3 active — — —

Root Cause

Client lacks ACL permissions for topic.

generic

Workarounds

  1. 92% success Add proper ACLs: kafka-acls --add --allow-principal
  2. 88% success Verify SASL authentication is configured correctly

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Disable ACLs entirely 92% fail

    Security vulnerability

  2. Set allow.everyone.if.no.acl.found=true 88% fail

    Bypasses all authorization