kafka resource_error ai_generated true

UnknownTopicOrPartitionException

ID: kafka/unknown-topic-or-partition

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85%Fix Rate
88%Confidence
3Evidence
2023-01-01First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
3 active — — —

Root Cause

Topic does not exist or partition not assigned.

generic

Workarounds

  1. 92% success Create topic explicitly before producing/consuming 
    kafka-topics --create --topic name --partitions 6 --replication-factor 3
  2. 90% success Verify topic name spelling and list topics to confirm

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Enable auto.create.topics.enable globally 78% fail

    Creates topics with wrong config

  2. Ignore error and retry forever 72% fail

    Wastes resources if topic truly missing