[KAFKA-7291] kafka-console-consumer.sh waits on inexistent topic

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.8.2.2
• Component/s: consumer
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: HUSLEAG Dumitru
• Created: 14/Aug/18 15:28
• Updated: 28/Aug/18 18:43
• Resolved: 28/Aug/18 18:43

Description

Hello,

My request concerns kafka-console-consumer.sh behavior (which I suppose is based on KafkaConsumer).

If I try to consume from a topic that does not exist it connects and waits as if it existed, which I find is illogical.

The broker does not have enabled auto.create.topics.enable

Let's say I launch this command:

./kafka-console-consumer.sh --zookeeper $(hostname):2181/kafka --topic inexistentTopic

and inexistentTopic does not exist indeed, then the kafka-console-consumer.sh will wait forever instead of exit with error code and display an error message saying that the topic does not exist.
Anyway that's the way I would expect it to behave in this case.

Please consider this request.
Regards,
Dumitru