[KAFKA-14946] KRaft controller node shutting down while renouncing leadership

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.3.1
• Fix Version/s: 3.5.0, 3.4.1
• Component/s: controller, kraft
• Assignee: Luke Chen
• Reporter: Akshay Kumar
• Created: 27/Apr/23 08:09
• Updated: 04/May/23 01:45
• Resolved: 04/May/23 01:45

Description

• We are using the zookeeper less Kafka (kafka Kraft).
• The cluster is having 3 nodes.
• One of the nodes gets automatically shut down randomly.
• Checked the logs but didn't get the exact reason.
• Kafka version - 3.3.1
• Attaching the log files. 
• Time - 2023-04-21 16:28:23

state-change.log -
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eS-ShKlhGPsIJoybHndlhahJnucU8RWA/view?usp=share_link
 
server.log -
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ov5wrQIqx2AS4J7ppFeHJaDySsfsK588/view?usp=share_link

Issue Links

• is related to: KAFKA-14035 QuorumController handleRenounce throws NPE
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #13653