[KAFKA-15780] Wait for consistent kraft metadata when creating topics in tests

• Type: Test
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.7.0
• Assignee: David Mao
• Reporter: David Mao
• Created: 02/Nov/23 21:28
• Updated: 26/Dec/23 20:15
• Resolved: 26/Dec/23 20:15

Description

Tests occasionally flake when not retrying stale metadata in KRaft mode.
I suspect that the root cause is because TestUtils.createTopicWithAdmin waits for partitions to be present in the metadata cache but does not wait for the metadata to be fully published to the broker.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #14695
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #14713