[KAFKA-16975] The error message of creating `__cluster_metadata` should NOT be "Authorization failed"

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.9.0
• Assignee: Kuan Po Tseng
• Reporter: Chia-Ping Tsai
• Created: 17/Jun/24 08:55
• Updated: 18/Jul/24 11:06
• Resolved: 18/Jul/24 11:06

Description

The error message of creating "__cluster_metadata" by admin is "Authorization failed.". That could confuse users that it implies you "can" create it in using root. However, the fact is that we DISALLOW users to create it as a regular topic even though you are the boss

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #16372