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Kafka Error UNSUPPORTED_FOR_MESSAGE_FORMAT

Error code 43 · Non-retriable Producer

The message format version on the broker does not support the request.

Common Causes

Solutions

Diagnostic Commands

# Check topic message format version kafka-configs.sh --bootstrap-server localhost:9092 --entity-type topics --entity-name <topic> --describe | grep message.format # Check broker protocol version settings kafka-configs.sh --bootstrap-server localhost:9092 --entity-type brokers --entity-default --describe | grep -E 'log.message.format|inter.broker.protocol'

Related APIs

This error can be returned by: Produce · WriteTxnMarkers

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