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Jun Rao resolved KAFKA-1674.
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Resolution: Duplicate
This is fixed in KAFKA-1728.
> auto.create.topics.enable docs are misleading
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> Key: KAFKA-1674
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-1674
> Project: Kafka
> Issue Type: Bug
> Affects Versions: 0.8.1.1
> Reporter: Stevo Slavic
> Priority: Minor
> Labels: newbie
> Fix For: 0.8.2
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> {{auto.create.topics.enable}} is currently
> [documented|http://kafka.apache.org/08/configuration.html] with
> {quote}
> Enable auto creation of topic on the server. If this is set to true then
> attempts to produce, consume, or fetch metadata for a non-existent topic will
> automatically create it with the default replication factor and number of
> partitions.
> {quote}
> In Kafka 0.8.1.1 reality, topics are only created when trying to publish a
> message on non-existing topic.
> After
> [discussion|http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/kafka-users/201410.mbox/%3CCAFbh0Q1WXLUDO-im1fQ1yEvrMduxmXbj5HXVc3Cq8B%3DfeMso9g%40mail.gmail.com%3E]
> with [~junrao] conclusion was that it's documentation issue which needs to
> be fixed.
> Before fixing docs, please check once more if this is just non-working
> functionality.
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