[jira] [Created] (KAFKA-3624) NullPointerException Thrown for MetadataRequest when Cluster Not Available

[John Tylwalk (JIRA)]

John Tylwalk created KAFKA-3624:
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             Summary: NullPointerException Thrown for MetadataRequest when 
Cluster Not Available
                 Key: KAFKA-3624
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-3624
             Project: Kafka
          Issue Type: Bug
    Affects Versions: 0.9.0.0
            Reporter: John Tylwalk


Have been seeing consistently a NPE when metadata request is sent against a 
cluster that isn't online:

{code}
java.lang.NullPointerException: null
    at 
org.apache.kafka.common.requests.MetadataResponse.<init>(MetadataResponse.java:130)
 ~[kafka-client-lib.jar:na]
    at 
org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.Fetcher.getTopicMetadata(Fetcher.java:203)
 ~[kafka-client-lib.jar:na]
    at 
org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.KafkaConsumer.partitionsFor(KafkaConsumer.java:1143)
 ~[kafka-client-lib.jar:na]
{code}



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