[jira] [Created] (KAFKA-13668) Failed cluster authorization should not be fatal for producer

["Jason Gustafson (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Jason Gustafson created KAFKA-13668:
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             Summary: Failed cluster authorization should not be fatal for producer
                 Key: KAFKA-13668
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-13668
             Project: Kafka
          Issue Type: Bug
            Reporter: Jason Gustafson


The idempotent producer fails fatally if the initial `InitProducerId` returns CLUSTER_AUTHORIZATION_FAILED. This makes the producer unusable until a new instance is constructed. For some applications, it is more convenient to keep the producer instance active and let the administrator fix the permission problem instead of going into a crash loop. Additionally, most applications will probably not be smart enough to reconstruct the producer instance, so if the application does not handle the error by failing, users will have to restart the application manually. 

I think it would be better to let the producer retry the `InitProducerId` request as long as the user keeps trying to use the producer. 



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