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Consumer immediately terminated not waiting for message by producer , below is my code to send a message to Topic @Service public class KafkaProducer { @Value("${spring.kafka.bootstrap-servers:localhost:9092}") private String bootstrapServers; private static final Logger log=LoggerFactory.getLogger(KafkaProducer.class); private KafkaTemplate<String, String> kafkaTemplate; public KafkaProducer(KafkaTemplate<String, String> kafkaTemplate) { this.kafkaTemplate = kafkaTemplate; } public void sendMessage(String message) { try { // Force send and wait for acknowledgment kafkaTemplate.send("javaguides", message).get(); log.info(" Message sent successfully: {}", message); } catch (Exception ex) { log.error(" Failed to send message: {}", ex.getMessage(), ex); } Properties props = new Properties(); props.put("bootstrap.servers", bootstrapServers); try (AdminClient adminClient = AdminClient.create(props)) { DescribeClusterResult clusterResult = adminClient.describeCluster(); String clusterId = clusterResult.clusterId().get(); String controller = clusterResult.controller().get().toString(); String nodes = clusterResult.nodes().get().toString(); log.info(" Kafka Cluster ID: {}", clusterId); log.info(" Kafka Controller: {}", controller); log.info(" Kafka Nodes: {}", nodes); } catch (ExecutionException | InterruptedException e) { log.error(" Failed to fetch Kafka cluster info: {}", e.getMessage()); } } if you need more information please let me know i will gave you On Sun, 17 Aug 2025 at 21:36, Subra I <iamsubra...@gmail.com> wrote: > 1. Did you verify your kafka setup by producing from producer console and > then seeing the output for that topic on consumer console? If not, please > do that to validate your kafka setup itself. > > 2. You don't need a kafka consumer class in Springboot Java code - unless u > plan to do some processing in your code after consuming the data. For > testing at this point, I think the kafka consumer console should be enough. > > 3. On what basis are u saying that kafka produce worked? Usually, when u do > kafkaProducer.send() in Java code, an exception will be thrown if there is > a failure. Did you check for that? If you are ok, pl share code snippet > here. > > On Sun, Aug 17, 2025 at 9:18 PM KIRAN KUMAR B O <bokiranku...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I am learning Apache Kafka and Spring Boot. I have a Kafka 4.0 broker > > running locally and a Spring Boot application sending messages to a topic > > javaguides. > > > > *Below steps I followed:* > > > > 1. > > > > Started Kafka broker on localhost:9092. > > 2. > > > > Verified the topic exists: > > > > .\bin\windows\kafka-topics.bat --bootstrap-server localhost:9092 --list > > > > Output: javaguides > > > > > > 3. Sent a message via Spring Boot: > > > > http://localhost:8080/api/v1/kafka/publish?message=Hello Kafka > > > > Spring Boot logs confirm the message is sent successfully. > > 4. Tried to consume messages using console consumer: > > > > .\bin\windows\kafka-console-consumer.bat --bootstrap-server > > localhost:9092 --topic javaguides --from-beginning > > > > The console consumer starts but *does not display any messages*, even > > though the topic has data. > > > > *Kafka Version:* 4.0 > > *Spring Boot Version:* 3.x > > *Spring Kafka Configuration:* > > > > > > > spring.kafka.consumer.bootstrap-servers=localhost:9092spring.kafka.consumer.group-id=mygroupspring.kafka.consumer.auto-offset-reset=earliestspring.kafka.consumer.key-deserializer=org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringDeserializerspring.kafka.consumer.value-deserializer=org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringDeserializer > > > > > spring.kafka.producer.bootstrap-servers=localhost:9092spring.kafka.producer.key-serializer=org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringSerializerspring.kafka.producer.value-serializer=org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringSerializer > > > > *Notes:* > > > > - > > > > I have *not created a consumer class* in Spring Boot; I am relying on > > the console consumer to read messages. > > > > *Questions:* > > > > 1. > > > > Why does the console consumer not show messages sent by my Spring Boot > > producer? > > 2. > > > > Is a Spring Boot KafkaConsumer class required for messages to appear > in > > the console consumer? > > 3. > > > > Are there any Kafka 4.0 configuration changes that could prevent the > > console consumer from receiving messages? > > > > Any guidance would be greatly appreciated! > > > > Thank you, > > Kiran Kumar B O > > >