Error Handling Reference

Complete error handling guide for Kafka APIs.

Exception Hierarchy

See common/errors.md for complete exception documentation including:

• 189 documented exceptions
• Exception hierarchy
• Retriable vs non-retriable exceptions
• Error handling decision trees
• Recovery strategies

Producer Error Handling

See clients/producer.md for producer-specific error handling including:

• BufferExhaustedException
• RecordTooLargeException
• TimeoutException
• ProducerFencedException
• Error handling patterns

Consumer Error Handling

See clients/consumer.md for consumer-specific error handling including:

• CommitFailedException
• OffsetOutOfRangeException
• Rebalancing errors
• Serialization errors
• Error handling patterns

Streams Error Handling

See streams/overview.md for streams-specific error handling including:

• InvalidStateStoreException
• StreamsException hierarchy
• Uncaught exception handlers
• State restore error handling

Connect Error Handling

See connect/connectors.md for connect-specific error handling.