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getConnectorsWithErrorsSuppress() used onErrorComplete(), which discarded the error before anything could log or display it. A single stale connector registration (e.g. referencing a plugin class no longer present in the worker image) makes Kafka Connect's expanded listing endpoint fail for the whole cluster, so the Connect tab silently rendered an empty list

  • including healthy connectors - with nothing in the application log to explain why.

Switch to onErrorResume(), logging the failure at WARN before completing empty, so existing callers keep degrading gracefully exactly as before while operators can now actually see what happened.

Fixes #1963

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    • Connector retrieval failures no longer propagate as errors, allowing the surrounding workflow to complete. A warning is recorded with the relevant cluster context to aid troubleshooting. Successful retrieval continues to return connector results as before. When retrieval fails, connector results may be unavailable for that request; this change does not add retry behavior or guarantee that connectors will appear.

getConnectorsWithErrorsSuppress() used onErrorComplete(), which discarded
the error before anything could log or display it. A single stale
connector registration (e.g. referencing a plugin class no longer present
in the worker image) makes Kafka Connect's expanded listing endpoint fail
for the whole cluster, so the Connect tab silently rendered an empty list
- including healthy connectors - with nothing in the application log to
explain why.

Switch to onErrorResume(), logging the failure at WARN before completing
empty, so existing callers keep degrading gracefully exactly as before
while operators can now actually see what happened.

Fixes kafbat#1963
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The issue describes a problem where Kafka Connect's connector-listing endpoint silently failed due to a stale connector registration, resulting in an empty list without any error logs. The proposed solution is to switch from onErrorComplete() to onErrorResume(), logging the failure at WARN level while maintaining graceful degradation. This allows operators to identify and address the issue while preserving existing behavior.

@kapybro kapybro Bot changed the title Fix silent connector-listing failures by logging suppressed errors Log suppressed errors in connector-listing failures to prevent silent failures Sep 28, 2026
@kapybro kapybro Bot added area/connect Kafka Connect, its connectors impact/changelog A PR with changes which should be addressed in the changelog explicitly impact/documentation A PR with changes which should be addressed in the documentation type/bug Something isn't working labels Sep 28, 2026
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The connector-fetch error path now logs the Kafka cluster, Connect cluster, and exception before suppressing the error. Unit tests cover both error suppression and successful connector results.

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Kafka Connect error logging

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Log and test connector errors
api/src/main/java/io/kafbat/ui/service/KafkaConnectService.java, api/src/test/java/io/kafbat/ui/service/KafkaConnectServiceUnitTest.java
The method logs connector-fetch errors with cluster identifiers and the exception, then suppresses the error. Tests check that errors do not propagate and that successful results are emitted.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: germanosin

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 3bb9d

Connector-listing failures are now logged without changing the fallback behavior. Adding a log assertion would protect that improvement, but the coverage gap does not block merging.

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Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 3bb9d

Connector-fetch failures still produce an empty result, and no new endpoint or access permission was identified. The new warning can contain upstream exception details; whether those details need protection depends on how production logs are handled.

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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The new diagnostic exposure is limited in the inspected path to failures while fetching connectors from configured Connect clusters; no new API route or caller authority was identified.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • inferred — Upstream failure details now cross into application logs. The inspected controller authorization remains in place, but the available evidence does not establish what exception details reach production logs or who can read them.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — Confirm that production log access and redaction are appropriate for upstream exception details; if not, log a bounded, sanitized failure description instead of the full throwable.
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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The PR satisfies the coding requirement in issue [#1963]. getConnectorsWithErrorsSuppress() now handles failures with onErrorResume, writes a WARN log with the cluster names and exception, and ret…
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A rabbit checked the connector list,
Then heard an error, softly hissed.
The cluster names went in the log,
While empty completion cleared the fog.
Good results hopped through just the same.
Tests watched both paths and knew each name.

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api/src/test/java/io/kafbat/ui/service/KafkaConnectServiceUnitTest.java (1)

53-55: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Assert the WARN log in the failure test.

The failure test only asserts completion. It also passes if the implementation reverts to onErrorComplete(). Capture the service log and assert the WARN level, the Kafka cluster name, the Connect cluster name, and the original exception.

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Update the failure test for getConnectorsWithErrorsSuppress to capture the
service log and assert a WARN entry containing the Kafka cluster name, Connect
cluster name, and original exception; retain the completion assertion so the
test also verifies suppression behavior.

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- Around line 53-55: Update the failure test for getConnectorsWithErrorsSuppress
to capture the service log and assert a WARN entry containing the Kafka cluster
name, Connect cluster name, and original exception; retain the completion
assertion so the test also verifies suppression behavior.

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