divijvaidya opened a new pull request, #12908: URL: https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/12908
`SmokeTestDriverIntegrationTest.java` can be flaky because a NullPointerException prevents [the retry mechanism](https://github.com/apache/kafka/blob/trunk/streams/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/tests/SmokeTestDriver.java#L461) that is added to prevent flakiness for this test. This change, prevents the NullPointerException and hence, allows the test to retry itself. Build during which NPE was observed: https://ci-builds.apache.org/job/Kafka/job/kafka-pr/job/PR-12890/4/testReport/junit/org.apache.kafka.streams.integration/SmokeTestDriverIntegrationTest/Build___JDK_11_and_Scala_2_13___shouldWorkWithRebalance/?cloudbees-analytics-link=scm-reporting%2Ftests%2Ffailed -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: jira-unsubscr...@kafka.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org