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Chia-Ping Tsai commented on KAFKA-9717: --------------------------------------- [~Bataitis] Have you tried the newer kafka? > KafkaStreams#metrics() method randomly throws NullPointerException > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Key: KAFKA-9717 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-9717 > Project: Kafka > Issue Type: Bug > Components: streams > Affects Versions: 2.2.0 > Environment: Kubernetes > Reporter: Zygimantas > Priority: Major > > We have implemented monitoring tool which monitors Kafka Streams application > and regularly (every 20s) calls KafkaStreams.metrics() method in that > application. But metrics() method randomly throws NullPointerException. It > happens almost every time after application startup, but may also happen at > random points in time after running application for few hours. > Stacktrace: > {code:java} > java.lang.NullPointerException > at > org.apache.kafka.streams.processor.internals.StreamThread.producerMetrics(StreamThread.java:1320) > at org.apache.kafka.streams.KafkaStreams.metrics(KafkaStreams.java:379) > {code} -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.3.4#803005)