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Kafka Broker Error – Topics not receiving events (Status code KAFKA-1)

kn450 — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 05:51:57 GMT

Hello,

I’m experiencing an issue with my Kafka broker integration with Splunk.
The error message I’m seeing is:

Kafka Broker Error
Topic bytes in
The rate, expressed in bytes per second, of the message traffic each topic is receiving from producing clients

Error:
Kafka topics are not receiving events.
Monitor for an hour, if the status does not go back to OK, restart kafka-server. 
If this does not help, contact Splunk Support.
Status code KAFKA-1

I have monitored for more than an hour, and the status did not return to OK.
Has anyone faced this issue before or have suggestions on how to fix it?

Thanks in advance!

Re: Kafka Broker Error – Topics not receiving events (Status code KAFKA-1)

PrewinThomas — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 06:43:34 GMT

@kn450

Did you restart kafka-server?

Also have a look at this,
#https://splunk.my.site.com/customer/s/article/KAFKA-1-and-OML-2-errors

Regards,
Prewin
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Re: Kafka Broker Error – Topics not receiving events (Status code KAFKA-1)

kn450 — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 13:45:47 GMT

Hi Prewin,

I restarted the Kafka server as suggested, but the issue persists. The Kafka broker is not receiving any events on the topics. Here is the error message I see in the dashboard:

Kafka topics are not receiving events.
Monitor for an hour, if the status does not go back to OK, restart kafka-server. If this does not help, contact Splunk Support.
Status code KAFKA-1

I’ve checked the following, but the problem remains:

The Kafka topics exist and the names are correct.
Network connectivity to the Kafka broker on port 9092 is fine.
Splunk (the producer) is configured to send events, but no data appears in the topics.
There are no relevant errors in the Kafka logs, so it’s unclear why events are not arriving.

Could you please advise on why this keeps happening and how we can resolve it?

Thanks,