Migrate Kafka transporter from kafkajs to @platformatic/kafka #1336

Copilot · 2025-10-07T17:24:02Z

Migration from kafkajs to @platformatic/kafka - COMPLETE ✅

Summary of Changes

The Kafka transporter has been successfully migrated from the unmaintained kafkajs package to the actively maintained @platformatic/kafka package. Key changes include:

Simplified API: Removed the intermediate KafkaClient and directly use Producer, Consumer, and Admin clients
Updated Options Structure: Changed from nested client.brokers to flat bootstrapBrokers structure
Streaming Consumer: Now uses Node.js streams for consuming messages instead of the kafkajs event-based approach
Better Error Handling: Leverages @platformatic/kafka's async/await patterns throughout
TypeScript Support: Added complete TypeScript definitions in types/kafka.d.ts
Fixed E2E Issues:
- Corrected createTopics API call to pass array of strings instead of objects
- Use listTopics() to check existing topics and only create missing ones (prevents errors)
- Enable autocreateTopics for Producer to automatically handle topic metadata fetching
- Added explicit metadata refresh after topic creation to ensure producer has current topic information
- Updated to @platformatic/kafka 1.18.0 which includes the fix for metadata handling (issue Proposals: Lifecycle events as local events and broadcastLocal drop #109)

All unit tests pass successfully (121 test suites, 2160 tests) and the code follows the project's linting standards.

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<issue_title>Rewrite the KafkaTransporter from kafkajs to @platformatic/kafka package</issue_title>
<issue_description>Rewrite the current Kafka transporter because the currently used "kafkajs" package is not maintained. The "@platformatic/kafka" looks promising and updated daily.

Branch: next</issue_description>

<agent_instructions>After the implementation, update the kafka.d.ts and unit test files. The integration & E2E test files should be untouched.</agent_instructions>

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icebob · 2025-10-07T19:12:29Z

@copilot Fix the E2E errors:

~/work/moleculer/moleculer/test/e2e/scenarios/balancing ~/work/moleculer/moleculer/test/e2e
Transporter: Kafka
Serializer: JSON
Discoverer: Local
Start balancing scenario...
file:///home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/@platformatic/kafka/dist/network/connection.js:233
            throw err;
            ^

TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]: The first argument must be of type string or an instance of Buffer, ArrayBuffer, or Array or an Array-like Object. Received an instance of Object
    at Function.from (node:buffer:322:9)
    at Writer.appendString (file:///home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/@platformatic/kafka/dist/protocol/writer.js:111:31)
    at file:///home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/@platformatic/kafka/dist/apis/admin/create-topics-v7.js:22:11
    at Writer.appendArray (file:///home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/@platformatic/kafka/dist/protocol/writer.js:165:13)
    at createRequest (file:///home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/@platformatic/kafka/dist/apis/admin/create-topics-v7.js:21:10)
    at file:///home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/@platformatic/kafka/dist/apis/definitions.js:5:51
    at Connection.send (file:///home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/@platformatic/kafka/dist/network/connection.js:228:23)
    at api (file:///home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/@platformatic/kafka/dist/apis/definitions.js:5:20)
    at file:///home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/@platformatic/kafka/dist/clients/admin/admin.js:173:25
    at [plt.kafka.base.getApi] (file:///home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/@platformatic/kafka/dist/clients/base/base.js:394:17) {
  code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE'
}

Node.js v20.19.5
file:///home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/@platformatic/kafka/dist/network/connection.js:233
            throw err;
            ^

TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]: The first argument must be of type string or an instance of Buffer, ArrayBuffer, or Array or an Array-like Object. Received an instance of Object
    at Function.from (node:buffer:322:9)
    at Writer.appendString (file:///home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/@platformatic/kafka/dist/protocol/writer.js:111:31)
    at file:///home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/@platformatic/kafka/dist/apis/admin/create-topics-v7.js:22:11
    at Writer.appendArray (file:///home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/@platformatic/kafka/dist/protocol/writer.js:165:13)
    at createRequest (file:///home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/@platformatic/kafka/dist/apis/admin/create-topics-v7.js:21:10)
    at file:///home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/@platformatic/kafka/dist/apis/definitions.js:5:51
    at Connection.send (file:///home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/@platformatic/kafka/dist/network/connection.js:228:23)
    at api (file:///home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/@platformatic/kafka/dist/apis/definitions.js:5:20)
    at file:///home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/@platformatic/kafka/dist/clients/admin/admin.js:173:25
    at [plt.kafka.base.getApi] (file:///home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/@platformatic/kafka/dist/clients/base/base.js:394:17) {
  code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE'
}

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Copilot · 2025-10-07T19:17:39Z

@copilot Fix the E2E errors:

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Fixed in commit c8c4e3f. The issue was that @platformatic/kafka's createTopics expects an array of strings (topics: string[]), but the code was passing an array of objects (topics: [{ topic: "name" }]). Changed line 163 from topics: topicNames.map(topic => ({ topic })) to topics: topicNames.

icebob · 2025-10-07T19:55:41Z

@copilot Fix the following E2E error:

~/work/moleculer/moleculer/test/e2e/scenarios/balancing ~/work/moleculer/moleculer/test/e2e
Transporter: Kafka
Serializer: CBOR
Discoverer: Local
Start balancing scenario...
[2025-10-07T19:41:51.734Z] ERROR node1/TRANSPORTER: Unable to create topics! [ 'MOL-balancing.EVENT.node1', 'MOL-balancing.REQ.node1', 'MOL-balancing.RES.node1', 'MOL-balancing.DISCOVER', 'MOL-balancing.DISCOVER.node1', 'MOL-balancing.INFO', 'MOL-balancing.INFO.node1', 'MOL-balancing.DISCONNECT', 'MOL-balancing.HEARTBEAT', 'MOL-balancing.PING', 'MOL-balancing.PING.node1', 'MOL-balancing.PONG.node1' ] ResponseError [AggregateError]: Received response with error while executing API CreateTopics(v7)
    at parseResponse (file:///home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/@platformatic/kafka/dist/apis/admin/create-topics-v7.js:82:15)
    at #onData (file:///home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/@platformatic/kafka/dist/network/connection.js:420:32)
    at Socket.emit (node:events:524:28)
    at addChunk (node:internal/streams/readable:561:12)
    at readableAddChunkPushByteMode (node:internal/streams/readable:512:3)
    at Readable.push (node:internal/streams/readable:392:5)
    at TCP.onStreamRead (node:internal/stream_base_commons:191:23) {
  code: 'PLT_KFK_RESPONSE',
  response: {
    throttleTimeMs: 0,
    topics: [
      [Object], [Object],
      [Object], [Object],
      [Object], [Object],
      [Object], [Object],
      [Object], [Object],
      [Object], [Object]
    ]
  },
  [errors]: [
    ProtocolError: Topic with this name already exists.
        at file:///home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/@platformatic/kafka/dist/errors.js:130:162
        at Array.map (<anonymous>)
        at new ResponseError (file:///home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/@platformatic/kafka/dist/errors.js:130:135)
        at parseResponse (file:///home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/@platformatic/kafka/dist/apis/admin/create-topics-v7.js:82:15)
        at #onData (file:///home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/@platformatic/kafka/dist/network/connection.js:420:32)
        at Socket.emit (node:events:524:28)
        at addChunk (node:internal/streams/readable:561:12)
        at readableAddChunkPushByteMode (node:internal/streams/readable:512:3)
        at Readable.push (node:internal/streams/readable:392:5)
        at TCP.onStreamRead (node:internal/stream_base_commons:191:23) {
      code: 'PLT_KFK_PROTOCOL',
      apiId: 'TOPIC_ALREADY_EXISTS',
      apiCode: 36,
      canRetry: false,
      hasStaleMetadata: false,
      needsRejoin: false,
      rebalanceInProgress: false,
      unknownMemberId: false,
      memberId: undefined,
      path: '/topics/3'
    },

Co-authored-by: icebob <[email protected]>

Copilot · 2025-10-07T20:01:39Z

@copilot Fix the following E2E error:

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Fixed in commit 57a2e9d. The error occurs when topics already exist from a previous run. Now the code catches PLT_KFK_RESPONSE errors with message "Topic with this name already exists" and treats them as non-fatal (logs debug message and continues). Real topic creation errors still throw and broadcast error events. Added test case to verify this behavior.

AndreMaz · 2025-10-17T12:55:22Z

@copilot you can get the existing topic list by using admin client

const topics = await this.admin.listTopics();

That returns an array of strings. This info can then be used to only create missing topics

@copilot This will allow you to fix the Topic with this name already exists error

Co-authored-by: AndreMaz <[email protected]>

Copilot · 2025-10-17T13:01:00Z

@copilot you can get the existing topic list by using admin client
const topics = await this.admin.listTopics();

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Implemented in commit 9f1e6d7. Now using admin.listTopics() to get existing topics and filtering them out before calling createTopics(), which prevents the "Topic with this name already exists" error entirely. Added tests to verify behavior when topics exist, when some exist, and when all exist.

icebob · 2025-10-19T09:50:25Z

@copilot E2E error:

[2025-10-17T13:10:40.133Z] ERROR supervisor/TRANSPORTER: Kafka Producer error Received response with error while executing API CreateTopics(v7)
[2025-10-17T13:10:40.133Z] WARN  supervisor/TRANSIT: Connection is failed. Received response with error while executing API CreateTopics(v7)

SCENARIO 'call action': Start...
file:///home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/@platformatic/kafka/dist/clients/producer/producer.js:231
                message.partition %= metadata.topics.get(message.topic).partitionsCount;
                                                                       ^

TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'partitionsCount')
    at file:///home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/@platformatic/kafka/dist/clients/producer/producer.js:231:72
    at file:///home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/@platformatic/kafka/dist/clients/base/base.js:363:21
    at file:///home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/@platformatic/kafka/dist/clients/base/base.js:302:17
    at file:///home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/@platformatic/kafka/dist/clients/base/base.js:347:13
    at worked (/home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/fastq/queue.js:222:14)
    at #onData (file:///home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/@platformatic/kafka/dist/network/connection.js:449:13)
    at Socket.emit (node:events:524:28)
    at addChunk (node:internal/streams/readable:561:12)
    at readableAddChunkPushByteMode (node:internal/streams/readable:512:3)
    at Readable.push (node:internal/streams/readable:392:5)

Node.js v20.19.5

Co-authored-by: icebob <[email protected]>

Copilot · 2025-10-19T09:55:54Z

@copilot E2E error:

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Fixed in commit aeb4d5f. The error occurred because the Producer didn't have metadata for topics created via the Admin client. Enabled autocreateTopics: true in the Producer configuration so it automatically fetches/creates topic metadata when sending messages, preventing the "Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'partitionsCount')" error.

AndreMaz · 2025-10-20T09:25:30Z

@copilot E2E error:

[2025-10-17T13:10:40.133Z] ERROR supervisor/TRANSPORTER: Kafka Producer error Received response with error while executing API CreateTopics(v7)
[2025-10-17T13:10:40.133Z] WARN  supervisor/TRANSIT: Connection is failed. Received response with error while executing API CreateTopics(v7)

SCENARIO 'call action': Start...
file:///home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/@platformatic/kafka/dist/clients/producer/producer.js:231
                message.partition %= metadata.topics.get(message.topic).partitionsCount;
                                                                       ^

TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'partitionsCount')
    at file:///home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/@platformatic/kafka/dist/clients/producer/producer.js:231:72
    at file:///home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/@platformatic/kafka/dist/clients/base/base.js:363:21
    at file:///home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/@platformatic/kafka/dist/clients/base/base.js:302:17
    at file:///home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/@platformatic/kafka/dist/clients/base/base.js:347:13
    at worked (/home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/fastq/queue.js:222:14)
    at #onData (file:///home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/@platformatic/kafka/dist/network/connection.js:449:13)
    at Socket.emit (node:events:524:28)
    at addChunk (node:internal/streams/readable:561:12)
    at readableAddChunkPushByteMode (node:internal/streams/readable:512:3)
    at Readable.push (node:internal/streams/readable:392:5)

Node.js v20.19.5

This error seems to be related to: platformatic/kafka#109

icebob · 2025-10-20T18:15:09Z

@copilot E2E error:

[2025-10-17T13:10:40.133Z] ERROR supervisor/TRANSPORTER: Kafka Producer error Received response with error while executing API CreateTopics(v7)
[2025-10-17T13:10:40.133Z] WARN  supervisor/TRANSIT: Connection is failed. Received response with error while executing API CreateTopics(v7)

SCENARIO 'call action': Start...
file:///home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/@platformatic/kafka/dist/clients/producer/producer.js:231
                message.partition %= metadata.topics.get(message.topic).partitionsCount;
                                                                       ^

TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'partitionsCount')
    at file:///home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/@platformatic/kafka/dist/clients/producer/producer.js:231:72
    at file:///home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/@platformatic/kafka/dist/clients/base/base.js:363:21
    at file:///home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/@platformatic/kafka/dist/clients/base/base.js:302:17
    at file:///home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/@platformatic/kafka/dist/clients/base/base.js:347:13
    at worked (/home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/fastq/queue.js:222:14)
    at #onData (file:///home/runner/work/moleculer/moleculer/node_modules/@platformatic/kafka/dist/network/connection.js:449:13)
    at Socket.emit (node:events:524:28)
    at addChunk (node:internal/streams/readable:561:12)
    at readableAddChunkPushByteMode (node:internal/streams/readable:512:3)
    at Readable.push (node:internal/streams/readable:392:5)

Node.js v20.19.5

This error seems to be related to: platformatic/kafka#109

@copilot Check the related issue, and fix the E2E error.

Co-authored-by: icebob <[email protected]>

Copilot · 2025-10-20T18:19:47Z

@copilot E2E error:

[2025-10-17T13:10:40.133Z] ERROR supervisor/TRANSPORTER: Kafka Producer error Received response with error while executing API CreateTopics(v7)

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Fixed in commit 7d8a2e1. After investigating the issue, the problem occurs when topics are created via the Admin client but the Producer doesn't immediately have their metadata. Added explicit metadata refresh call (producer.metadata()) after creating topics to ensure the producer knows about newly created topics before attempting to send messages. This addresses the race condition referenced in platformatic/kafka#109.

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AndreMaz · 2025-10-23T08:40:52Z

@copilot update @platformatic/kafka to 1.18.0 that contains fix for the platformatic/kafka#109 that I've mentioned here: #1336 (comment)

After that trigger the CI again

current version in the PR - "@platformatic/kafka": "^1.17.0",
desired version - "@platformatic/kafka": "^1.18.0",

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Copilot · 2025-10-23T08:45:00Z

@copilot update @platformatic/kafka to 1.18.0 that contains fix for the platformatic/kafka#109 that I've mentioned here: #1336 (comment)...

Updated to @platformatic/kafka 1.18.0 in commit f3c2d7e. This version includes the fix for the metadata handling issue referenced in platformatic/kafka#109. All unit tests pass successfully.

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Migrate Kafka transporter from kafkajs to @platformatic/kafka

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Enable autocreateTopics for Producer to handle metadata

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Refresh producer metadata after creating topics

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Update @platformatic/kafka to 1.18.0

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