[Bug]: Failed to deploy Kafka : waiting for first consumer to be created before binding

[kishorer00]

Bug Description

We are unable to deploy Kafka using strimzi-kafka-operator version ( 0.26.1 and 0.31.1 )on AWS EKS CLuster 1.25.
Its able deploy the pods for strimzi-kafka-operator but not able to deploy the Kafka.

Note : Able to deploy Kafka using strimzi-kafka-operator version 0.34.0

Steps to reproduce

• Deploy strimzi-kafka-operator version ( 0.26.1 (OR) 0.31.1 )
• Deploy kafka with default JBOD and PVC settings.
• Deployment fail with Error " waiting for first consumer to be created before binding"
• No PODs will be deployed for Kafka and zookeeper
  +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
  storage:
  type: jbod
  volumes:
  - id: 0
  type: persistent-claim
  size: 200Gi
  deleteClaim: false
  config:
  offsets.topic.replication.factor: 1
  transaction.state.log.replication.factor: 1
  transaction.state.log.min.isr: 1
  log.retention.hours: 168
  zookeeper:
  replicas: 1
  storage:
  type: persistent-claim
  size: 20Gi
  deleteClaim: false
  entityOperator:
  topicOperator: {}
  userOperator: {}
  ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Expected behavior

Kafka and zookeeper deployed without any issues

Strimzi version

0.31.0

Kubernetes version

1.25

Installation method

Helm charts and kubectl files

Infrastructure

AWS EKS

Configuration files and logs

Error : -

kubectl describe pvc data-test-cluster-zookeeper-0 -n test

Name: data-test-cluster-zookeeper-0
Namespace: test
StorageClass: gp2
Status: Bound
Volume: pvc-367864ef-1114-4521-a188-3a95121113a0
Labels: app.kubernetes.io/instance=test-cluster
app.kubernetes.io/managed-by=strimzi-cluster-operator
app.kubernetes.io/name=zookeeper
app.kubernetes.io/part-of=strimzi-test-cluster
strimzi.io/cluster=test-cluster
strimzi.io/kind=Kafka
strimzi.io/name=test-cluster-zookeeper
Annotations: pv.kubernetes.io/bind-completed: yes
strimzi.io/delete-claim: false
Finalizers: [kubernetes.io/pvc-protection]
Capacity: 20Gi
Access Modes: RWO
VolumeMode: Filesystem
Used By: test-cluster-zookeeper-0
Events:
Type Reason Age From Message

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Normal WaitForFirstConsumer 27m persistentvolume-controller waiting for first consumer to be created before binding

Additional context

Able to deploy Kafka using strimzi-kafka-operator version 0.34.0

[scholzj]

You will have to format the YAMLs as code to make it clear what the structure is. Without that it is not readable. You would also need to share the logs.

[kishorer00]

Here ,i am attaching the YAML files for strimzi-kafka-operator and Kafka
[
kafka-dry-run.txt
strimzi-dry-run.txt
](url)

[scholzj]

Great ... but the logs are needed as well.

[georgejdli]

I had the same issue and the operator pod logs were not helpful.
I ended up restarting the operator pod and then the zookeeper pods came online.

[kehao95]

waiting for first consumer to be created before binding
Usually the will happen when the k8s scheduler failed to scale your pod to any one of your nodes. You may find more info by describe the pending pods.