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Kafka Connector throws Java heap error whilst processing small number of records

Troubleshooting


Problem

DataStage job with java Connector throws error
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space

Symptom

Following error is seen the the DataStage Job log
Kafka_Connector_0,0: Fatal Error: The Kafka Producer Send method failed with exception : 
org.apache.kafka.common.errors.TimeoutException: Batch containing 10 record(s) expired due to timeout while requesting metadata from brokers for kc_trades-0
Possible reasons could be
1. Invalid hostname or port number. 
2. Creating an invalid topic name.

Consumer:
Kafka_Connector_0,0: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
at java.nio.HeapByteBuffer.<init> (HeapByteBuffer.java: 57)
at java.nio.ByteBuffer.allocate (ByteBuffer.java: 331)
at org.apache.kafka.common.network.NetworkReceive.readFromReadableChannel (NetworkReceive.java: 93)
at org.apache.kafka.common.network.NetworkReceive.readFrom (NetworkReceive.java: 71)
at org.apache.kafka.common.network.KafkaChannel.receive (KafkaChannel.java: 154)
at org.apache.kafka.common.network.KafkaChannel.read (KafkaChannel.java: 135)
at org.apache.kafka.common.network.Selector.pollSelectionKeys (Selector.java: 323)
at org.apache.kafka.common.network.Selector.poll (Selector.java: 283)
at org.apache.kafka.clients.NetworkClient.poll (NetworkClient.java: 260)
at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.ConsumerNetworkClient.clientPoll (ConsumerNetworkClient.java: 360)
at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.ConsumerNetworkClient.poll (ConsumerNetworkClient.java: 224)
at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.ConsumerNetworkClient.poll (ConsumerNetworkClient.java: 192)
at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.ConsumerNetworkClient.poll (ConsumerNetworkClient.java: 163)
at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.AbstractCoordinator.ensureCoordinatorReady (AbstractCoordinator.java: 179)
at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.KafkaConsumer.pollOnce (KafkaConsumer.java: 973)
at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.KafkaConsumer.poll (KafkaConsumer.java: 937)
at com.ibm.is.cc.kafka.runtime.KafkaConsumerProcessor.process (KafkaConsumerProcessor.java: 201)
at com.ibm.is.cc.kafka.runtime.KafkaProcessor.process (KafkaProcessor.java: 165)
at com.ibm.is.cc.javastage.connector.CC_JavaAdapter.run (CC_JavaAdapter.java: 443)

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Document Information

Modified date:
25 April 2025

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ibm10875396