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Discover how to effectively manage message acknowledgments in Kafka listeners using `DefaultErrorHandler` with `MANUAL_IMMEDIATE` acknowledgment mode, ensuring no duplicates or lost messages in your application.
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Effective Management of Kafka Message Acknowledgments

When working with Kafka, particularly in Java and Spring environments, developers often face the challenge of managing how messages are acknowledged after processing. For those using the Kafka listener, understanding the interaction between acknowledgment modes and error handling strategies is crucial.

Today, we tackle a specific issue: Is it possible to acknowledge messages in DefaultErrorHandler when the acknowledgment mode is set to MANUAL_IMMEDIATE? Let's delve into the solution.

Understanding the Problem

You have set up your Kafka listener with the acknowledgment mode configured to MANUAL_IMMEDIATE. While this setup allows for fine-grained control over message processing, it can complicate error-handling scenarios.

In your case, you are using the DefaultErrorHandler alongside the DeadLetterPublishingRecoverer. This combination allows for retrying messages a specified number of times before sending them to a different topic. However, you’re concerned about ensuring that once a message is sent to the alternate topic, it’s correctly acknowledged to prevent duplicates or lost messages.

The Challenge

Your current setup led to two key concerns:

The acknowledgment of failed messages after they are sent to the alternative topic.

Handling exceptions without losing the original acknowledgment context, especially when working with ListenerExecutionFailedException.

Implementing a Solution

Kafka’s Built-in Acknowledgment Handling

Fortunately, Kafka, as of version 2.5.3, has improved its handling of message acknowledgments in scenarios where messages are recovered.

Automatic Acknowledgment

When you handle a message in the DefaultErrorHandler and the error handler does not throw an exception after processing, the container automatically acknowledges the recovered message, even when using MANUAL_IMMEDIATE mode. This behavior is governed by the method:

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Key Steps to Ensure Proper Acknowledgment

Here are the steps you can follow to ensure messages are properly acknowledged:

Leverage Default Acknowledgment Behavior:

Understand that the Kafka listener container will automatically acknowledge messages that have been routed to a recoverer successfully.

Configure DefaultErrorHandler:

Ensure your DefaultErrorHandler is set up correctly with a DeadLetterPublishingRecoverer. Your existing setup appears to be adequate:

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Review the Error Handling Strategy:

As the setRecoveryCallback method is deprecated, rely on the default behavior of the DefaultErrorHandler.

Handle Exceptions Gracefully:

Investigate how exceptions such as ListenerExecutionFailedException are being propagated. You might need to adjust your error handling logic to maintain context.

Conclusion

With the improvements in Kafka’s handling of acknowledgments, you can rely on its built-in mechanisms to ensure that messages routed to the DeadLetterPublishingRecoverer are acknowledged correctly, minimizing the risk of duplicates or message loss.

By configuring your DefaultErrorHandler appropriately and being aware of the underlying behavior of acknowledgment modes, you can effectively manage message processing in Kafka.

Embrace these strategies, and ensure your Kafka messaging remains robust and efficient.