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RuntimeException when trying to create kafka40 realtime table #18935

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I'm using Pinot 1.5.1 deployed in Kubernetes.

I'm trying to create the following table:

{
  "tableName": "test",
  "tableType": "REALTIME",
  "segmentsConfig": {
    "timeColumnName": "timestamp",
    "timeType": "MILLISECONDS",
    "replicasPerPartition": "1"
  },
  "tenants": {},
  "tableIndexConfig": {
    "loadMode": "MMAP",
    "streamConfigs": {
      "streamType": "kafka",
      "stream.kafka.topic.name": "pinot-test",
      "stream.kafka.broker.list": "kafka-kafka-bootstrap.kafka:9092",
      "stream.kafka.consumer.factory.class.name": "org.apache.pinot.plugin.stream.kafka40.KafkaConsumerFactory",
      "stream.kafka.decoder.class.name": "org.apache.pinot.plugin.inputformat.avro.confluent.KafkaConfluentSchemaRegistryAvroMessageDecoder",
      "stream.kafka.decoder.prop.schema.registry.rest.url": "http://apicurio-registry.kafka:8080/apis/ccompat/v7",
      "realtime.segment.flush.threshold.time": "24h",
      "realtime.segment.flush.threshold.segment.size": "50M",
      "stream.kafka.consumer.prop.auto.offset.reset": "smallest"
    }
  },
  "metadata": {
    "customConfigs": {}
  }
}

with the schema

{
  "schemaName": "test",
  "dimensionFieldSpecs": [
    {
      "name": "id",
      "dataType": "STRING"
    },
    {
      "name": "name",
      "dataType": "STRING"
    }
  ],
  "metricFieldSpecs": [
  ],
  "dateTimeFieldSpecs": [
    {
      "name": "timestamp",
      "dataType": "TIMESTAMP",
      "format" : "1:MILLISECONDS:EPOCH",
      "granularity": "1:MILLISECONDS"
    }
  ]
}

Trying to add the table in the UI results in a 500 response with the following stacktrace in the controller logs:

2026/07/08 08:56:43.053 ERROR [PinotTableRestletResource] [grizzly-http-server-1] null
java.lang.RuntimeException
    at org.apache.pinot.controller.helix.core.PinotTableIdealStateBuilder.getStreamMetadataList(PinotTableIdealStateBuilder.java:111)
    at org.apache.pinot.controller.helix.core.realtime.PinotLLCRealtimeSegmentManager.getNewStreamMetadataList(PinotLLCRealtimeSegmentManager.java:1293)
    at org.apache.pinot.controller.helix.core.realtime.PinotLLCRealtimeSegmentManager.getNewStreamMetadataList(PinotLLCRealtimeSegmentManager.java:1280)
    at org.apache.pinot.controller.helix.core.realtime.PinotLLCRealtimeSegmentManager.setUpNewTable(PinotLLCRealtimeSegmentManager.java:386)
    at org.apache.pinot.controller.helix.core.PinotHelixResourceManager.addTable(PinotHelixResourceManager.java:1883)
    at org.apache.pinot.controller.helix.core.PinotHelixResourceManager.addTable(PinotHelixResourceManager.java:1802)
    at org.apache.pinot.controller.api.resources.PinotTableRestletResource.addTable(PinotTableRestletResource.java:266)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:103)
    at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:580)
    at org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.internal.ResourceMethodInvocationHandlerFactory.lambda$static$0(ResourceMethodInvocationHandlerFactory.java:52)
    at org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.internal.AbstractJavaResourceMethodDispatcher$1.run(AbstractJavaResourceMethodDispatcher.java:146)
    at org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.internal.AbstractJavaResourceMethodDispatcher.invoke(AbstractJavaResourceMethodDispatcher.java:189)
    at org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.internal.JavaResourceMethodDispatcherProvider$TypeOutInvoker.doDispatch(JavaResourceMethodDispatcherProvider.java:219)
    at org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.internal.AbstractJavaResourceMethodDispatcher.dispatch(AbstractJavaResourceMethodDispatcher.java:93)
    at org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.ResourceMethodInvoker.invoke(ResourceMethodInvoker.java:478)
    at org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.ResourceMethodInvoker.apply(ResourceMethodInvoker.java:400)
    at org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.ResourceMethodInvoker.apply(ResourceMethodInvoker.java:81)
    at org.glassfish.jersey.server.ServerRuntime$1.run(ServerRuntime.java:256)
    at org.glassfish.jersey.internal.Errors$1.call(Errors.java:248)
    at org.glassfish.jersey.internal.Errors$1.call(Errors.java:244)
    at org.glassfish.jersey.internal.Errors.process(Errors.java:292)
    at org.glassfish.jersey.internal.Errors.process(Errors.java:274)
    at org.glassfish.jersey.internal.Errors.process(Errors.java:244)
    at org.glassfish.jersey.process.internal.RequestScope.runInScope(RequestScope.java:265)
    at org.glassfish.jersey.server.ServerRuntime.process(ServerRuntime.java:235)
    at org.glassfish.jersey.server.ApplicationHandler.handle(ApplicationHandler.java:684)
    at org.glassfish.jersey.grizzly2.httpserver.GrizzlyHttpContainer.service(GrizzlyHttpContainer.java:356)
    at org.glassfish.grizzly.http.server.HttpHandler$1.run(HttpHandler.java:190)
    at org.glassfish.grizzly.threadpool.AbstractThreadPool$Worker.doWork(AbstractThreadPool.java:535)

Trying to add the exact same table with kafka30 works without problems:

{
  "tableName": "test",
  "tableType": "REALTIME",
  "segmentsConfig": {
    "timeColumnName": "timestamp",
    "timeType": "MILLISECONDS",
    "replicasPerPartition": "1"
  },
  "tenants": {},
  "tableIndexConfig": {
    "loadMode": "MMAP",
    "streamConfigs": {
      "streamType": "kafka",
      "stream.kafka.topic.name": "pinot-test",
      "stream.kafka.broker.list": "kafka-kafka-bootstrap.kafka:9092",
      "stream.kafka.consumer.factory.class.name": "org.apache.pinot.plugin.stream.kafka30.KafkaConsumerFactory",
      "stream.kafka.decoder.class.name": "org.apache.pinot.plugin.inputformat.avro.confluent.KafkaConfluentSchemaRegistryAvroMessageDecoder",
      "stream.kafka.decoder.prop.schema.registry.rest.url": "http://apicurio-registry.kafka:8080/apis/ccompat/v7",
      "realtime.segment.flush.threshold.time": "24h",
      "realtime.segment.flush.threshold.segment.size": "50M",
      "stream.kafka.consumer.prop.auto.offset.reset": "smallest"
    }
  },
  "metadata": {
    "customConfigs": {}
  }
}

The Kafka cluster is version 4.0.0.

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