
Apache Kafka TopicDelete
CertifiedDelete one or more Kafka topics
Apache Kafka TopicDelete
Delete one or more Kafka topics
Permanently deletes topics and all their data using the Kafka AdminClient. This operation is destructive and cannot be undone.
Fails with UnknownTopicOrPartitionException if a topic does not exist.
type: io.kestra.plugin.kafka.TopicDeleteExamples
Decommission tenant topics
id: kafka_topic_delete
namespace: company.team
tasks:
- id: delete_topics
type: io.kestra.plugin.kafka.TopicDelete
properties:
bootstrap.servers: localhost:9092
topics:
- tenant_acme_orders
- tenant_acme_shipments
Properties
properties *object
Kafka AdminClient properties
Must include bootstrap.servers; accepts any Kafka AdminClient config. Provide base64-encoded content for ssl.keystore.location and ssl.truststore.location when using SSL.
topics *array
Topics to delete
assets
Assets this task consumes as inputs or produces as outputs, for lineage tracking and the asset graph (Enterprise Edition). A flow declaring this property on a task is rejected in the open-source edition.
io.kestra.core.models.assets.AssetsDeclaration
IGNOREFAILWARNAsset failure behavior
Behavior applied to the task state when a declared asset fails to render, emit, or be persisted (e.g. a lock conflict): FAIL escalates it to FAILED, WARN (default) warns it if it would otherwise succeed, IGNORE leaves the state untouched.
Whether to auto-register assets referenced dynamically at runtime that are not statically declared in inputs or outputs.
The assets consumed as inputs.
io.kestra.core.models.assets.AssetIdentifier
1The assets produced as outputs.
io.kestra.plugin.ee.assets.Dataset
1150{}1150io.kestra.plugin.ee.assets.File
1150{}1150io.kestra.plugin.ee.assets.Table
1150{}1150io.kestra.plugin.ee.assets.VM
1150{}1150io.kestra.core.models.assets.External
1150{}1150io.kestra.core.models.assets.Custom
11501Custom asset type
{}1150callTimeout string
PT30SAdminClient call timeout
Maximum duration to wait for each AdminClient operation to complete before failing the task. Defaults to PT30S (30 seconds). Distinct from the task-level timeout, which lets the worker kill the task without retrying it.
Outputs
deletedTopics array
Topics that were deleted