server Struct{OPERATION_ID=2021122300103230662789491718810000000000000000000,timestamp=1640278878,OPERATION_NAME=TRF-EFETIVADA,TIMESTAMP_DK=1640268698568,INTEGRATED_DK=true,INTEGRATED_EB=false,INTEGRATED_CC=false,eventType=alfateste} (com.newrelic.telemetry.TelemetrySinkTask)
server [2021-12-24 13:07:00,189] ERROR [EventBatch] - Unexpected failure when sending data. (com.newrelic.telemetry.TelemetryClient)
server java.lang.NullPointerException
server at com.newrelic.telemetry.events.json.EventBatchMarshaller.mapToJson(EventBatchMarshaller.java:73)
server at java.base/java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$3$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:195)
server at java.base/java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$3$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:195)
server at java.base/java.util.ArrayList$ArrayListSpliterator.forEachRemaining(ArrayList.java:1655)
server at java.base/java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.copyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:484)
server at java.base/java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.wrapAndCopyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:474)
server at java.base/java.util.stream.ReduceOps$ReduceOp.evaluateSequential(ReduceOps.java:913)
server at java.base/java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.evaluate(AbstractPipeline.java:234)
server at java.base/java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.collect(ReferencePipeline.java:578)
server at com.newrelic.telemetry.events.json.EventBatchMarshaller.toJson(EventBatchMarshaller.java:44)
server at com.newrelic.telemetry.events.EventBatchSender.sendBatch(EventBatchSender.java:56)
server at com.newrelic.telemetry.TelemetryClient.lambda$sendBatch$2(TelemetryClient.java:167)
server at com.newrelic.telemetry.TelemetryClient.sendWithErrorHandling(TelemetryClient.java:212)
server at com.newrelic.telemetry.TelemetryClient.lambda$scheduleBatchSend$4(TelemetryClient.java:201)
server at com.newrelic.telemetry.LimitingScheduler.lambda$schedule$0(LimitingScheduler.java:52)
server at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:515)
server at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
server at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:304)
server at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1128)
server at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:628)
server at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:834)
As noted in https://github.com/newrelic/kafka-connect-newrelic/issues/39, there are scenarios where messages can fail on delivery to the NR API, in this case, within the telemetry SDK, and they are still committed.
Recommend reviewing commit path and ensuring active commit is occurring OUTSIDE of any error handling routines.
Relevant Logs / Console output
(copied from https://github.com/newrelic/kafka-connect-newrelic/issues/39)