# Kafka (topic=): dropping invalid message

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kafka-topic-dropping-invalid-message/283728>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [September 9, 2021, 3:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kafka-topic-dropping-invalid-message/283728 "2021-09-09T03:49:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![flaviawang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3da27b/32.png) [@flaviawang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/flaviawang)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 3:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kafka-topic-dropping-invalid-message/283728/1 "2021-09-09T03:49:34Z")

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2021-09-08T19:15:47.776+0800 ERROR [kafka] kafka/client.go:341 Kafka (topic=ilog-filebeat-test): dropping invalid message

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 5:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kafka-topic-dropping-invalid-message/283728/2 "2021-10-07T05:50:32Z")

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