It indicates that part of the cluster is probably down, but it shouldn't be fatal.
@@ -63,7 +63,13 @@ func NewClient(id string, addrs []string, config *ClientConfig) (*Client, error)
// do an initial fetch of all cluster metadata by specifing an empty list of topics
err := client.RefreshAllMetadata()
- if err != nil {
+ switch err {
+ case nil:
+ break
+ case LeaderNotAvailable:
+ // indicates that maybe part of the cluster is down, but is not fatal to creating the client
+ Logger.Println(err)
+ default:
client.Close()
return nil, err
}