# Akka.kafka.consumer failed consumer actor terminated

**URL:** <https://discuss.akka.io/t/akka-kafka-consumer-failed-consumer-actor-terminated/8721>\
**Category:** Akka Streams & Alpakka\
**Created:** [September 3, 2021, 11:41am UTC](https://discuss.akka.io/t/akka-kafka-consumer-failed-consumer-actor-terminated/8721 "2021-09-03T11:41:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 3, 2021, 11:41am UTC](https://discuss.akka.io/t/akka-kafka-consumer-failed-consumer-actor-terminated/8721/1 "2021-09-03T11:41:43Z")

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After terminated kafka consumer .unable to reconsume by consumer. getting akka.kafka.consumer failed consumer actor terminated. Can it be possible to reconnect after terminate of kafka consumer.

akka.kafka.consumer failed consumer actor terminated how to handle this exception ???