Grab the example setup for MySQL from the tutorial. Log in to the MySQL database. Execute the following statement: DROP VIEW IF EXISTS customers; Update an existing record: UPDATE customers set first_name='N' where id=1001; Observe the connector crash: connect_1 | 2020-10-22 00:07:14,840 INFO MySQL|dbserver1|binlog 1 records sent during previous 00:00:37.639, last recorded offset: {ts_sec=1603325234, file=mysql-bin.000003, pos=320, server_id=223344} [io.debezium.connector.mysql.BinlogReader] connect_1 | 2020-10-22 00:07:33,184 INFO || WorkerSourceTask{id=inventory-connector-0} Committing offsets [org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.WorkerSourceTask] connect_1 | 2020-10-22 00:07:33,186 INFO || WorkerSourceTask{id=inventory-connector-0} flushing 0 outstanding messages for offset commit [org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.WorkerSourceTask] connect_1 | 2020-10-22 00:07:33,202 INFO || WorkerSourceTask{id=inventory-connector-0} Finished commitOffsets successfully in 17 ms [org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.WorkerSourceTask] connect_1 | 2020-10-22 00:07:38,046 ERROR MySQL|dbserver1|binlog Encountered change event 'Event{header=EventHeaderV4{timestamp=1603325258000, eventType=TABLE_MAP, serverId=223344, headerLength=19, dataLength=47, nextPosition=530, flags=0}, data=TableMapEventData{tableId=228, database='inventory', table='customers', columnTypes=3, 15, 15, 15, columnMetadata=0, 255, 255, 255, columnNullability={}, eventMetadata=null}}' at offset {ts_sec=1603325258, file=mysql-bin.000003, pos=385, server_id=223344, event=1} for table inventory.customers whose schema isn't known to this connector. One possible cause is an incomplete database history topic. Take a new snapshot in this case. connect_1 | Use the mysqlbinlog tool to view the problematic event: mysqlbinlog --start-position=464 --stop-position=530 --verbose mysql-bin.000003 [io.debezium.connector.mysql.BinlogReader] connect_1 | 2020-10-22 00:07:38,046 ERROR MySQL|dbserver1|binlog Error during binlog processing. Last offset stored = {ts_sec=1603325234, file=mysql-bin.000003, pos=320, server_id=223344}, binlog reader near position = mysql-bin.000003/464 [io.debezium.connector.mysql.BinlogReader] connect_1 | 2020-10-22 00:07:38,047 ERROR MySQL|dbserver1|binlog Failed due to error: Error processing binlog event [io.debezium.connector.mysql.BinlogReader] connect_1 | org.apache.kafka.connect.errors.ConnectException: Encountered change event for table inventory.customers whose schema isn't known to this connector connect_1 | at io.debezium.connector.mysql.AbstractReader.wrap(AbstractReader.java:230) connect_1 | at io.debezium.connector.mysql.AbstractReader.failed(AbstractReader.java:207) connect_1 | at io.debezium.connector.mysql.BinlogReader.handleEvent(BinlogReader.java:600) connect_1 | at com.github.shyiko.mysql.binlog.BinaryLogClient.notifyEventListeners(BinaryLogClient.java:1130) connect_1 | at com.github.shyiko.mysql.binlog.BinaryLogClient.listenForEventPackets(BinaryLogClient.java:978) connect_1 | at com.github.shyiko.mysql.binlog.BinaryLogClient.connect(BinaryLogClient.java:581) connect_1 | at com.github.shyiko.mysql.binlog.BinaryLogClient$7.run(BinaryLogClient.java:860) connect_1 | at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:834) connect_1 | Caused by: org.apache.kafka.connect.errors.ConnectException: Encountered change event for table inventory.customers whose schema isn't known to this connector connect_1 | at io.debezium.connector.mysql.BinlogReader.informAboutUnknownTableIfRequired(BinlogReader.java:858) connect_1 | at io.debezium.connector.mysql.BinlogReader.handleUpdateTableMetadata(BinlogReader.java:832) connect_1 | at io.debezium.connector.mysql.BinlogReader.handleEvent(BinlogReader.java:583) connect_1 | ... 5 more connect_1 | 2020-10-22 00:07:38,050 INFO MySQL|dbserver1|binlog Error processing binlog event, and propagating to Kafka Connect so it stops this connector. Future binlog events read before connector is shutdown will be ignored. [io.debezium.connector.mysql.BinlogReader] connect_1 | 2020-10-22 00:07:38,339 INFO || WorkerSourceTask{id=inventory-connector-0} Committing offsets [org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.WorkerSourceTask] connect_1 | 2020-10-22 00:07:38,341 INFO || WorkerSourceTask{id=inventory-connector-0} flushing 0 outstanding messages for offset commit [org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.WorkerSourceTask] connect_1 | 2020-10-22 00:07:38,341 ERROR || WorkerSourceTask{id=inventory-connector-0} Task threw an uncaught and unrecoverable exception [org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.WorkerTask] connect_1 | org.apache.kafka.connect.errors.ConnectException: Encountered change event for table inventory.customers whose schema isn't known to this connector connect_1 | at io.debezium.connector.mysql.AbstractReader.wrap(AbstractReader.java:230) connect_1 | at io.debezium.connector.mysql.AbstractReader.failed(AbstractReader.java:207) connect_1 | at io.debezium.connector.mysql.BinlogReader.handleEvent(BinlogReader.java:600) connect_1 | at com.github.shyiko.mysql.binlog.BinaryLogClient.notifyEventListeners(BinaryLogClient.java:1130) connect_1 | at com.github.shyiko.mysql.binlog.BinaryLogClient.listenForEventPackets(BinaryLogClient.java:978) connect_1 | at com.github.shyiko.mysql.binlog.BinaryLogClient.connect(BinaryLogClient.java:581) connect_1 | at com.github.shyiko.mysql.binlog.BinaryLogClient$7.run(BinaryLogClient.java:860) connect_1 | at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:834) connect_1 | Caused by: org.apache.kafka.connect.errors.ConnectException: Encountered change event for table inventory.customers whose schema isn't known to this connector connect_1 | at io.debezium.connector.mysql.BinlogReader.informAboutUnknownTableIfRequired(BinlogReader.java:858) connect_1 | at io.debezium.connector.mysql.BinlogReader.handleUpdateTableMetadata(BinlogReader.java:832) connect_1 | at io.debezium.connector.mysql.BinlogReader.handleEvent(BinlogReader.java:583) connect_1 | ... 5 more connect_1 | 2020-10-22 00:07:38,342 ERROR || WorkerSourceTask{id=inventory-connector-0} Task is being killed and will not recover until manually restarted [org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.WorkerTask] connect_1 | 2020-10-22 00:07:38,342 INFO || Stopping down connector [io.debezium.connector.common.BaseSourceTask] connect_1 | 2020-10-22 00:07:38,342 INFO MySQL|dbserver1|task Stopping MySQL connector task [io.debezium.connector.mysql.MySqlConnectorTask] connect_1 | 2020-10-22 00:07:38,342 INFO MySQL|dbserver1|task ChainedReader: Stopping the binlog reader [io.debezium.connector.mysql.ChainedReader] connect_1 | 2020-10-22 00:07:38,343 INFO MySQL|dbserver1|task Discarding 0 unsent record(s) due to the connector shutting down [io.debezium.connector.mysql.BinlogReader] connect_1 | 2020-10-22 00:07:38,344 INFO MySQL|dbserver1|task Discarding 0 unsent record(s) due to the connector shutting down [io.debezium.connector.mysql.BinlogReader] connect_1 | 2020-10-22 00:07:38,345 INFO MySQL|dbserver1|binlog Stopped reading binlog after 1 events, last recorded offset: {ts_sec=1603325234, file=mysql-bin.000003, pos=320, server_id=223344} [io.debezium.connector.mysql.BinlogReader] connect_1 | 2020-10-22 00:07:38,345 INFO MySQL|dbserver1|task [Producer clientId=inventory-connector-dbhistory] Closing the Kafka producer with timeoutMillis = 9223372036854775807 ms. [org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.KafkaProducer] connect_1 | 2020-10-22 00:07:38,350 INFO MySQL|dbserver1|task Connector task finished all work and is now shutdown [io.debezium.connector.mysql.MySqlConnectorTask] connect_1 | 2020-10-22 00:07:38,350 INFO || [Producer clientId=connector-producer-inventory-connector-0] Closing the Kafka producer with timeoutMillis = 30000 ms. [org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.KafkaProducer] The reason is that the DropViewParserListener doesn't respect the skipViews flag.