TL;DR; Kafka Streams' local state store (rocksDB) could not operate on windows because of permission issue. Environment Key Value OS Windows Kafka clients version v3.5.1 Kafka streams version v3.5.1 JDK OpenJDK 20.0.2 Kotlin version 1.9.10 Source Code KafkaConfig.kt @Configuration @EnableKafka @EnableKafkaStreams class KafkaConfig { companion object { const val SOURCE_TOPIC: String = "source-top..
