Spring Kafka Retry | Error while using RetryTopicConfiguration bean - spring-boot

Question

I am trying to use spring kafka non blocking retries as mentioned here https://docs.spring.io/spring-kafka/reference/html/#retry-topic. I have a spring boot application whose pom.xml is below :
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.airtel.analytics</groupId>
<artifactId>analytics-store-consumer</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<name>analytics-store-consumer</name>
<description>analytics-store-consumer</description>
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>2.5.6</version>
</parent>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
<java.version>1.8</java.version>
<spring-cloud.version>Greenwich.SR4</spring-cloud.version>
<sonar.java.coveragePlugin>jacoco</sonar.java.coveragePlugin>
<jacoco.version>0.7.9</jacoco.version>
<sonar-jacoco-listeners.version>3.2</sonar-jacoco-listeners.version>
<jacoco.outputDir>${project.build.directory}</jacoco.outputDir>
<sonar.coverage.exclusions>**/model/**,**/dto/**,**/constants/**,**/exception/**,**/util/**,**/utils/TrafficSource,**/*VO/**,**/*Vo/**,**/mapper/**,**/config/**,**/repository/**,**/application/**,**/controller/**,**/utils/AnalyticsLogTransformerUtils,**/kafka/**</sonar.coverage.exclusions>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>com.vaadin.external.google</groupId>
<artifactId>android-json</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
<artifactId>powermock-api-mockito2</artifactId>
<version>2.0.4</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
<artifactId>mockito-inline</artifactId>
<version>2.7.13</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
<artifactId>powermock-module-junit4</artifactId>
<version>2.0.4</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.codehaus.sonar-plugins.java</groupId>
<artifactId>sonar-jacoco-listeners</artifactId>
<version>${sonar-jacoco-listeners.version}</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.json</groupId>
<artifactId>json</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.json</groupId>
<artifactId>json</artifactId>
</exclusion>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j-to-slf4j</artifactId>
</exclusion>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
<artifactId>gson</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
<version>2.6</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.kafka</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-kafka</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.airtel.online.commons</groupId>
<artifactId>airtel-commons-homes-logger</artifactId>
<version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
</exclusion>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-dataformat-avro</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>io.confluent</groupId>
<artifactId>kafka-avro-serializer</artifactId>
<version>5.0.0</version>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
</exclusion>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
<artifactId>avro</artifactId>
<version>1.8.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.aerospike</groupId>
<artifactId>aerospike-client</artifactId>
<version>4.4.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>
<version>4.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-consul-config</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.airtel.smartapi</groupId>
<artifactId>smartapi-logging-core</artifactId>
<version>2.2.0.RELEASE</version>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
</exclusion>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
</exclusion>
<exclusion>
<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
</exclusion>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-cloud-dependencies</artifactId>
<version>${spring-cloud.version}</version>
<type>pom</type>
<scope>import</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>
<build>
<finalName>analytics-store-consumer</finalName>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
<artifactId>avro-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.8.2</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>generate-sources</phase>
<goals>
<goal>schema</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/</sourceDirectory>
<includes>
<include>*.avsc</include>
</includes>
<outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/generated-sources/java/</outputDirectory>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>add-source</id>
<phase>generate-sources</phase>
<goals>
<goal>add-source</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<sources>
<source>${project.build.directory}/generated-sources/java/</source>
</sources>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<mainClass>com.airtel.growth.analytics.application.AnalyticsStoreConsumerApp</mainClass>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.sonarsource.scanner.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>sonar-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<argLine>${jacoco.agent.ut.arg}</argLine>
<!-- Specific to generate mapping between tests and covered code -->
<properties>
<property>
<name>listener</name>
<value>org.sonar.java.jacoco.JUnitListener</value>
</property>
</properties>
<!-- test failure ignore -->
<testFailureIgnore>true</testFailureIgnore>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
<artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${jacoco.version}</version>
<executions>
<!-- Prepares a variable, jacoco.agent.ut.arg, that contains the info
to be passed to the JVM hosting the code being tested. -->
<execution>
<id>prepare-ut-agent</id>
<phase>process-test-classes</phase>
<goals>
<goal>prepare-agent</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<propertyName>jacoco.agent.ut.arg</propertyName>
<append>true</append>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
Also, my retry config file is :
#Bean
public RetryTopicConfiguration retryTopicConfiguration(#Value("retryTopicKafkaTemplate") KafkaTemplate<String, AvroProcessedAnalyticsData> template) {
return RetryTopicConfigurationBuilder
.newInstance()
.listenerFactory("retryKafkaListenerConsumerFactory")
.exponentialBackoff(30000, 2, 360000)
.maxAttempts(3)
.excludeTopics(excludedTopics)
.setTopicSuffixingStrategy(TopicSuffixingStrategy.SUFFIX_WITH_INDEX_VALUE)
.doNotConfigureDlt()
.notRetryOn(HttpClientErrorException.class)
.includeTopic(kafkaTopic)
.create(template);
}
#Bean(name = "retryTopicKafkaTemplate")
public KafkaTemplate<String, AvroProcessedAnalyticsData> retryKafkaTemplate() {
final Properties configProps = new Properties();
configProps.put(ProducerConfig.BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS_CONFIG, bootstrapAddress);
configProps.put(ProducerConfig.KEY_SERIALIZER_CLASS_CONFIG, StringSerializer.class);
configProps.put(ProducerConfig.VALUE_SERIALIZER_CLASS_CONFIG, KafkaAvroSerializer.class);
configProps.put(ProducerConfig.RECONNECT_BACKOFF_MAX_MS_CONFIG, kafkaReconnectBackoffMaxMilliseconds);
configProps.put(ProducerConfig.RECONNECT_BACKOFF_MS_CONFIG, kafkaReconnectBackoffMilliseconds);
configProps.put(KafkaAvroSerializerConfig.SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL_CONFIG, schemaRegistryURLConfig);
configProps.put(ProducerConfig.BATCH_SIZE_CONFIG, batchSizeConfig);
configProps.put(ProducerConfig.LINGER_MS_CONFIG, lingerConfig);
configProps.put(ProducerConfig.MAX_BLOCK_MS_CONFIG, sendTimeout);
configProps.put(ProducerConfig.BUFFER_MEMORY_CONFIG, bufferConfig);
configProps.put(ProducerConfig.TRANSACTION_TIMEOUT_CONFIG, sendTimeout);
configProps.put(AbstractKafkaAvroSerDeConfig.AUTO_REGISTER_SCHEMAS, false);
configProps.put(ProducerConfig.ACKS_CONFIG, "1");
configProps.put(ProducerConfig.CLIENT_ID_CONFIG, clientIdConfig);
KafkaTemplate<String, AvroProcessedAnalyticsData> kafkaTemplate = new KafkaTemplate<>(
new DefaultKafkaProducerFactory(configProps));
kafkaTemplate.setProducerListener(new KafkaProducerListener());
return kafkaTemplate;
}
#Bean(name = "retryKafkaListenerConsumerFactory")
public KafkaListenerContainerFactory<ConcurrentMessageListenerContainer<String, AvroProcessedAnalyticsData>> kafkaListenerContainerFactory() {
final Map<String, Object> configProps = new HashMap<>();
configProps.put(ConsumerConfig.BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS_CONFIG, bootstrapAddress);
configProps.put(ConsumerConfig.KEY_DESERIALIZER_CLASS_CONFIG, StringDeserializer.class.getName());
configProps.put(ConsumerConfig.VALUE_DESERIALIZER_CLASS_CONFIG, KafkaAvroDeserializer.class.getName());
configProps.put(ConsumerConfig.GROUP_ID_CONFIG, kafkaGroupId);
configProps.put(ConsumerConfig.ENABLE_AUTO_COMMIT_CONFIG, kafkaAutoCommit);
configProps.put(ConsumerConfig.AUTO_COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS_CONFIG, kafkaAutoCommitInterval);
configProps.put(ConsumerConfig.SESSION_TIMEOUT_MS_CONFIG, kafkaSessionTimeout);
configProps.put(ConsumerConfig.MAX_POLL_INTERVAL_MS_CONFIG, maxPollIntervalMs);
configProps.put(KafkaAvroDeserializerConfig.SPECIFIC_AVRO_READER_CONFIG, true);
configProps.put(AbstractKafkaAvroSerDeConfig.SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL_CONFIG, schemaRegistryURLConfig);
ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactory<String, AvroProcessedAnalyticsData> factory = new ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactory<>();
factory.setConsumerFactory(new DefaultKafkaConsumerFactory<>(configProps));
return factory;
}
}
I am getting the below exception:
2022-03-16 20:25:04.395 INFO 59046 --- [ main] trationDelegate$BeanPostProcessorChecker : Bean 'org.springframework.retry.annotation.RetryConfiguration' of type [org.springframework.retry.annotation.RetryConfiguration] is not eligible for getting processed by all BeanPostProcessors (for example: not eligible for auto-proxying)
2022-03-16 20:25:04.410 INFO 59046 --- [ main] trationDelegate$BeanPostProcessorChecker : Bean 'org.springframework.cloud.autoconfigure.ConfigurationPropertiesRebinderAutoConfiguration' of type [org.springframework.cloud.autoconfigure.ConfigurationPropertiesRebinderAutoConfiguration$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$9ebb8b3c] is not eligible for getting processed by all BeanPostProcessors (for example: not eligible for auto-proxying)
2022-03-16 20:25:04.421 WARN 59046 --- [ main] s.c.a.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext : Exception encountered during context initialization - cancelling refresh attempt: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'configurationPropertiesBeans' defined in class path resource [org/springframework/cloud/autoconfigure/ConfigurationPropertiesRebinderAutoConfiguration.class]: Bean instantiation via factory method failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [org.springframework.cloud.context.properties.ConfigurationPropertiesBeans]: Factory method 'configurationPropertiesBeans' threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/springframework/boot/context/properties/ConfigurationBeanFactoryMetadata
2022-03-16 20:25:04.426 INFO 59046 --- [ main] ConditionEvaluationReportLoggingListener :
Error starting ApplicationContext. To display the conditions report re-run your application with 'debug' enabled.
2022-03-16 20:25:04.444 ERROR 59046 --- [ main] o.s.boot.SpringApplication : Application run failed
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'configurationPropertiesBeans' defined in class path resource [org/springframework/cloud/autoconfigure/ConfigurationPropertiesRebinderAutoConfiguration.class]: Bean instantiation via factory method failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [org.springframework.cloud.context.properties.ConfigurationPropertiesBeans]: Factory method 'configurationPropertiesBeans' threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/springframework/boot/context/properties/ConfigurationBeanFactoryMetadata
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.instantiate(ConstructorResolver.java:658) ~[spring-beans-5.3.12.jar:5.3.12]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(ConstructorResolver.java:486) ~[spring-beans-5.3.12.jar:5.3.12]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1352) ~[spring-beans-5.3.12.jar:5.3.12]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1195) ~[spring-beans-5.3.12.jar:5.3.12]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:582) ~[spring-beans-5.3.12.jar:5.3.12]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:542) ~[spring-beans-5.3.12.jar:5.3.12]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.lambda$doGetBean$0(AbstractBeanFactory.java:335) ~[spring-beans-5.3.12.jar:5.3.12]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:234) ~[spring-beans-5.3.12.jar:5.3.12]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:333) ~[spring-beans-5.3.12.jar:5.3.12]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:213) ~[spring-beans-5.3.12.jar:5.3.12]
at org.springframework.context.support.PostProcessorRegistrationDelegate.registerBeanPostProcessors(PostProcessorRegistrationDelegate.java:270) ~[spring-context-5.3.12.jar:5.3.12]
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.registerBeanPostProcessors(AbstractApplicationContext.java:762) ~[spring-context-5.3.12.jar:5.3.12]
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:567) ~[spring-context-5.3.12.jar:5.3.12]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refresh(SpringApplication.java:754) ~[spring-boot-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refreshContext(SpringApplication.java:434) ~[spring-boot-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:338) ~[spring-boot-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
at org.springframework.boot.builder.SpringApplicationBuilder.run(SpringApplicationBuilder.java:143) [spring-boot-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
at org.springframework.cloud.bootstrap.BootstrapApplicationListener.bootstrapServiceContext(BootstrapApplicationListener.java:203) [spring-cloud-context-2.1.4.RELEASE.jar:2.1.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.cloud.bootstrap.BootstrapApplicationListener.onApplicationEvent(BootstrapApplicationListener.java:114) [spring-cloud-context-2.1.4.RELEASE.jar:2.1.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.cloud.bootstrap.BootstrapApplicationListener.onApplicationEvent(BootstrapApplicationListener.java:71) [spring-cloud-context-2.1.4.RELEASE.jar:2.1.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.doInvokeListener(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:176) [spring-context-5.3.12.jar:5.3.12]
at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.invokeListener(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:169) [spring-context-5.3.12.jar:5.3.12]
at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.multicastEvent(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:143) [spring-context-5.3.12.jar:5.3.12]
at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.multicastEvent(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:131) [spring-context-5.3.12.jar:5.3.12]
at org.springframework.boot.context.event.EventPublishingRunListener.environmentPrepared(EventPublishingRunListener.java:82) [spring-boot-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplicationRunListeners.lambda$environmentPrepared$2(SpringApplicationRunListeners.java:63) [spring-boot-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
at java.util.ArrayList.forEach(ArrayList.java:1259) ~[na:1.8.0_281]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplicationRunListeners.doWithListeners(SpringApplicationRunListeners.java:117) [spring-boot-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplicationRunListeners.doWithListeners(SpringApplicationRunListeners.java:111) [spring-boot-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplicationRunListeners.environmentPrepared(SpringApplicationRunListeners.java:62) [spring-boot-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.prepareEnvironment(SpringApplication.java:374) ~[spring-boot-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:332) ~[spring-boot-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1343) ~[spring-boot-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1332) ~[spring-boot-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
at com.airtel.growth.analytics.application.AnalyticsStoreConsumerApp.main(AnalyticsStoreConsumerApp.java:34) ~[classes/:na]
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [org.springframework.cloud.context.properties.ConfigurationPropertiesBeans]: Factory method 'configurationPropertiesBeans' threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/springframework/boot/context/properties/ConfigurationBeanFactoryMetadata
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java:185) ~[spring-beans-5.3.12.jar:5.3.12]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.instantiate(ConstructorResolver.java:653) ~[spring-beans-5.3.12.jar:5.3.12]
... 34 common frames omitted
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/springframework/boot/context/properties/ConfigurationBeanFactoryMetadata
at org.springframework.cloud.autoconfigure.ConfigurationPropertiesRebinderAutoConfiguration.configurationPropertiesBeans(ConfigurationPropertiesRebinderAutoConfiguration.java:56) ~[spring-cloud-context-2.1.4.RELEASE.jar:2.1.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.cloud.autoconfigure.ConfigurationPropertiesRebinderAutoConfiguration$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$9ebb8b3c.CGLIB$configurationPropertiesBeans$0(<generated>) ~[spring-cloud-context-2.1.4.RELEASE.jar:2.1.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.cloud.autoconfigure.ConfigurationPropertiesRebinderAutoConfiguration$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$9ebb8b3c$$FastClassBySpringCGLIB$$bec12067.invoke(<generated>) ~[spring-cloud-context-2.1.4.RELEASE.jar:2.1.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.cglib.proxy.MethodProxy.invokeSuper(MethodProxy.java:244) ~[spring-core-5.3.12.jar:5.3.12]
at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassEnhancer$BeanMethodInterceptor.intercept(ConfigurationClassEnhancer.java:331) ~[spring-context-5.3.12.jar:5.3.12]
Please note that even if I replace the RetryTopicConfiguration bean with #RetryableTopic configuration, then also I am getting the same error.
Please assist.

Answer 1

This actually has nothing to do with the Retry Topic feature - there's a mismatch between your Spring Cloud and Spring Boot versions.
As you can see here, Spring Cloud Greenwich.SR4 is built upon Spring Boot 2.1.10.RELEASE.
And as you can see in Spring Cloud's project page, for Spring Boot versions 2.5.x you should use Spring Cloud 2020.0.x aka Ilford
It's generally better to only specify Spring Boot's version and let it manage other Spring projects' versions.
EDIT: In Spring Cloud's case, if you can change the Spring Boot version, it's better to let Spring Cloud handle versions, as also mentioned in the project's page.
<properties>
<spring.cloud-version>Hoxton.SR8</spring.cloud-version>
</properties>
<dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-cloud-dependencies</artifactId>
<version>${spring.cloud-version}</version>
<type>pom</type>
<scope>import</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>