Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/user/confluent-kafka-python-error.py", line 28, in <module> client.delete_subject(subject, permanent=True) File "/Users/user/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/confluent_kafka/schema_registry/schema_registry_client.py", line 462, in delete_subject .format(_urlencode(subject_name))) File "/Users/user/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/confluent_kafka/schema_registry/schema_registry_client.py", line 130, in delete return self.send_request(url, method='DELETE') File "/Users/user/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/confluent_kafka/schema_registry/schema_registry_client.py", line 176, in send_request response.json().get('message')) confluent_kafka.schema_registry.error.SchemaRegistryError: Subject 'lorem-ipsum-value' was soft deleted.Set permanent=true to delete permanently (HTTP status code 404, SR code 40404)

from confluent_kafka.schema_registry import Schema, SchemaRegistryClient if __name__ == '__main__': subject = 'lorem-ipsum-value' schema = """  {  "namespace": "confluent.io.examples.serialization.avro",  "name": "User",  "type": "record",  "fields": [  {"name": "name", "type": "string"},  {"name": "favorite_number", "type": "int"},  {"name": "favorite_color", "type": "string"}  ]  }  """ client: SchemaRegistryClient = SchemaRegistryClient({'url': 'http://localhost:8081'}) # Staging: Register Schema then soft delete it client.register_schema(subject, Schema(schema_str=schema, schema_type='AVRO')) client.delete_subject(subject) # Bug: Attempt to hard-delete a subject that has been soft-deleted in the past # Throws 404 Exception by Schema Registry and it won't ever be hard-deleted client.delete_subject(subject, permanent=True) # Expected Exception # ======================= # confluent_kafka.schema_registry.error.SchemaRegistryError: Subject 'lorem-ipsum-value' was soft deleted. # Set permanent=true to delete permanently (HTTP status code 404, SR code 40404)