fix(kafka): handle tombstone events without value#5017
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dreamorosi merged 2 commits intoaws-powertools:mainfrom Feb 17, 2026
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fix(kafka): handle tombstone events without value#5017dreamorosi merged 2 commits intoaws-powertools:mainfrom
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Summary
The Kafka consumer was failing when processing messages with undefined values because the value getter attempted to deserialize undefined values, causing a TypeError when fromBase64 tried to access the length property of undefined.
Changes
Fixed the issue by adding an undefined check to the value getter in the consumer.
When a tombstone event without a message (i.e,
valueisundefined) is encountered, the consumer now properly returns undefined instead of throwing an error.Updated type definitions to allow undefined values in the deserialization chain and added comprehensive test coverage for undefined value scenarios.
Issue number: closes #5016
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