From 44bd90ab80ba43e4ac319d83e488743dc11a983a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dana Powers <dana.powers@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:07:22 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] KafkaError subclass Exception not RuntimeError

---
 kafka/errors.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kafka/errors.py b/kafka/errors.py
index 5dd8ec9f1..bea1c814f 100644
--- a/kafka/errors.py
+++ b/kafka/errors.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import sys
 
 
-class KafkaError(RuntimeError):
+class KafkaError(Exception):
     retriable = False
     # whether metadata should be refreshed on error
     invalid_metadata = False