fix(kafka): strip kafka config from Consumer.consume() args

packages/kafka/lib/AbstractKafkaConsumer.ts

@@ -172,7 +172,12 @@ export abstract class AbstractKafkaConsumer<
     })
 
     try {
-      const { handlers: _, ...consumeOptions } = this.options // Handlers cannot be passed to consume method
+      // `kafka` is excluded so that connection-level options (including function-valued ones such
+      // as SASL/OAUTHBEARER token providers used for AWS MSK IAM) are not forwarded into
+      // `consume()`. `MessagesStream` runs `structuredClone` on the consume options and would
+      // throw `DataCloneError` if any function reached it. See:
+      // https://github.com/platformatic/kafka/blob/main/src/clients/consumer/messages-stream.ts
+      const { handlers: _, kafka: __, ...consumeOptions } = this.options // Handlers cannot be passed to consume method
 
       // https://github.com/platformatic/kafka/blob/main/docs/consumer.md#my-consumer-is-not-receiving-any-message-when-the-application-restarts
       await this.consumer.joinGroup({

packages/kafka/test/consumer/PermissionConsumer.spec.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { randomUUID } from 'node:crypto'
 import { waitAndRetry } from '@lokalise/universal-ts-utils/node'
-import { Producer, stringSerializers } from '@platformatic/kafka'
+import { Consumer, Producer, stringSerializers } from '@platformatic/kafka'
 import { afterAll, expect, type MockInstance } from 'vitest'
 import z from 'zod/v4'
 import { KafkaHandlerConfig, type RequestContext } from '../../lib/index.ts'
@@ -112,6 +112,51 @@ describe('PermissionConsumer', () => {
       // When - Then
       await expect(consumer.init()).resolves.not.toThrow()
     })
+
+    // Regression: @platformatic/kafka's MessagesStream runs `structuredClone`
+    // on the consume options after destructuring its known fields. If the
+    // connection-level `kafka` config is forwarded, anything function-valued
+    // reachable from it (e.g. a SASL/OAUTHBEARER token provider used for AWS
+    // MSK IAM) crashes the clone with `DOMException [DataCloneError]` and
+    // prevents the consumer from starting. The toolkit must therefore strip
+    // `kafka` from consume options.
+    describe('does not forward kafka connection config to Consumer.consume()', () => {
+      it('strips `kafka` from consume options', async () => {
+        // Given
+        const consumeSpy = vi.spyOn(Consumer.prototype, 'consume')
+        consumer = new PermissionConsumer(testContext.cradle)
+
+        // When
+        await consumer.init()
+
+        // Then
+        expect(consumeSpy).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+        const consumeArgs = consumeSpy.mock.calls[0]![0] as unknown as Record<string, unknown>
+        expect(consumeArgs).not.toHaveProperty('kafka')
+      })
+
+      it('keeps `kafka` out of consume options even when it carries a function-valued field (e.g. SASL/OAUTHBEARER token provider)', async () => {
+        // Given - simulate AWS MSK IAM, where kafka.sasl is `{ mechanism: 'OAUTHBEARER', token: async () => '...' }`.
+        // We can't actually run SASL against the plaintext test broker, so we
+        // attach a function under `kafka` after construction. What matters is
+        // that no part of the kafka config — function-valued or otherwise —
+        // ends up in the args passed to `Consumer.consume()`.
+        const consumeSpy = vi.spyOn(Consumer.prototype, 'consume')
+        consumer = new PermissionConsumer(testContext.cradle)
+        ;(
+          consumer as unknown as { options: { kafka: Record<string, unknown> } }
+        ).options.kafka.tokenProvider = async () => 'signed-token'
+
+        // When
+        await consumer.init()
+
+        // Then
+        expect(consumeSpy).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+        const consumeArgs = consumeSpy.mock.calls[0]![0] as unknown as Record<string, unknown>
+        expect(consumeArgs).not.toHaveProperty('kafka')
+        expect(consumeArgs).not.toHaveProperty('tokenProvider')
+      })
+    })
   })
 
   describe('isConnected', () => {