CI Failure (Leadership did not stablize) in MultiTopicAutomaticLeadershipBalancingTest.test_topic_aware_rebalance

[BenPope]

https://buildkite.com/redpanda/redpanda/builds/30876#01889bd9-ef6b-48c0-a25e-63015a0e8094

Module: rptest.tests.leadership_transfer_test
Class:  MultiTopicAutomaticLeadershipBalancingTest
Method: test_topic_aware_rebalance

test_id:    rptest.tests.leadership_transfer_test.MultiTopicAutomaticLeadershipBalancingTest.test_topic_aware_rebalance
status:     FAIL
run time:   7 minutes 42.997 seconds


    TimeoutError('Leadership did not stablize')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/ducktape/tests/runner_client.py", line 135, in run
    data = self.run_test()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/ducktape/tests/runner_client.py", line 227, in run_test
    return self.test_context.function(self.test)
  File "/root/tests/rptest/services/cluster.py", line 79, in wrapped
    r = f(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/root/tests/rptest/tests/leadership_transfer_test.py", line 191, in test_topic_aware_rebalance
    wait_until(lambda: topic_leadership_evenly_distributed(),
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/ducktape/utils/util.py", line 57, in wait_until
    raise TimeoutError(err_msg() if callable(err_msg) else err_msg) from last_exception
ducktape.errors.TimeoutError: Leadership did not stablize

[andijcr]

https://buildkite.com/redpanda/redpanda/builds/30951#01889fb4-791c-4b27-bb21-d54d3663c5b4

[michael-redpanda]

https://buildkite.com/redpanda/redpanda/builds/31015#0188a3e8-dc30-48d6-9e15-b67c9c5c28d7

[piyushredpanda]

@bharathv has a PR open for a fix.

[ztlpn]

https://buildkite.com/redpanda/redpanda/builds/31189#0188b566-52a4-48e3-823d-2ac3000b03f8

[ztlpn]

still happening https://buildkite.com/redpanda/redpanda/builds/31659#0188d995-8cfc-4c2d-b901-61d8aad6af21

[bharathv]

Looks same as #11454 and Michal has a patch out for fixing it.