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This topic has been translated from a Chinese forum by GPT and might contain errors.Original topic: TiCDC 接入带认证的 kafka 集群问题

Hi, testing has revealed that when TiCDC connects to an authenticated Kafka, if the password contains special characters such as $ or @, it cannot connect even when using the \ escape character. This issue has occurred in both versions 6.5 and 5.4 (with different error messages). Changing the password (to one without special characters) allows the connection. Users inevitably use special characters when setting passwords, so we hope for compatibility.