Merge pull request redpanda-data#27659 from mmaslankaprv/DEVPROD-3366-fix-test-setup

tests: use permissive topic describe when requesting replicas

Author: mmaslankaprv

tests/rptest/tests/partition_force_reconfiguration_test.py

@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ def setUp(self):
 
     def collect_topic_partition_states(self, topic):
         states = {}
-        for p in self.rpk.describe_topic(topic):
+        for p in self.rpk.describe_topic(topic, tolerant=True):
             states[p.id] = self.admin.get_partition_state(
                 namespace="kafka",
                 topic=topic,
@@ -568,6 +568,8 @@ def produce_until_log_eviction(self, topic):
 
         def start_offset_advanced():
             states = self.collect_topic_partition_states(topic)
+            if len(states) == 0:
+                return False
 
             return all(
                 r["start_offset"] > 0 for s in states.values() for r in s["replicas"]
@@ -838,7 +840,7 @@ def test_recovery_local_data_missing(self, wait_for_final_manifest_uploads):
         admin = self.redpanda._admin
         rpk = RpkTool(self.redpanda)
         replicas = []
-        for p in rpk.describe_topic(topic.name):
+        for p in rpk.describe_topic(topic.name, tolerant=True):
             replicas = [int(r) for r in p.replicas]
 
         self.logger.info(f"Test topic {topic.name} replicas: {replicas}")