diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/loaders/abstract_producer.py b/sdk/python/feast/loaders/abstract_producer.py
index 6030d14ecc..14d9bc42b7 100644
--- a/sdk/python/feast/loaders/abstract_producer.py
+++ b/sdk/python/feast/loaders/abstract_producer.py
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ class AbstractProducer:
     def __init__(self, brokers: str, row_count: int, disable_progress_bar: bool):
         self.brokers = brokers
         self.row_count = row_count
-        self.error_count = 0
-        self.last_exception = ""
 
         # Progress bar will always display average rate
         self.pbar = tqdm(
@@ -45,8 +43,7 @@ def _inc_pbar(self, meta):
         self.pbar.update(1)
 
     def _set_error(self, exception: str):
-        self.error_count += 1
-        self.last_exception = exception
+        raise Exception(exception)
 
     def print_results(self) -> None:
         """
@@ -62,24 +59,7 @@ def print_results(self) -> None:
 
         print("Ingestion complete!")
 
-        failed_message = (
-            ""
-            if self.error_count == 0
-            else f"\nFail: {self.error_count / self.row_count}"
-        )
-
-        last_exception_message = (
-            ""
-            if self.last_exception == ""
-            else f"\nLast exception:\n{self.last_exception}"
-        )
-
-        print(
-            f"\nIngestion statistics:"
-            f"\nSuccess: {self.pbar.n}/{self.row_count}"
-            f"{failed_message}"
-            f"{last_exception_message}"
-        )
+        print(f"\nIngestion statistics:" f"\nSuccess: {self.pbar.n}/{self.row_count}")
         return None
 
 
@@ -129,7 +109,10 @@ def flush(self, timeout: Optional[int]):
         Returns:
             int: Number of messages still in queue.
         """
-        return self.producer.flush(timeout=timeout)
+        messages = self.producer.flush(timeout=timeout)
+        if messages:
+            raise Exception("Not all Kafka messages are successfully delivered.")
+        return messages
 
     def _delivery_callback(self, err: str, msg) -> None:
         """
@@ -200,7 +183,10 @@ def flush(self, timeout: Optional[int]):
             KafkaTimeoutError: failure to flush buffered records within the
                 provided timeout
         """
-        return self.producer.flush(timeout=timeout)
+        messages = self.producer.flush(timeout=timeout)
+        if messages:
+            raise Exception("Not all Kafka messages are successfully delivered.")
+        return messages
 
 
 def get_producer(
diff --git a/sdk/python/tests/test_client.py b/sdk/python/tests/test_client.py
index e87c857335..a39c3a3381 100644
--- a/sdk/python/tests/test_client.py
+++ b/sdk/python/tests/test_client.py
@@ -601,6 +601,38 @@ def test_feature_set_ingest_success(self, dataframe, test_client, mocker):
             # Ingest data into Feast
             test_client.ingest("driver-feature-set", dataframe)
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "dataframe,test_client,exception",
+        [(dataframes.GOOD, pytest.lazy_fixture("client"), Exception)],
+    )
+    def test_feature_set_ingest_throws_exception_if_kafka_down(
+        self, dataframe, test_client, exception, mocker
+    ):
+
+        test_client.set_project("project1")
+        driver_fs = FeatureSet(
+            "driver-feature-set",
+            source=KafkaSource(brokers="localhost:4412", topic="test"),
+        )
+        driver_fs.add(Feature(name="feature_1", dtype=ValueType.FLOAT))
+        driver_fs.add(Feature(name="feature_2", dtype=ValueType.STRING))
+        driver_fs.add(Feature(name="feature_3", dtype=ValueType.INT64))
+        driver_fs.add(Entity(name="entity_id", dtype=ValueType.INT64))
+
+        # Register with Feast core
+        test_client.apply(driver_fs)
+        driver_fs = driver_fs.to_proto()
+        driver_fs.meta.status = FeatureSetStatusProto.STATUS_READY
+
+        mocker.patch.object(
+            test_client._core_service_stub,
+            "GetFeatureSet",
+            return_value=GetFeatureSetResponse(feature_set=driver_fs),
+        )
+
+        with pytest.raises(exception):
+            test_client.ingest("driver-feature-set", dataframe)
+
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         "dataframe,exception,test_client",
         [