timed out waiting for node assignment when creating a kafka topic with SSL security applied to a three-node cluster

Question

I am learning kafka on my own and I have come across a problem. I am trying to create a kafka topic with SSL security applied on my brokers (I have a three-node cluster) but I am getting timedout waiting for a node assignment error. I don't have this problem when I create a topic with no security applied to my brokers. can anyone help me with this? any suggestions would be appreciated

the command I run: kafka-topics.sh --bootstrap-server localhost:9092 --list the result I get: Error while executing topic command : Timed out waiting for a node assignment. Call: listTopics [2024-07-24 13:22:52,137] ERROR org.apache.kafka.common.errors.TimeoutException: Timed out waiting for a node assignment. Call: listTopics (org.apache.kafka.tools.TopicCommand)

I have tried some modifications in zookeeper.properties and server.properties files but noting seems to work.