advancedKafka: Producer, Consumer & Idempotency

Why do Kafka consumer groups keep rebalancing every few minutes, and how do you minimize the disruption?

Tests whether you know session timeouts, slow processing exceeding max.poll.interval.ms, and static membership all factor in.

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Why do Kafka consumer groups keep rebalancing every few minutes, and how do you minimize the disruption?

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