advancedKafka: Producer, Consumer & Idempotency

Kafka consumer lag suddenly spikes in production. What do you check first?

Tests whether you know to check for GC pauses freezing poll(), slow downstream calls in the consumer, or an actual rebalance loop.

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Kafka consumer lag suddenly spikes in production. What do you check first?

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