Tag: Kafka

All the articles with the tag "Kafka".

• Kafka Rebalancing Changed. Did Your Consumer Configuration?

  Published:Sep 17, 2026 |  at 06:00 AM

  Kafka 4.0 introduced the GA consumer protocol. Separate broker capability, client opt-in and server-owned settings before migrating a group.

• Kafka Exactly-Once Stops at the Database Boundary

  Published:Sep 17, 2026 |  at 06:00 AM

  Trace the crash between a database write and an offset commit. Kafka transactions protect Kafka effects; external effects need their own replay contract.