Kafka

Duplicate Messages are Inevitable Duplicate messages are an inherent aspect of message-based systems and can occur for various reasons. In the context of Kafka, it is essential to ensure that your application is able to handle these duplicates effectively. As a Kafka consumer, there are several scenarios that can lead to the consumption of duplicate messages: There can be an actual duplicate message in the kafka topic you are consuming from. The consumer is reading 2 different messages that should be treated as duplicates. You consume the same message more than once due to various error scenarios that can happen, either in your application, or in the communication with a Kafka broker. To ensure the idempotent processing and handle these scenarios, it’s important to have a proper strategy to detect and handle duplicate messages. ...