https://devops-monk.com/tags/acknowledgment/Recent content in Acknowledgment on Devops MonkHugoen-usMon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://devops-monk.com/tutorials/spring-kafka/offset-management/Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://devops-monk.com/tutorials/spring-kafka/offset-management/Why Offset Management Matters The committed offset determines what happens when a consumer restarts. If the offset is committed too early, a crash before processing completes means events are lost. If it is committed too late, a crash after processing but before committing means events are re-processed. flowchart TD subgraph TooEarly["Commit too early → Data Loss"] E1["Commit offset 43"] --> E2["Process record 42"] --> E3["Crash!"] E4["Restart: resume from 43"] --> E5["