Microservice Architecture · interview question
How does Kafka handle message delivery when a consumer is temporarily offline?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer
A. Messages are retained in the topic until consumed
Why
Kafka retains messages in the topic until they are consumed, or until they expire based on the retention policy. This ensures that consumers can retrieve messages even if they were offline when the messages were produced.
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