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Consumer Groups Basics

Scale queue/stream consumers

Consumer groups allow multiple consumers to share partitions from a stream or queue, scaling processing while keeping per-partition ordering.

Assign

Partitions are divided among consumers; each partition has one active consumer.

Track Offsets

Commit offsets to resume correctly after restarts.

Handle Rebalances

Design for reassignments; keep processing idempotent and quick.

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