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# [Green does not mean working: what a health check confirms](https://engineeringwithashmit.hashnode.dev/green-does-not-mean-working?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

A green liveness probe while the gateway accepted nothing: why a Kafka producer hangs on an unreachable broker, and what a health check confirms.

Jul 3 · 9 min read · engineeringwithashmit.hashnode.dev  
Updated Jul 8  
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