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title: "Discussion on \"How Kafka Consumers Work: Offsets, Groups, and Rebalancing\" | Hashnode"
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# [How Kafka Consumers Work: Offsets, Groups, and Rebalancing](https://blog.zyvop.com/how-kafka-consumers-work-offsets-groups-and-rebalancing-orh2v?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

How consumers read events, track their position with offsets, share work in consumer groups, and stay healthy through rebalances and lag, with a hands-on example you can run on your own machine.

Oct 15 · 9 min read · blog.zyvop.com  
Updated Oct 17  
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-   [#offsets](https://hashnode.com/tag/offsets)
-   [#rebalancing](https://hashnode.com/tag/rebalancing)

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