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title: "Comment by Abhinav Sharma on \"Stop Pinging Kafka - A Zero-Cost Health Check Pattern (and What Can Go Wrong)\" | Hashnode"
description: "The restart storm section is the part every team rediscovers on its own. A health check that restarts the client turns one slow broker into a full fleet outage."
url: "https://hashnode.com/posts/stop-pinging-kafka-a-zero-cost-health-check-pattern-and-what-can-go-wrong/6ad65e65cb89e7ce1f6ae2c7/comment/6ad6e7f65b4fbbb2012e1bc2"
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[Discussion](https://hashnode.com/posts/stop-pinging-kafka-a-zero-cost-health-check-pattern-and-what-can-go-wrong/6ad65e65cb89e7ce1f6ae2c7)

Comment [Stop Pinging Kafka - A Zero-Cost Health Check Pattern (and What Can Go Wrong)](https://hashnode.com/posts/stop-pinging-kafka-a-zero-cost-health-check-pattern-and-what-can-go-wrong/6ad65e65cb89e7ce1f6ae2c7)

[Abhinav Sharma](https://hashnode.com/@abhinavs1920)

[Oct 20](https://hashnode.com/posts/stop-pinging-kafka-a-zero-cost-health-check-pattern-and-what-can-go-wrong/6ad65e65cb89e7ce1f6ae2c7/comment/6ad6e7f65b4fbbb2012e1bc2)

The restart storm section is the part every team rediscovers on its own. A health check that restarts the client turns one slow broker into a full fleet outage.