Critical regression in Kafka 3.9.0 slashes consumer throughput by 90%
Apache Kafka v3.9.0 suffered a major throughput degradation (10x drop) in ZooKeeper mode, discovered in August 2025
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The fact
The min.insync.replicas parameter was the culprit: changing its value from 1 to 2 caused performance collapse
A three-line code fix resolved the issue and restored normal throughput levels
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