Technologies/Apache Kafka/kafka.partition.current_offset
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kafka.partition.current_offset

Current offset of partition
Dimensions:None
Available on:Native (1)OpenTelemetryOpenTelemetry (1)PrometheusPrometheus (1)
Interface Metrics (3)
Native
Current offset of partition of topic.
Dimensions:None
OpenTelemetryOpenTelemetry
Current offset of partition of topic.
Dimensions:None
PrometheusPrometheus
Current Offset of a ConsumerGroup at Topic/Partition
Dimensions:None
Related Insights (1)
Hot Partition Creates Uneven Consumer Lagwarning

When one partition consistently shows higher lag than others, it indicates uneven key distribution or specific message types requiring more processing time, creating a processing bottleneck.