CockroachDB Changefeed Lag Indicating Kafka Sink Backpressure
Resource Contention
When CockroachDB changefeeds emit to Kafka and the high_water_timestamp lag increases significantly, it indicates the Kafka sink cannot keep up with database changes. This creates backpressure where database CDC events queue up, potentially causing CockroachDB performance degradation.
CockroachDB insight details requires a free account. Sign in with Google or GitHub to access the full knowledge base.
Sign in to access