Are Apache Kafka follower replicas synchronous or asynchronous?
The confusing answer is: both.
This article clears it up:
https://softwaremill.com/apache-kafka-replica-followers-synchronous-or-asynchronous/

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Are Kafka Replicas Synchronous or Asynchronous?

Discover how Apache Kafka handles replication. Learn why Kafka followers look asynchronous in data movement but act synchronously during acks=all commits.

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Combining Temporal and Kafka for Resilient Distributed Systems

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https://dzone.com/articles/temporal-kafka-resilient-distributed-systems

Combine Temporal and Kafka for Resilient Distributed Systems

Kafka handles durable event streaming while Temporal manages long-running workflow state, retries, and recovery to build resilient distributed systems.

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AutoMQ in Production: Auto-Magically Quitting MSK

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Foundations of Distributed Streaming: A Book Review of “Kafka for Architects”

Understanding why even Kafka exists!?

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Apache Kafka explained: how it works, the hard parts, and why teams pick it over Azure, AWS and Google

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https://acaciatechgroup.com/how-it-works/kafka-streaming

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Kafka Connect source connector for AIS maritime data via TCP - rmoff/kafka-connect-ais

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Setting Up Kafka on Windows and Integrating It with Spring Boot (The Real Steps, Including Everything That Broke)

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https://medium.com/@ishita.ghosh251999/setting-up-kafka-on-windows-and-integrating-it-with-spring-boot-the-real-steps-including-27cea72dda78

Setting Up Kafka on Windows and Integrating It with Spring Boot (The Real Steps, Including…

A practical walkthrough — including the Windows-specific gotchas nobody warns you about

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From Kafka ACLs to Confluent RBAC:
A Safe Migration Path with a New Open-Source Tool

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https://monedula.dev/blog/kafka-acls-confluent-rbac-migration-monedula-acl-rbac-converter/

From Kafka ACLs to Confluent RBAC: A Safe Migration Path with a New Open-Source Tool — Monedula

Moving an existing Kafka estate from ACLs to Confluent RBAC is a risk-management exercise, not a syntax conversion. Here's a safe, auditable, repeatable migration workflow — and the tool we built for it.

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Are Kafka Replicas Synchronous or Asynchronous?

Discover how Apache Kafka handles replication. Learn why Kafka followers look asynchronous in data movement but act synchronously during acks=all commits.

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