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[jira] [Resolved] (KAFKA-20507) Clarify consumer docs around commits without metadata & invalid position handling

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-20507?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

TengYao Chi resolved KAFKA-20507.
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    Resolution: Fixed

> Clarify consumer docs around commits without metadata & invalid position handling
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>                 Key: KAFKA-20507
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-20507
>             Project: Kafka
>          Issue Type: Task
>          Components: clients, consumer
>            Reporter: Lianet Magrans
>            Assignee: Gavin Wang
>            Priority: Major
>             Fix For: 4.5.0
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> Manual commits without metadata effectively disable the ability of the consumer to validate/correct positions (leading to OFFSET_OUT_OF_RANGE and resetting positions). This is partly documented in the KafkaConsumer but we can improve the docs around it to better guide users. 
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> See https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-19902



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