Kafka: Two groups both get every message

Consumer groups are how you fan out to independent services from one topic.

Code

@KafkaListener(topics = "orders", groupId = "email-service")
void sendEmail(Order o) { ... }

@KafkaListener(topics = "orders", groupId = "analytics-service")
void record(Order o) { ... }

Output

One order produces one record.
Both services receive it, because each group tracks its own offsets.

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Published 2026-08-11