[FAQ Bot] NEW: How to Inspect Messages in a Kafka Topic Using Offsets?

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✨ FAQ NEW

Course: data-engineering-zoomcamp
Section: module-7 (This entry teaches how to inspect specific messages around a given offset and view consumer lag, aligning with Kafka/Streaming content in Module 7.)
Related Issue: #242

Question

How to Inspect Messages in a Kafka Topic Using Offsets?

Decision Rationale

The proposal provides a practical, offset-focused guide for inspecting Kafka messages, which is not covered by existing FAQs in Module 7. It adds a useful debugging workflow without duplicating current content.

Placement Details

• Section ID: module-7
• Sort Order: 16
• Filename Slug: inspect-kafka-offsets-messages

⚠️ Warnings

• Reading from --from-beginning on very large topics can be heavy; prefer targeted offset reads when debugging.
• Ensure the broker, topic, and partition names match your environment when running commands (especially in Docker).

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Closes #242