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$\textrm{poll-idle-ratio} = \frac{\textrm{time-between-poll}}{\textrm{time-inside-poll}}$

The value of this metric indicates different possible scenarios:

• Higher value means user spends more time processing records
  • Can indicate a potential issue or performance bottleneck in user code
• Lower value means the consumer is spending more time performing other duties such as fetching data or updating assignment metadata
  • Can indicate a potential issue or performance bottleneck in broker or consumer code

Compatibility, Deprecation, and Migration Plan

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