The latest articles on DEV Community by Chamath Jayasekara (@chamathjayasekara99). https://dev.to/chamathjayasekara99 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F1150543%2F47c4ae7e-ff7d-450f-b984-40c9735b4c5d.jpeg https://dev.to/chamathjayasekara99 en Chamath Jayasekara Sat, 29 Nov 2025 20:00:50 +0000 https://dev.to/chamathjayasekara99/kafka-election-storm-20ea https://dev.to/chamathjayasekara99/kafka-election-storm-20ea <p>I have been facing an issue where a broker (acting as a controller) goes down, comes back up, and claims to be the leader. This loop continues, with brokers fighting for leadership. Eventually, a broker goes down and accepts the leader, but the memory usage becomes so high. please help me with this.</p> kafka kafkaleader errors