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title: "Four Crucial Steps to Take Before Changing Kafka Partition Key at Scale"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/four-crucial-steps-to-take-before-changing-kafka-partition-key-at-scale-fhzrgqj54
source_url: https://medium.com/appsflyerengineering/four-crucial-steps-to-take-before-changing-kafka-partition-key-at-scale-3c2e553c73b2?source=rss----2736d8c2498d---4
type: article
source: "AppsFlyer Engineering"
published: 2023-05-09T12:39:00.129Z
updated: 2023-05-09T12:39:00.127Z
tags: ["performance", "kafka"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Four Crucial Steps to Take Before Changing Kafka Partition Key at Scale

**[AppsFlyer Engineering](https://daily.dev/sources/appsflyer)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Changing a Kafka partition key at a high scale carries many risks and requires careful consideration to ensure that it is done correctly. By the end of this article, you’ll have a clear roadmap for how to successfully change your partition key and improve the performance of your application.

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