Hi max.message.bytes controls the maximum message size the kafka server will process
message.max.bytes controls the maximum message size the consumer will process max.request.size controls the maximum request size for the producer Whats not clear to me (and I can't find documented anywhere) is if the message size limits are imposed on compressed or uncompressed messages, when compression is enabled. Note: I'm use Kafka 0.10.2.0 if that makes any difference. Any pointers or advice on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Eli