Status: IN
The message queue's consumer model prioritizes implementation simplicity over operational flexibility: consumer groups are permanently bound to a single topic with no multi-topic subscription mechanism, and rebalancing uses simple modular partition assignment rather than sticky or cooperative protocols.
Both consumer-model constraints (single-topic binding, modular assignment) are pedagogical simplifications that trade real-world flexibility for implementation clarity
Depends on (SL): dmq-one-topic-per-consumer-group, dmq-rebalance-modular-assignment