Coding (Platform)

Spring: Validate state transitions for Kafka consumer lifecycle transitions

A production request path returns inconsistent decisions during retries and concurrent updates. The affected area is Kafka consumer.

Repair the Kafka consumer lifecycle transitions implementation so it accepts only declared state transitions and reports rejected requests.

Evidence

Affected surface: Spring / Kafka consumer.
Observed failure family: validate state transitions.
Scope policy: retained must equal true.

What this task practices

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