title: Consumer Pause & Resume works on ConsumerGroup Level?
body: <p>I am going through the kafka pause &amp; resume feature present in <a href="https://kafka.apache.org/0102/javadoc/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/KafkaConsumer.html#pause(java.util.Collection)" rel="noreferrer">Consumer</a>.</p>
  
  <p>I am wondering if this pause occurs for all the consumers present in a consumer group ? I have also read here that the pause state is persisted on Kafka Server for the consumer group.</p>
  
  <p>If someone can answer the above questions/ point me to the right resources , it would be helpful.</p>