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# kafka_* session settings

> ClickHouse session settings in the kafka_* generated group.

export const SettingsInfoBlock = ({type, default_value, changeable_without_restart}) => {
  return <div className="not-prose" style={{
    display: "flex",
    flexWrap: "wrap",
    alignItems: "baseline",
    columnGap: "0.5rem",
    rowGap: "0.125rem",
    margin: "0.375rem 0",
    fontSize: "0.8125rem",
    lineHeight: "1.125rem"
  }}>
      <div style={{
    fontWeight: 600,
    opacity: 0.72
  }}>Type</div>
      <div style={{
    overflowWrap: "anywhere"
  }}>{type}</div>
      <div style={{
    fontWeight: 600,
    opacity: 0.72,
    marginInlineStart: "0.5rem"
  }}>Default</div>
      <div style={{
    overflowWrap: "anywhere"
  }}>{default_value}</div>
      {changeable_without_restart && <div style={{
    fontWeight: 600,
    opacity: 0.72,
    marginInlineStart: "0.5rem"
  }}>
          Changeable without restart
        </div>}
      {changeable_without_restart && <div style={{
    overflowWrap: "anywhere"
  }}>
          {changeable_without_restart}
        </div>}
    </div>;
};

These settings are available in [system.settings](/docs/reference/system-tables/settings) and are autogenerated from [source](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/blob/master/src/Core/Settings.cpp).

<h2 id="kafka_disable_num_consumers_limit">
  kafka\_disable\_num\_consumers\_limit
</h2>

<SettingsInfoBlock type="Bool" default_value="0" />

Disable limit on kafka\_num\_consumers that depends on the number of available CPU cores.

<h2 id="kafka_max_wait_ms">
  kafka\_max\_wait\_ms
</h2>

<SettingsInfoBlock type="Milliseconds" default_value="5000" />

The wait time in milliseconds for reading messages from [Kafka](/docs/reference/engines/table-engines/integrations/kafka) before retry.

Possible values:

* Positive integer.
* 0 — Infinite timeout.

See also:

* [Apache Kafka](https://kafka.apache.org/)