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+groups:
+  - name: KafkaAlerts
+    rules:
+      - alert: HighPartitionLag
+        expr: kafka_topic_partition_lag > 100
+        for: 1m
+        labels:
+          severity: critical
+        annotations:
+          summary: "High partition lag on {{ $labels.topic }}"
+          description: "Partition lag is {{ $value }} for topic {{ $labels.topic }}."
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