Debezium CDC pipeline architecture diagram showing data flow between databases, Kafka, and sinks

Implementing Debezium CDC Pipelines: Exactly-Once State, Schema Evolution, and Backfills

Learn how to implement Debezium-based change data capture pipelines that guarantee exactly-once state, handle schema evolution gracefully, and execute reliable backfills at scale.

September 12, 2026 · 10 min · 2112 words · martinuke0
Diagram showing PostgreSQL WAL flowing through Debezium into Kafka topics and downstream sinks.

Architecting Change Data Capture with Debezium and PostgreSQL: A Production Pipeline Walkthrough

How to design a reliable CDC pipeline from PostgreSQL to downstream systems using Debezium — covering WAL internals, connector configuration, schema evolution, and the failure modes you’ll hit in production.

September 7, 2026 · 9 min · 1891 words · martinuke0
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