This legacy report was retired on 2026-07-24. Its fixed throughput claims and configuration examples no longer matched the executable configuration or the current benchmark harness.
Current guidance is maintained in:
docs/PERFORMANCE.mdfor tuningdocs/PERFORMANCE_TESTING.mdfor measurements and baselinesdocs/IMPLEMENTATION_STATUS.mdfor verified status
Only results produced by the current deterministic harness, with its generated manifest and configuration, qualify as a comparable Kafka-backed baseline.