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 For possible kafkaParams, see [Kafka consumer config docs](http://kafka.apache.org/documentation.html#newconsumerconfigs).
+If your Spark batch duration is larger than the default Kafka heartbeat session timeout (30 seconds), increase heartbeat.interval.ms and session.timeout.ms appropriately.  For batches larger than 5 minutes, this will require changing group.max.session.timeout.ms on the broker.
 Note that the example sets enable.auto.commit to false, for discussion see [Storing Offsets](streaming-kafka-0-10-integration.html#storing-offsets) below.
 
 ### LocationStrategies