Question: What is the meaning of the eof_offset statistics?

[Kimserey]

Hi,

I am handling the statistics via the statistics handler:

return new ConsumerBuilder<byte[], byte[]>(config)
    .SetStatisticsHandler((c, json) => {......})
    .Build();

which provides the statistics listed here.

I am confused about the partitions > eof_offset which has the definition Last PARTITION_EOF signaled offset,

• What does "signaled offset" mean?
• Does eof_offset represent the last offset where the consumer reached the end of the partition? In other words, would the current offset be superior to the eof_offset?