# Keeping kafka Consumer alive (un-registered)

**URL:** https://forum.confluent.io/t/keeping-kafka-consumer-alive-un-registered/8883
**Category:** Clients
**Created:** [16 October 2023 21:07 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/keeping-kafka-consumer-alive-un-registered/8883 "2023-10-16T21:07:28Z")
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### Author: ![bdhar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.confluent.io/bdhar/32/3281_2.png) [@bdhar](https://forum.confluent.io/u/bdhar)
#### Post date: [16 October 2023 21:07 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/keeping-kafka-consumer-alive-un-registered/8883/1 "2023-10-16T21:07:29Z")

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Can someone confirm whether Consumer get unregistered when there is no mode data to be consumed? If so, is there a way to keep the consumer registered even when it finishes it’s consumption. One way probably is to keep producing dummy data…is there a better way to achieve this?