# Why cluster link consumer offset sync not use \_consumer\_offsets?

**URL:** <https://forum.confluent.io/t/why-cluster-link-consumer-offset-sync-not-use-consumer-offsets/10544>\
**Category:** Architecture and Design\
**Created:** [22 April 2024 03:50 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/why-cluster-link-consumer-offset-sync-not-use-consumer-offsets/10544 "2024-04-22T03:50:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![kay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@kay](https://forum.confluent.io/u/kay)\
**Post date:** [22 April 2024 03:50 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/why-cluster-link-consumer-offset-sync-not-use-consumer-offsets/10544/1 "2024-04-22T03:50:57Z")

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Consumer offset sync does not mirror the internal topic `_consumer_offsets` , but rather uses code for the controller nodes to sync the offsets on a frequency that you can configure.  
why? i feel that use \_consumer\_offsets is a more intuitive way