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title: "Storage limits and load management"
description: "How can you bound stream growth when consumers fall behind?"
status: "coming-soon"
language: "en"
canonical: "https://bulnik.dev/en/articles/topics/T18.09/"
topicId: "T18.09"
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> Coming soon — this article is being prepared. Below are its question, intended outcome, and place in the story.

## The question

How can you bound stream growth when consumers fall behind?

## What we will work through

Bound stream growth when consumers fall behind.

## Before you begin

Previously covered: Message retention policies; Backpressure between producer and consumer.

- [Message retention policies](/en/articles/topics/T18.02/)
- [Backpressure between producer and consumer](/en/articles/topics/T22.08/)