diff --git a/weed/mq/sub_coordinator/market.go b/weed/mq/sub_coordinator/market.go
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+package sub_coordinator
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/glog"
+	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/mq/topic"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+)
+
+/*
+Market is a data structure that keeps track of the state of the consumer group instances and the partitions.
+
+When rebalancing, the market will try to balance the load of the partitions among the consumer group instances.
+For each loop, the market will:
+* If a consumer group instance has more partitions than the average, it will unassign some partitions.
+* If a consumer group instance has less partitions than the average, it will assign some partitions.
+
+Trigger rebalance when:
+* A new consumer group instance is added
+* Some partitions are unassigned from a consumer group instance.
+
+If multiple reblance requests are received, after a certain period, the market will only process the latest request.
+
+However, if the number of unassigned partition is increased to exactly the total number of partitions,
+and total partitions are less than or equal to the sum of the max partition count of all consumer group instances,
+the market will process the request immediately.
+This is to ensure a partition can be migrated to another consumer group instance as soon as possible.
+
+Emit these adjustments to the subscriber coordinator:
+* Assign a partition to a consumer group instance
+* Unassign a partition from a consumer group instance
+
+Because the adjustment is sent to the subscriber coordinator, the market will keep track of the inflight adjustments.
+The subscriber coordinator will send back the response to the market when the adjustment is processed.
+If the adjustment is older than a certain time(inflightAdjustmentTTL), it would be considered expired.
+Otherwise, the adjustment is considered inflight, so it would be used when calculating the load.
+
+Later features:
+* A consumer group instance is not keeping up with the load.
+
+Since a coordinator, and thus the market, may be restarted or moved to another node, the market should be able to recover the state from the subscriber coordinator.
+The subscriber coordinator should be able to send the current state of the consumer group instances and the partitions to the market.
+
+*/
+
+type PartitionSlot struct {
+	Partition  topic.Partition
+	AssignedTo *ConsumerGroupInstance // Track the consumer assigned to this partition slot
+}
+
+type Adjustment struct {
+	isAssign  bool
+	partition topic.Partition
+	consumer  ConsumerGroupInstanceId
+	ts        time.Time
+}
+
+type Market struct {
+	mu                    sync.Mutex
+	partitions            map[topic.Partition]*PartitionSlot
+	consumerInstances     map[ConsumerGroupInstanceId]*ConsumerGroupInstance
+	AdjustmentChan        chan *Adjustment
+	inflightAdjustments   []*Adjustment
+	inflightAdjustmentTTL time.Duration
+	lastBalancedTime      time.Time
+	stopChan              chan struct{}
+	balanceRequestChan    chan struct{}
+	hasBalanceRequest     bool
+}
+
+func NewMarket(partitions []topic.Partition, inflightAdjustmentTTL time.Duration) *Market {
+	partitionMap := make(map[topic.Partition]*PartitionSlot)
+	for _, partition := range partitions {
+		partitionMap[partition] = &PartitionSlot{
+			Partition: partition,
+		}
+	}
+	m := &Market{
+		partitions:            partitionMap,
+		consumerInstances:     make(map[ConsumerGroupInstanceId]*ConsumerGroupInstance),
+		AdjustmentChan:        make(chan *Adjustment, 100),
+		inflightAdjustmentTTL: inflightAdjustmentTTL,
+		stopChan:              make(chan struct{}),
+		balanceRequestChan:    make(chan struct{}),
+	}
+	m.lastBalancedTime = time.Now()
+	go m.loopBalanceLoad()
+
+	return m
+}
+
+func (m *Market) ShutdownMarket() {
+	close(m.stopChan)
+	close(m.AdjustmentChan)
+}
+
+func (m *Market) AddConsumerInstance(consumer *ConsumerGroupInstance) error {
+	m.mu.Lock()
+	defer m.mu.Unlock()
+
+	if _, exists := m.consumerInstances[consumer.InstanceId]; exists {
+		return errors.New("consumer instance already exists")
+	}
+
+	m.consumerInstances[consumer.InstanceId] = consumer
+	m.balanceRequestChan <- struct{}{}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (m *Market) RemoveConsumerInstance(consumerId ConsumerGroupInstanceId) error {
+	m.mu.Lock()
+	defer m.mu.Unlock()
+
+	consumer, exists := m.consumerInstances[consumerId]
+	if !exists {
+		return nil
+	}
+	delete(m.consumerInstances, consumerId)
+
+	for _, partition := range consumer.AssignedPartitions {
+		if partitionSlot, exists := m.partitions[partition]; exists {
+			partitionSlot.AssignedTo = nil
+		}
+	}
+	m.balanceRequestChan <- struct{}{}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (m *Market) assignPartitionToConsumer(partition *PartitionSlot) {
+	var bestConsumer *ConsumerGroupInstance
+	var minLoad = int(^uint(0) >> 1) // Max int value
+
+	inflightConsumerAdjustments := make(map[ConsumerGroupInstanceId]int)
+	for _, adjustment := range m.inflightAdjustments {
+		if adjustment.isAssign {
+			inflightConsumerAdjustments[adjustment.consumer]++
+		} else {
+			inflightConsumerAdjustments[adjustment.consumer]--
+		}
+	}
+	for _, consumer := range m.consumerInstances {
+		consumerLoad := len(consumer.AssignedPartitions)
+		if inflightAdjustments, exists := inflightConsumerAdjustments[consumer.InstanceId]; exists {
+			consumerLoad += inflightAdjustments
+		}
+		fmt.Printf("Consumer %+v has load %d, max %d, min %d\n", consumer.InstanceId, consumerLoad, consumer.MaxPartitionCount, minLoad)
+		if consumerLoad < int(consumer.MaxPartitionCount) {
+			if consumerLoad < minLoad {
+				bestConsumer = consumer
+				minLoad = consumerLoad
+				fmt.Printf("picked: Consumer %+v has load %d, max %d, min %d\n", consumer.InstanceId, consumerLoad, consumer.MaxPartitionCount, minLoad)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if bestConsumer != nil {
+		adjustment := &Adjustment{
+			isAssign:  true,
+			partition: partition.Partition,
+			consumer:  bestConsumer.InstanceId,
+			ts:        time.Now(),
+		}
+		m.AdjustmentChan <- adjustment
+		m.inflightAdjustments = append(m.inflightAdjustments, adjustment)
+		m.lastBalancedTime = adjustment.ts
+	}
+}
+
+func (m *Market) loopBalanceLoad() {
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(500 * time.Millisecond)
+	defer ticker.Stop()
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-ticker.C:
+			if m.hasBalanceRequest {
+				m.hasBalanceRequest = false
+				inflightAdjustments := make([]*Adjustment, 0, len(m.inflightAdjustments))
+				for _, adjustment := range m.inflightAdjustments {
+					if adjustment.ts.Add(m.inflightAdjustmentTTL).After(time.Now()) {
+						inflightAdjustments = append(inflightAdjustments, adjustment)
+					}
+				}
+				m.inflightAdjustments = inflightAdjustments
+
+				m.doBalanceLoad()
+			}
+		case <-m.balanceRequestChan:
+			m.hasBalanceRequest = true
+		case <-m.stopChan:
+			return
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// doBalanceLoad will balance the load of the partitions among the consumer group instances.
+// It will try to unassign partitions from the consumer group instances that have more partitions than the average.
+// It will try to assign partitions to the consumer group instances that have less partitions than the average.
+func (m *Market) doBalanceLoad() {
+	if len(m.consumerInstances) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	// find the average load for all consumers
+	averageLoad := m.findAverageLoad()
+
+	// find the consumers with the higher load than average
+	if m.adjustBusyConsumers(averageLoad) {
+		return
+	}
+
+	// find partitions with no consumer assigned
+	m.adjustUnassignedPartitions()
+}
+func (m *Market) findAverageLoad() (averageLoad float32) {
+	var totalLoad int
+	for _, consumer := range m.consumerInstances {
+		totalLoad += len(consumer.AssignedPartitions)
+	}
+	for _, adjustment := range m.inflightAdjustments {
+		if adjustment.isAssign {
+			totalLoad++
+		} else {
+			totalLoad--
+		}
+	}
+	averageLoad = float32(totalLoad) / float32(len(m.consumerInstances))
+	return
+}
+
+func (m *Market) adjustBusyConsumers(averageLoad float32) (hasAdjustments bool) {
+	inflightConsumerAdjustments := make(map[ConsumerGroupInstanceId]int)
+	for _, adjustment := range m.inflightAdjustments {
+		if adjustment.isAssign {
+			inflightConsumerAdjustments[adjustment.consumer]++
+		} else {
+			inflightConsumerAdjustments[adjustment.consumer]--
+		}
+	}
+	for _, consumer := range m.consumerInstances {
+		consumerLoad := len(consumer.AssignedPartitions)
+		if inflightAdjustment, exists := inflightConsumerAdjustments[consumer.InstanceId]; exists {
+			consumerLoad += inflightAdjustment
+		}
+		delta := int(float32(consumerLoad) - averageLoad)
+		if delta <= 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		adjustTime := time.Now()
+		for i := 0; i < delta; i++ {
+			adjustment := &Adjustment{
+				isAssign:  false,
+				partition: consumer.AssignedPartitions[i],
+				consumer:  consumer.InstanceId,
+				ts:        adjustTime,
+			}
+			m.AdjustmentChan <- adjustment
+			m.inflightAdjustments = append(m.inflightAdjustments, adjustment)
+			m.lastBalancedTime = adjustment.ts
+		}
+		hasAdjustments = true
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func (m *Market) adjustUnassignedPartitions() {
+	inflightPartitionAdjustments := make(map[topic.Partition]bool)
+	for _, adjustment := range m.inflightAdjustments {
+		inflightPartitionAdjustments[adjustment.partition] = true
+	}
+	for _, partitionSlot := range m.partitions {
+		if partitionSlot.AssignedTo == nil {
+			if _, exists := inflightPartitionAdjustments[partitionSlot.Partition]; exists {
+				continue
+			}
+			fmt.Printf("Assigning partition %+v to consumer\n", partitionSlot.Partition)
+			m.assignPartitionToConsumer(partitionSlot)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (m *Market) ConfirmAdjustment(adjustment *Adjustment) {
+	if adjustment.isAssign {
+		m.confirmAssignPartition(adjustment.partition, adjustment.consumer)
+	} else {
+		m.unassignPartitionSlot(adjustment.partition)
+	}
+}
+
+func (m *Market) unassignPartitionSlot(partition topic.Partition) {
+	m.mu.Lock()
+	defer m.mu.Unlock()
+
+	partitionSlot, exists := m.partitions[partition]
+	if !exists {
+		glog.V(0).Infof("partition %+v slot is not tracked", partition)
+		return
+	}
+
+	if partitionSlot.AssignedTo == nil {
+		glog.V(0).Infof("partition %+v slot is not assigned to any consumer", partition)
+		return
+	}
+
+	consumer := partitionSlot.AssignedTo
+	for i, p := range consumer.AssignedPartitions {
+		if p == partition {
+			consumer.AssignedPartitions = append(consumer.AssignedPartitions[:i], consumer.AssignedPartitions[i+1:]...)
+			partitionSlot.AssignedTo = nil
+			m.balanceRequestChan <- struct{}{}
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
+	glog.V(0).Infof("partition %+v slot not found in assigned consumer", partition)
+
+}
+
+func (m *Market) confirmAssignPartition(partition topic.Partition, consumerInstanceId ConsumerGroupInstanceId) {
+	m.mu.Lock()
+	defer m.mu.Unlock()
+
+	partitionSlot, exists := m.partitions[partition]
+	if !exists {
+		glog.V(0).Infof("partition %+v slot is not tracked", partition)
+		return
+	}
+
+	if partitionSlot.AssignedTo != nil {
+		glog.V(0).Infof("partition %+v slot is already assigned to %+v", partition, partitionSlot.AssignedTo.InstanceId)
+		return
+	}
+
+	consumerInstance, exists := m.consumerInstances[consumerInstanceId]
+	if !exists {
+		glog.V(0).Infof("consumer %+v is not tracked", consumerInstanceId)
+		return
+	}
+
+	partitionSlot.AssignedTo = consumerInstance
+	consumerInstance.AssignedPartitions = append(consumerInstance.AssignedPartitions, partition)
+
+}
diff --git a/weed/mq/sub_coordinator/market_test.go b/weed/mq/sub_coordinator/market_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..150a88a8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/weed/mq/sub_coordinator/market_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+package sub_coordinator
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/mq/topic"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+var partitions = []topic.Partition{
+	{
+		RangeStart: 0,
+		RangeStop:  1,
+		RingSize:   3,
+		UnixTimeNs: 0,
+	},
+	{
+		RangeStart: 1,
+		RangeStop:  2,
+		RingSize:   3,
+		UnixTimeNs: 0,
+	},
+	{
+		RangeStart: 2,
+		RangeStop:  3,
+		RingSize:   3,
+		UnixTimeNs: 0,
+	},
+}
+
+func TestAddConsumerInstance(t *testing.T) {
+	market := NewMarket(partitions, 10*time.Second)
+
+	consumer := &ConsumerGroupInstance{
+		InstanceId:        "first",
+		MaxPartitionCount: 2,
+	}
+	err := market.AddConsumerInstance(consumer)
+
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	time.Sleep(1 * time.Second) // Allow time for background rebalancing
+	market.ShutdownMarket()
+	for adjustment := range market.AdjustmentChan {
+		fmt.Printf("%+v\n", adjustment)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestMultipleConsumerInstances(t *testing.T) {
+	market := NewMarket(partitions, 10*time.Second)
+
+	market.AddConsumerInstance(&ConsumerGroupInstance{
+		InstanceId:        "first",
+		MaxPartitionCount: 2,
+	})
+	market.AddConsumerInstance(&ConsumerGroupInstance{
+		InstanceId:        "second",
+		MaxPartitionCount: 2,
+	})
+	market.AddConsumerInstance(&ConsumerGroupInstance{
+		InstanceId:        "third",
+		MaxPartitionCount: 2,
+	})
+
+	time.Sleep(1 * time.Second) // Allow time for background rebalancing
+	market.ShutdownMarket()
+	for adjustment := range market.AdjustmentChan {
+		fmt.Printf("%+v\n", adjustment)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestConfirmAdjustment(t *testing.T) {
+	market := NewMarket(partitions, 1*time.Second)
+
+	market.AddConsumerInstance(&ConsumerGroupInstance{
+		InstanceId:        "first",
+		MaxPartitionCount: 2,
+	})
+	market.AddConsumerInstance(&ConsumerGroupInstance{
+		InstanceId:        "second",
+		MaxPartitionCount: 2,
+	})
+	market.AddConsumerInstance(&ConsumerGroupInstance{
+		InstanceId:        "third",
+		MaxPartitionCount: 2,
+	})
+
+	go func() {
+		time.Sleep(5 * time.Second) // Allow time for background rebalancing
+		market.ShutdownMarket()
+	}()
+	go func() {
+		time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
+		market.RemoveConsumerInstance("third")
+	}()
+
+	for adjustment := range market.AdjustmentChan {
+		fmt.Printf("%+v\n", adjustment)
+		market.ConfirmAdjustment(adjustment)
+	}
+
+}