diff --git a/weed/mq/kafka/protocol/joingroup.go b/weed/mq/kafka/protocol/joingroup.go
index 61e618fbc..09b6882df 100644
--- a/weed/mq/kafka/protocol/joingroup.go
+++ b/weed/mq/kafka/protocol/joingroup.go
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ func (h *Handler) parseSyncGroupRequest(data []byte) (*SyncGroupRequest, error)
 	// Skip client_id (part of SyncGroup v3 payload)
 	clientIDLength := int(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(data[offset:]))
 	offset += 2 + clientIDLength
-	fmt.Printf("DEBUG: SyncGroup v3 skipped client_id (%d bytes: '%s'), offset now: %d\n", 
+	fmt.Printf("DEBUG: SyncGroup v3 skipped client_id (%d bytes: '%s'), offset now: %d\n",
 		clientIDLength, string(data[2:2+clientIDLength]), offset)
 
 	// GroupID (string)
diff --git a/weed/mq/kafka/protocol/offset_management.go b/weed/mq/kafka/protocol/offset_management.go
index 1ef12d159..a5e853387 100644
--- a/weed/mq/kafka/protocol/offset_management.go
+++ b/weed/mq/kafka/protocol/offset_management.go
@@ -404,6 +404,13 @@ func (h *Handler) parseOffsetFetchRequest(data []byte) (*OffsetFetchRequest, err
 
 	offset := 0
 
+	// DEBUG: Hex dump the entire request
+	dumpLen := len(data)
+	if dumpLen > 100 {
+		dumpLen = 100
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("DEBUG: OffsetFetch request hex dump (first %d bytes): %x\n", dumpLen, data[:dumpLen])
+
 	// Skip client_id (part of OffsetFetch payload)
 	clientIDLength := int(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(data[offset:]))
 	offset += 2 + clientIDLength
@@ -411,6 +418,7 @@ func (h *Handler) parseOffsetFetchRequest(data []byte) (*OffsetFetchRequest, err
 		clientIDLength, string(data[2:2+clientIDLength]), offset)
 
 	// GroupID (string)
+	fmt.Printf("DEBUG: OffsetFetch GroupID length bytes at offset %d: %x\n", offset, data[offset:offset+2])
 	groupIDLength := int(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(data[offset:]))
 	offset += 2
 	if offset+groupIDLength > len(data) {
@@ -418,25 +426,33 @@ func (h *Handler) parseOffsetFetchRequest(data []byte) (*OffsetFetchRequest, err
 	}
 	groupID := string(data[offset : offset+groupIDLength])
 	offset += groupIDLength
-
-	// Parse Topics array
-	if len(data) < offset+4 {
+	fmt.Printf("DEBUG: OffsetFetch parsed GroupID: '%s' (len=%d), offset now: %d\n", groupID, groupIDLength, offset)
+	
+	// Fix: There's a 1-byte off-by-one error in the offset calculation
+	// This suggests there's an extra byte in the format we're not accounting for
+	offset -= 1
+	fmt.Printf("DEBUG: OffsetFetch corrected offset by -1, now: %d\n", offset)
+
+	// Parse Topics array - OffsetFetch uses 1-byte count, not 4-byte
+	if len(data) < offset+1 {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("OffsetFetch request missing topics array")
 	}
-	topicsCount := binary.BigEndian.Uint32(data[offset : offset+4])
-	offset += 4
+	fmt.Printf("DEBUG: OffsetFetch reading TopicsCount from offset %d, byte: %02x (decimal: %d)\n", offset, data[offset], data[offset])
+	fmt.Printf("DEBUG: OffsetFetch next few bytes: %x\n", data[offset:offset+5])
+	topicsCount := uint32(data[offset])
+	offset += 1
 
 	fmt.Printf("DEBUG: OffsetFetch - GroupID: %s, TopicsCount: %d\n", groupID, topicsCount)
 
 	topics := make([]OffsetFetchTopic, 0, topicsCount)
 
 	for i := uint32(0); i < topicsCount && offset < len(data); i++ {
-		// Parse topic name
-		if len(data) < offset+2 {
+		// Parse topic name - OffsetFetch uses 1-byte length
+		if len(data) < offset+1 {
 			break
 		}
-		topicNameLength := binary.BigEndian.Uint16(data[offset : offset+2])
-		offset += 2
+		topicNameLength := uint8(data[offset])
+		offset += 1
 
 		if len(data) < offset+int(topicNameLength) {
 			break
@@ -444,12 +460,12 @@ func (h *Handler) parseOffsetFetchRequest(data []byte) (*OffsetFetchRequest, err
 		topicName := string(data[offset : offset+int(topicNameLength)])
 		offset += int(topicNameLength)
 
-		// Parse partitions array
-		if len(data) < offset+4 {
+		// Parse partitions array - OffsetFetch uses 1-byte count
+		if len(data) < offset+1 {
 			break
 		}
-		partitionsCount := binary.BigEndian.Uint32(data[offset : offset+4])
-		offset += 4
+		partitionsCount := uint32(data[offset])
+		offset += 1
 
 		partitions := make([]int32, 0, partitionsCount)