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+#!/bin/bash
+# Single partition test - produce and consume from ONE topic, ONE partition
+
+set -e
+
+echo "================================================================"
+echo "    Single Partition Test - Isolate Missing Messages"
+echo "  - Topic: single-test-topic (1 partition only)"
+echo "  - Duration: 2 minutes"
+echo "  - Producer: 1 (50 msgs/sec)"
+echo "  - Consumer: 1 (reading from partition 0 only)"
+echo "================================================================"
+
+# Clean up
+make clean
+make start
+
+# Run test with single topic, single partition
+TEST_MODE=comprehensive \
+TEST_DURATION=2m \
+PRODUCER_COUNT=1 \
+CONSUMER_COUNT=1 \
+MESSAGE_RATE=50 \
+MESSAGE_SIZE=512 \
+TOPIC_COUNT=1 \
+PARTITIONS_PER_TOPIC=1 \
+VALUE_TYPE=avro \
+docker compose --profile loadtest up --abort-on-container-exit kafka-client-loadtest
+
+echo ""
+echo "================================================================"
+echo "                Single Partition Test Complete!"  
+echo "================================================================"
+echo ""
+echo "Analyzing results..."
+cd test-results && python3 analyze_missing.py