diff --git a/shotover/src/transforms/kafka/sink_cluster/mod.rs b/shotover/src/transforms/kafka/sink_cluster/mod.rs
index 980bf379d..a65711bfb 100644
--- a/shotover/src/transforms/kafka/sink_cluster/mod.rs
+++ b/shotover/src/transforms/kafka/sink_cluster/mod.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use crate::transforms::{
 use crate::transforms::{TransformConfig, TransformContextConfig};
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Context, Result};
 use async_trait::async_trait;
+use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut};
 use connections::{Connections, Destination};
 use dashmap::DashMap;
 use kafka_node::{ConnectionFactory, KafkaAddress, KafkaNode, KafkaNodeState};
@@ -253,6 +254,7 @@ impl TransformBuilder for KafkaSinkClusterBuilder {
             sasl_mechanism: None,
             authorize_scram_over_mtls: self.authorize_scram_over_mtls.as_ref().map(|x| x.build()),
             refetch_backoff: Duration::from_millis(1),
+            next_fetch_progress: Default::default(),
         })
     }
 
@@ -314,8 +316,11 @@ pub(crate) struct KafkaSinkCluster {
     authorize_scram_over_mtls: Option<AuthorizeScramOverMtls>,
     connections: Connections,
     refetch_backoff: Duration,
+    next_fetch_progress: HashMap<TopicPartition, Vec<Bytes>>,
 }
 
+type TopicPartition = (TopicName, i32);
+
 /// State of a Request/Response is maintained by this enum.
 /// The state progresses from Routed -> Sent -> Received
 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -1787,13 +1792,72 @@ impl KafkaSinkCluster {
                             if let PendingRequestState::Received {
                                 destination,
                                 request,
-                                ..
+                                response,
                             } = &mut pending_request.state
                             {
+                                if let Some(Frame::Kafka(KafkaFrame::Response {
+                                    body: ResponseBody::Fetch(fetch),
+                                    ..
+                                })) = response.frame()
+                                {
+                                    for response in &fetch.responses {
+                                        for partition in &response.partitions {
+                                            if let Some(records) = &partition.records {
+                                                self.next_fetch_progress
+                                                    .entry((
+                                                        response.topic.clone(),
+                                                        partition.partition_index,
+                                                    ))
+                                                    .or_default()
+                                                    .push(records.clone());
+
+                                                // ahh...
+                                                // we need to rewrite the request at this point to avoid rerequesting the data we already have.
+                                                // However to do that we need to know how many records we received, which requires parsing the record bytes.
+
+                                                // TODO: handle old record batch format as well
+                                                const RECORD_COUNT_START: usize = 57;
+                                                if records.len() > RECORD_COUNT_START + 4 {
+                                                    let records_count = i32::from_be_bytes(
+                                                        records[RECORD_COUNT_START
+                                                            ..RECORD_COUNT_START + 4]
+                                                            .try_into()
+                                                            .unwrap(),
+                                                    );
+                                                    tracing::info!(
+                                                        "storing {records_count} unused records"
+                                                    );
+
+                                                    if let Some(request) = request {
+                                                        if let Some(Frame::Kafka(
+                                                            KafkaFrame::Request {
+                                                                body: RequestBody::Fetch(fetch),
+                                                                ..
+                                                            },
+                                                        )) = request.frame()
+                                                        {
+                                                            for topic in &mut fetch.topics {
+                                                                for partition in
+                                                                    &mut topic.partitions
+                                                                {
+                                                                    partition.fetch_offset +=
+                                                                        records_count as i64;
+                                                                }
+                                                            }
+                                                        }
+                                                    }
+                                                }
+                                            }
+                                        }
+                                    }
+                                } else {
+                                    panic!("Must be fetch");
+                                }
+
                                 pending_request.state = PendingRequestState::Routed {
                                     destination: *destination,
                                     request: request.take().unwrap(),
-                                }
+                                };
                             } else {
                                 unreachable!()
                             }
@@ -1803,6 +1867,51 @@ impl KafkaSinkCluster {
                         break;
                     } else {
                         self.refetch_backoff = Duration::from_millis(1);
+
+                        if !self.next_fetch_progress.is_empty() {
+                            if let PendingRequestState::Received { response, .. } =
+                                &mut self.pending_requests.front_mut().unwrap().state
+                            {
+                                if let Some(Frame::Kafka(KafkaFrame::Response {
+                                    body: ResponseBody::Fetch(fetch),
+                                    ..
+                                })) = response.frame()
+                                {
+                                    for response in &mut fetch.responses {
+                                        for partition in &mut response.partitions {
+                                            if let Some(extra_records) =
+                                                self.next_fetch_progress.get(&(
+                                                    response.topic.clone(),
+                                                    partition.partition_index,
+                                                ))
+                                            {
+                                                if !extra_records.is_empty() {
+                                                    // prefix records with all the stored extra records
+                                                    let mut combined_records = BytesMut::new();
+                                                    for record in extra_records {
+                                                        combined_records.extend_from_slice(record);
+                                                    }
+                                                    tracing::info!(
+                                                        "combine extra_records={} base={}",
+                                                        extra_records.len(),
+                                                        partition.records.is_some()
+                                                    );
+
+                                                    if let Some(records) = &partition.records {
+                                                        combined_records.extend_from_slice(records);
+                                                    }
+                                                    partition.records =
+                                                        Some(combined_records.freeze())
+                                                }
+                                            }
+                                        }
+                                    }
+                                } else {
+                                    panic!("Must be fetch");
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                        self.next_fetch_progress.clear();
                     }
                 }