diff --git a/pkg/keda/kafka_quarkus_delivery_int_test.go b/pkg/keda/kafka_quarkus_delivery_int_test.go
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+//go:build integration_kafka
+
+package keda_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/rand"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+
+	fn "knative.dev/func/pkg/functions"
+	"knative.dev/func/pkg/k8s"
+	testingk8s "knative.dev/func/pkg/testing/k8s"
+)
+
+// TestInt_KafkaQuarkusDelivery proves the language-agnostic claim for
+// Quarkus/Java: a plain Quarkus Funqy cloudevents function, built and deployed
+// through func on the keda deployer, receives Kafka records via the injected
+// kafka-runtime sidecar as CloudEvents over HTTP -- the function itself contains
+// no Kafka code.
+//
+// It mirrors TestInt_KafkaPythonDelivery but additionally covers both delivery
+// shapes the sidecar can emit, since Funqy binds data by type (unlike Python's
+// untyped get_data()):
+//  1. func create -l quarkus -t cloudevents, replace the handler with a fixture
+//     that declares two @Funq methods routed by CloudEvent type, add run.kafka +
+//     a kafka KEDA trigger
+//  2. func deploy with the pack builder (the host builder does not support
+//     Quarkus) -- builds the JVM image, pushes to the in-cluster registry,
+//     injects the sidecar -- against the real Strimzi broker
+//  3. produce two records to test-topic, each carrying a unique token:
+//     - a plain record -> sidecar wraps it as type dev.knative.kafka.event
+//     with application/octet-stream data -> handler's raw(byte[]) echoes it
+//     - a record with ce_* headers + JSON body -> sidecar passes it through ->
+//     handler's typed(Input) binds the POJO and echoes the message
+//  4. assert the Quarkus user-container logged both exact tokens (the fixture
+//     echoes the received payloads, so this confirms our specific records were
+//     delivered and decoded intact -- not merely that requests arrived)
+//  5. assert the consumer group drains to lag 0 (the sidecar commits the offset
+//     only on a 2xx from the function, so lag 0 independently confirms the
+//     function acked both deliveries)
+//
+// Environment is identical to TestInt_KafkaPythonDelivery (the slim Kafka
+// integration-tests cluster: Strimzi broker with TLS + SCRAM-SHA-512 on 9093,
+// KEDA, the in-cluster registry mirror). Quarkus builds take noticeably longer
+// than Python, hence the wider timeout.
+//
+// First-run risk: Funqy binding of raw application/octet-stream data to byte[]
+// (the raw() path) is the part not verifiable offline; if the broker/sidecar/
+// Funqy versions handle octet-stream differently, this is where it surfaces.
+// Redelivery-on-failure is intentionally out of scope (see the Python test).
+func TestInt_KafkaQuarkusDelivery(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Minute*35)
+	t.Cleanup(cancel)
+
+	name := "func-int-kafka-qk-" + rand.String(5)
+	group := name + "-group"
+	// Unique per-run tokens, one per delivery shape, carried in the record
+	// payloads. The handler fixture echoes what it received, so finding each
+	// token in the function's logs proves it received *our* specific record
+	// (payload intact) over that path, not merely that some request arrived.
+	rawToken := "raw-" + rand.String(10)
+	typedToken := "typed-" + rand.String(10)
+	ns := testingk8s.Namespace(t, ctx)
+
+	cliSet, err := k8s.NewKubernetesClientset()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// Copy the broker CA cert and the user's SASL password from the operator-
+	// managed secrets in the kafka namespace into the per-test namespace so the
+	// injected sidecar can authenticate against the real broker (SCRAM over TLS).
+	caCert := readClusterSecretKey(t, ctx, cliSet, kafkaNamespace, kafkaCASecretName, "ca.crt")
+	caSecretName := name + "-ca"
+	createSecretForTest(t, ctx, cliSet, ns, caSecretName, map[string][]byte{"ca.crt": caCert})
+
+	saslPassword := readClusterSecretKey(t, ctx, cliSet, kafkaNamespace, kafkaUserSecretName, "password")
+	userSecretName := name + "-user"
+	createSecretForTest(t, ctx, cliSet, ns, userSecretName, map[string][]byte{"password": saslPassword})
+
+	// Build the func CLI from the repo under test, then scaffold a Quarkus
+	// cloudevents function with it.
+	funcBin := buildFuncCLI(t)
+	// func create derives the function name from the directory's basename, and
+	// t.TempDir()'s leaf is numeric (e.g. "002"), which is not a valid function
+	// name. Nest the function in a validly-named subdirectory.
+	funcDir := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), name)
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(funcDir, 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("creating function dir: %v", err)
+	}
+	runFunc(t, ctx, funcBin, funcDir, nil, "create", "-l", "quarkus", "-t", "cloudevents", funcDir)
+
+	// Replace the scaffolded handler (and the unit test that referenced its old
+	// signature) with the echo fixture, so delivery of our specific records can
+	// be verified. The stock handler only prints the whole event and returns OK.
+	installQuarkusHandlerFixture(t, funcDir)
+
+	// Configure the generated function: deploy via keda with the sidecar, invoke
+	// as cloudevent, keep one replica up so the consumer stays joined, and point
+	// run.kafka at the real broker over SASL_SSL.
+	f, err := fn.NewFunction(funcDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("loading created function: %v", err)
+	}
+	f.Name = name
+	f.Namespace = ns
+	f.Deployer = "keda"
+	f.Invoke = "cloudevent"
+	f.Expose = "none"
+	minScale := int64(1)
+	maxScale := int64(1)
+	lagThreshold := int64(5)
+	f.Scale = &fn.ScaleOptions{
+		Min: &minScale,
+		Max: &maxScale,
+		KEDA: &fn.KEDAScaleOptions{
+			Triggers: []fn.KEDATrigger{
+				{Type: "kafka", LagThreshold: &lagThreshold},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	f.Run.Kafka = &fn.KafkaConfig{
+		Brokers:          kafkaBootstrap,
+		Topic:            "test-topic",
+		ConsumerGroup:    group,
+		SecurityProtocol: "SASL_SSL",
+		TLS: &fn.KafkaTLS{
+			CACert: "/etc/kafka/ca/ca.crt",
+		},
+		SASL: &fn.KafkaSASL{
+			Mechanism: "SCRAM-SHA-512",
+			User:      "test-kafka-user",
+			Password:  "{{ secret:" + userSecretName + ":password }}",
+		},
+	}
+	f.Run.Volumes = []fn.Volume{
+		{Secret: ptrTo(caSecretName), Path: ptrTo("/etc/kafka/ca")},
+	}
+	if err := f.Write(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("writing function config: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Build + push + deploy. Force the pack builder (the host builder does not
+	// support Quarkus). Push to the in-cluster registry via localhost:5001, not
+	// registry.localtest.me: the latter is only reachable through the Contour
+	// ingress, which the slim Kafka cluster skips (no serving). hack/cluster.sh
+	// maps host port 5001 to the node's registry for serving-less clusters (5001
+	// rather than 5000 to avoid the macOS AirPlay receiver on :5000), and a
+	// containerd mirror resolves localhost:5001 to the same registry so the node
+	// can pull. Honor a FUNC_KAFKA_RUNTIME_IMAGE override if the caller set one.
+	deployEnv := []string{
+		"FUNC_REGISTRY=localhost:5001/func",
+		"FUNC_REGISTRY_INSECURE=true",
+	}
+	if img := os.Getenv("FUNC_KAFKA_RUNTIME_IMAGE"); img != "" {
+		deployEnv = append(deployEnv, "FUNC_KAFKA_RUNTIME_IMAGE="+img)
+	}
+	runFunc(t, ctx, funcBin, funcDir, deployEnv, "deploy", "--namespace", ns, "--builder", "pack", "--verbose")
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		// Best effort; the per-test namespace cleanup (testingk8s.Namespace) is
+		// the real backstop.
+		_ = runFuncErr(context.Background(), funcBin, funcDir, deployEnv, "delete", "--namespace", ns)
+	})
+
+	// A successful keda deploy only reports ready once the sidecar's readiness
+	// probe passes, which requires the consumer to have joined the group and been
+	// assigned partitions. So by now the consumer is live and -- because it reads
+	// from the newest offset -- records produced now will be seen.
+	strimziImg := strimziKafkaImage(t, ctx, cliSet)
+
+	// Path 1: a plain record. The sidecar wraps it as type dev.knative.kafka.event
+	// with octet-stream data, routed to the handler's raw(byte[]) method.
+	produceRecord(t, ctx, cliSet, strimziImg, "payload-"+rawToken)
+
+	// Path 2: a CloudEvent-formatted record (ce_* headers + JSON body). The
+	// sidecar passes it through with its own type, routed to typed(Input).
+	typedHeaders := "ce_specversion:1.0,ce_id:" + typedToken +
+		",ce_source:func-e2e,ce_type:e2e.kafka.typed,content-type:application/json"
+	typedBody := `{"message":"payload-` + typedToken + `"}`
+	produceRecordWithHeaders(t, ctx, cliSet, strimziImg, typedHeaders, typedBody)
+
+	// Assert the Quarkus function received both specific records: the fixture
+	// echoes each payload, so the unique tokens appear in its logs only if the
+	// records were delivered and decoded intact over their respective paths.
+	waitForFunctionLog(t, ctx, cliSet, ns, name, rawToken)
+	waitForFunctionLog(t, ctx, cliSet, ns, name, typedToken)
+
+	// Assert the consumer group drains to lag 0 (offsets committed => both 2xx
+	// deliveries confirmed).
+	waitForZeroLag(t, ctx, cliSet, strimziImg, group)
+}
+
+// installQuarkusHandlerFixture overwrites the scaffolded Quarkus handler, its
+// application.properties, and its unit test with the committed fixtures under
+// testdata/kafka_quarkus_delivery. The handler echoes received payloads (so the
+// test can assert exact delivery); the properties drop the single-function
+// export so the two @Funq methods route by CloudEvent type; the unit test is a
+// placeholder that keeps src/test compiling after the handler is replaced
+// (NativeFunctionIT extends it). func create still scaffolds everything else
+// (pom.xml, Input.java, deps).
+func installQuarkusHandlerFixture(t *testing.T, funcDir string) {
+	t.Helper()
+	_, thisFile, _, ok := runtime.Caller(0)
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatal("cannot determine source file path")
+	}
+	fixtureDir := filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(thisFile), "testdata", "kafka_quarkus_delivery")
+
+	copies := map[string]string{
+		"Function.java":          filepath.Join("src", "main", "java", "functions", "Function.java"),
+		"application.properties": filepath.Join("src", "main", "resources", "application.properties"),
+		"FunctionTest.java":      filepath.Join("src", "test", "java", "functions", "FunctionTest.java"),
+	}
+	for fixture, rel := range copies {
+		b, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(fixtureDir, fixture))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("reading fixture %s: %v", fixture, err)
+		}
+		dst := filepath.Join(funcDir, rel)
+		if err := os.WriteFile(dst, b, 0o644); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("installing fixture %s into scaffold: %v", fixture, err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// produceRecordWithHeaders produces a single record to test-topic over SASL_SSL
+// with the given Kafka record headers (comma-separated key:value pairs, per the
+// CloudEvents Kafka protocol binding, e.g. "ce_type:...,content-type:...") and
+// value, by running a short-lived pod with the broker's own Kafka image. The
+// header block and the value are separated by a tab (the console producer's
+// default headers delimiter), so colons/commas in the JSON value are not parsed
+// as header separators.
+func produceRecordWithHeaders(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context, cliSet *kubernetes.Clientset, image, headers, value string) {
+	t.Helper()
+	script := clientPropsScript +
+		fmt.Sprintf("printf '%%s\\t%%s\\n' '%s' '%s' | /opt/kafka/bin/kafka-console-producer.sh "+
+			"--bootstrap-server %s --topic test-topic "+
+			"--producer.config /tmp/client.properties --property parse.headers=true\n",
+			headers, value, kafkaBootstrap)
+	out := runKafkaToolPod(t, ctx, cliSet, "kprodh-"+rand.String(5), image, script)
+	t.Logf("producer(headers) output:\n%s", out)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/keda/testdata/kafka_quarkus_delivery/Function.java b/pkg/keda/testdata/kafka_quarkus_delivery/Function.java
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+package functions;
+
+import io.quarkus.funqy.Funq;
+import io.quarkus.funqy.knative.events.CloudEvent;
+import io.quarkus.funqy.knative.events.CloudEventMapping;
+
+/**
+ * Test handler fixture for TestInt_KafkaQuarkusDelivery.
+ *
+ * A plain CloudEvents-over-HTTP Quarkus (Funqy) function -- it contains no Kafka
+ * code -- that echoes the received payload to stdout so the integration test can
+ * confirm the exact record produced to Kafka was delivered to this function via
+ * the injected kafka-runtime sidecar. Both delivery shapes the sidecar emits are
+ * covered here, routed by CloudEvent type:
+ *
+ *  - A plain Kafka record is wrapped by the sidecar as a CloudEvent of type
+ *    dev.knative.kafka.event with application/octet-stream data; raw() binds the
+ *    raw bytes and echoes them.
+ *  - A record already carrying ce_* headers and a JSON body is passed through by
+ *    the sidecar with its own type; typed() binds it to the Input POJO (Funqy's
+ *    typed model) and echoes the message.
+ *
+ * Returning void yields a 2xx, so the sidecar commits the offset
+ * (at-least-once) and the consumer group drains.
+ */
+public class Function {
+
+    @Funq
+    @CloudEventMapping(trigger = "dev.knative.kafka.event")
+    public void raw(CloudEvent<byte[]> event) {
+        System.out.println("FUNC-E2E-RAW data=" + new String(event.data()));
+    }
+
+    @Funq
+    @CloudEventMapping(trigger = "e2e.kafka.typed")
+    public void typed(CloudEvent<Input> event) {
+        System.out.println("FUNC-E2E-TYPED message=" + event.data().getMessage());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/pkg/keda/testdata/kafka_quarkus_delivery/FunctionTest.java b/pkg/keda/testdata/kafka_quarkus_delivery/FunctionTest.java
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+++ b/pkg/keda/testdata/kafka_quarkus_delivery/FunctionTest.java
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+package functions;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+/**
+ * Placeholder unit test for the TestInt_KafkaQuarkusDelivery handler fixture.
+ *
+ * The handler's real behaviour is exercised end-to-end over Kafka + HTTP by the
+ * Go integration test. This class only exists so the scaffold's src/test sources
+ * still compile after Function.java is replaced: the stock FunctionTest invoked
+ * the old function(Input) signature that the fixture removes, and
+ * NativeFunctionIT extends this class.
+ */
+public class FunctionTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void placeholder() {
+        assertTrue(true);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/pkg/keda/testdata/kafka_quarkus_delivery/application.properties b/pkg/keda/testdata/kafka_quarkus_delivery/application.properties
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+# Configuration for the TestInt_KafkaQuarkusDelivery handler fixture.
+#
+# Unlike the stock template, this exports no single named function: the handler
+# declares two @Funq methods routed by CloudEvent type (@CloudEventMapping), so
+# quarkus.funqy.export must be absent (setting it would restrict routing to one
+# named function). The health paths are kept so the deployment's readiness and
+# liveness probes resolve exactly as the stock template expects.
+quarkus.smallrye-health.root-path=/health
+quarkus.smallrye-health.liveness-path=liveness
+quarkus.smallrye-health.readiness-path=readiness