diff --git a/zio-kafka-test/src/test/scala/zio/kafka/consumer/internal/CommitterSpec.scala b/zio-kafka-test/src/test/scala/zio/kafka/consumer/internal/CommitterSpec.scala
index 1f901c89c..c505dc237 100644
--- a/zio-kafka-test/src/test/scala/zio/kafka/consumer/internal/CommitterSpec.scala
+++ b/zio-kafka-test/src/test/scala/zio/kafka/consumer/internal/CommitterSpec.scala
@@ -188,9 +188,9 @@ object CommitterSpec extends ZIOSpecDefault {
         _                <- commitAvailable.await
         consumer         <- createMockConsumer(offsets => ZIO.succeed(offsets))
         _                <- committer.processQueuedCommits(consumer)
+        _                <- commitFiber.join
         _                <- committer.keepCommitsForPartitions(Set.empty)
         committedOffsets <- committer.getCommittedOffsets
-        _                <- commitFiber.join
       } yield assertTrue(committedOffsets.offsets.isEmpty)
     }
   ) @@ TestAspect.withLiveClock @@ TestAspect.nonFlaky(100)
diff --git a/zio-kafka/src/main/scala/zio/kafka/consumer/internal/LiveCommitter.scala b/zio-kafka/src/main/scala/zio/kafka/consumer/internal/LiveCommitter.scala
index 9e2af07ca..f80041ad0 100644
--- a/zio-kafka/src/main/scala/zio/kafka/consumer/internal/LiveCommitter.scala
+++ b/zio-kafka/src/main/scala/zio/kafka/consumer/internal/LiveCommitter.scala
@@ -58,29 +58,8 @@ private[consumer] final class LiveCommitter(
              _                <- pendingCommits.update(_ ++ commits)
              startTime        <- ZIO.clockWith(_.nanoTime)
              getCommitResults <- commitAsyncZIO(consumer, offsetsWithMetaData)
-             _ <- getCommitResults
-                    .zipLeft(
-                      for {
-                        endTime <- ZIO.clockWith(_.nanoTime)
-                        latency = (endTime - startTime).nanoseconds
-                        offsetIncrease <- committedOffsetsRef.modify(_.addCommits(commits))
-                        _ <- consumerMetrics.observeAggregatedCommit(latency, offsetIncrease).when(commits.nonEmpty)
-                      } yield ()
-                    )
-                    .zipLeft(ZIO.foreachDiscard(commits)(_.cont.done(Exit.unit)))
-                    .tap(offsetsWithMetaData => diagnostics.emit(DiagnosticEvent.Commit.Success(offsetsWithMetaData)))
-                    .catchAllCause {
-                      case Cause.Fail(_: RebalanceInProgressException, _) =>
-                        for {
-                          _ <- ZIO.logDebug(s"Rebalance in progress, commit for offsets $offsets will be retried")
-                          _ <- commitQueue.offerAll(commits)
-                          _ <- onCommitAvailable
-                        } yield ()
-                      case c =>
-                        ZIO.foreachDiscard(commits)(_.cont.done(Exit.fail(c.squash))) <* diagnostics.emit(
-                          DiagnosticEvent.Commit.Failure(offsets, c.squash)
-                        )
-                    }
+             _ <- getCommitResults.exit
+                    .flatMap(handleCommitCompletion(commits, offsetsWithMetaData, startTime, _))
                     // We don't wait for the completion of the commit here, because it
                     // will only complete once we poll again.
                     .forkDaemon
@@ -88,6 +67,39 @@ private[consumer] final class LiveCommitter(
          }
   } yield ()
 
+  private def handleCommitCompletion(
+    commits: Chunk[Commit],
+    offsets: Map[TopicPartition, OffsetAndMetadata],
+    startTime: NanoTime,
+    commitResults: Exit[Throwable, Map[TopicPartition, OffsetAndMetadata]]
+  ): Task[Unit] =
+    ZIO
+      .from(commitResults)
+      .unexit
+      .zipLeft(
+        for {
+          endTime <- ZIO.clockWith(_.nanoTime)
+          latency = (endTime - startTime).nanoseconds
+          offsetIncrease <- committedOffsetsRef.modify(_.addCommits(commits))
+          _              <- consumerMetrics.observeAggregatedCommit(latency, offsetIncrease).when(commits.nonEmpty)
+        } yield ()
+      )
+      .zipLeft(ZIO.foreachDiscard(commits)(_.cont.done(Exit.unit)))
+      .tap(offsetsWithMetaData => diagnostics.emit(DiagnosticEvent.Commit.Success(offsetsWithMetaData)))
+      .catchAllCause {
+        case Cause.Fail(_: RebalanceInProgressException, _) =>
+          for {
+            _ <- ZIO.logDebug(s"Rebalance in progress, commit for offsets $offsets will be retried")
+            _ <- commitQueue.offerAll(commits)
+            _ <- onCommitAvailable
+          } yield ()
+        case c =>
+          ZIO.foreachDiscard(commits)(_.cont.done(Exit.fail(c.squash))) <* diagnostics.emit(
+            DiagnosticEvent.Commit.Failure(offsets, c.squash)
+          )
+      }
+      .unit
+
   private def mergeCommitOffsets(commits: Chunk[Commit]): Map[TopicPartition, OffsetAndMetadata] =
     commits
       .foldLeft(mutable.Map.empty[TopicPartition, OffsetAndMetadata]) { case (acc, commit) =>
diff --git a/zio-kafka/src/main/scala/zio/kafka/consumer/internal/Runloop.scala b/zio-kafka/src/main/scala/zio/kafka/consumer/internal/Runloop.scala
index e275d65e9..704c116ee 100644
--- a/zio-kafka/src/main/scala/zio/kafka/consumer/internal/Runloop.scala
+++ b/zio-kafka/src/main/scala/zio/kafka/consumer/internal/Runloop.scala
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ private[consumer] final class Runloop private (
    *     - Poll periodically when we are subscribed but do not have assigned streams yet. This happens after
    *       initialization and rebalancing
    *
-   * Note that this method is executed on a dedicated single-thread blocking exector
+   * Note that this method is executed on a dedicated single-thread Executor
    */
   private def run(initialState: State, commitExecutor: Executor): ZIO[Scope, Throwable, Any] = {
     import Runloop.StreamOps