diff --git a/config/config.md b/config/config.md
index 6a48ed717e69..8e1fb5837aec 100644
--- a/config/config.md
+++ b/config/config.md
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
 | `wal.backoff_max` | String | `10s` | The maximum backoff delay.<br/>**It's only used when the provider is `kafka`**. |
 | `wal.backoff_base` | Integer | `2` | The exponential backoff rate, i.e. next backoff = base * current backoff.<br/>**It's only used when the provider is `kafka`**. |
 | `wal.backoff_deadline` | String | `5mins` | The deadline of retries.<br/>**It's only used when the provider is `kafka`**. |
+| `wal.overwrite_entry_start_id` | Bool | `false` | Ignore missing entries during read WAL.<br/>**It's only used when the provider is `kafka`**.<br/><br/>This option ensures that when Kafka messages are deleted, the system <br/>can still successfully replay memtable data without throwing an <br/>out-of-range error. <br/>However, enabling this option might lead to unexpected data loss, <br/>as the system will skip over missing entries instead of treating <br/>them as critical errors. |
 | `metadata_store` | -- | -- | Metadata storage options. |
 | `metadata_store.file_size` | String | `256MB` | Kv file size in bytes. |
 | `metadata_store.purge_threshold` | String | `4GB` | Kv purge threshold. |
@@ -409,6 +410,7 @@
 | `wal.backoff_deadline` | String | `5mins` | The deadline of retries.<br/>**It's only used when the provider is `kafka`**. |
 | `wal.create_index` | Bool | `true` | Whether to enable WAL index creation.<br/>**It's only used when the provider is `kafka`**. |
 | `wal.dump_index_interval` | String | `60s` | The interval for dumping WAL indexes.<br/>**It's only used when the provider is `kafka`**. |
+| `wal.overwrite_entry_start_id` | Bool | `false` | Ignore missing entries during read WAL.<br/>**It's only used when the provider is `kafka`**.<br/><br/>This option ensures that when Kafka messages are deleted, the system <br/>can still successfully replay memtable data without throwing an <br/>out-of-range error. <br/>However, enabling this option might lead to unexpected data loss, <br/>as the system will skip over missing entries instead of treating <br/>them as critical errors. |
 | `storage` | -- | -- | The data storage options. |
 | `storage.data_home` | String | `/tmp/greptimedb/` | The working home directory. |
 | `storage.type` | String | `File` | The storage type used to store the data.<br/>- `File`: the data is stored in the local file system.<br/>- `S3`: the data is stored in the S3 object storage.<br/>- `Gcs`: the data is stored in the Google Cloud Storage.<br/>- `Azblob`: the data is stored in the Azure Blob Storage.<br/>- `Oss`: the data is stored in the Aliyun OSS. |
diff --git a/config/datanode.example.toml b/config/datanode.example.toml
index 22670f857c06..85b7793ef65a 100644
--- a/config/datanode.example.toml
+++ b/config/datanode.example.toml
@@ -213,6 +213,17 @@ create_index = true
 ## **It's only used when the provider is `kafka`**.
 dump_index_interval = "60s"
 
+## Ignore missing entries during read WAL.
+## **It's only used when the provider is `kafka`**.
+## 
+## This option ensures that when Kafka messages are deleted, the system 
+## can still successfully replay memtable data without throwing an 
+## out-of-range error. 
+## However, enabling this option might lead to unexpected data loss, 
+## as the system will skip over missing entries instead of treating 
+## them as critical errors.
+overwrite_entry_start_id = false
+
 # The Kafka SASL configuration.
 # **It's only used when the provider is `kafka`**.
 # Available SASL mechanisms:
diff --git a/config/standalone.example.toml b/config/standalone.example.toml
index 4c40d2dde6db..81f4ee47f03b 100644
--- a/config/standalone.example.toml
+++ b/config/standalone.example.toml
@@ -237,6 +237,17 @@ backoff_base = 2
 ## **It's only used when the provider is `kafka`**.
 backoff_deadline = "5mins"
 
+## Ignore missing entries during read WAL.
+## **It's only used when the provider is `kafka`**.
+## 
+## This option ensures that when Kafka messages are deleted, the system 
+## can still successfully replay memtable data without throwing an 
+## out-of-range error. 
+## However, enabling this option might lead to unexpected data loss, 
+## as the system will skip over missing entries instead of treating 
+## them as critical errors.
+overwrite_entry_start_id = false
+
 # The Kafka SASL configuration.
 # **It's only used when the provider is `kafka`**.
 # Available SASL mechanisms:
diff --git a/src/common/wal/src/config/kafka/datanode.rs b/src/common/wal/src/config/kafka/datanode.rs
index 27f693204014..405d13d7d42d 100644
--- a/src/common/wal/src/config/kafka/datanode.rs
+++ b/src/common/wal/src/config/kafka/datanode.rs
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ pub struct DatanodeKafkaConfig {
     pub create_index: bool,
     #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
     pub dump_index_interval: Duration,
+    /// Ignore missing entries during read WAL.
+    pub overwrite_entry_start_id: bool,
 }
 
 impl Default for DatanodeKafkaConfig {
@@ -60,6 +62,7 @@ impl Default for DatanodeKafkaConfig {
             auto_create_topics: true,
             create_index: true,
             dump_index_interval: Duration::from_secs(60),
+            overwrite_entry_start_id: false,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/log-store/src/kafka/log_store.rs b/src/log-store/src/kafka/log_store.rs
index f084f20f022d..23493812a416 100644
--- a/src/log-store/src/kafka/log_store.rs
+++ b/src/log-store/src/kafka/log_store.rs
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ pub struct KafkaLogStore {
     max_batch_bytes: usize,
     /// The consumer wait timeout.
     consumer_wait_timeout: Duration,
+    /// Ignore missing entries during read WAL.
+    overwrite_entry_start_id: bool,
 }
 
 impl KafkaLogStore {
@@ -64,6 +66,7 @@ impl KafkaLogStore {
             client_manager,
             max_batch_bytes: config.max_batch_bytes.as_bytes() as usize,
             consumer_wait_timeout: config.consumer_wait_timeout,
+            overwrite_entry_start_id: config.overwrite_entry_start_id,
         })
     }
 }
@@ -205,7 +208,7 @@ impl LogStore for KafkaLogStore {
     async fn read(
         &self,
         provider: &Provider,
-        entry_id: EntryId,
+        mut entry_id: EntryId,
         index: Option<WalIndex>,
     ) -> Result<SendableEntryStream<'static, Entry, Self::Error>> {
         let provider = provider
@@ -225,6 +228,25 @@ impl LogStore for KafkaLogStore {
             .client()
             .clone();
 
+        if self.overwrite_entry_start_id {
+            let start_offset =
+                client
+                    .get_offset(OffsetAt::Earliest)
+                    .await
+                    .context(GetOffsetSnafu {
+                        topic: &provider.topic,
+                    })?;
+
+            if entry_id as i64 <= start_offset {
+                warn!(
+                "The entry_id: {} is less than start_offset: {}, topic: {}. Overwriting entry_id with start_offset",
+                entry_id, start_offset, &provider.topic
+            );
+
+                entry_id = start_offset as u64;
+            }
+        }
+
         // Gets the offset of the latest record in the topic. Actually, it's the latest record of the single partition in the topic.
         // The read operation terminates when this record is consumed.
         // Warning: the `get_offset` returns the end offset of the latest record. For our usage, it should be decremented.