Dead Letter Queues
A secondary queue used to isolate and store messages that cannot be processed successfully after multiple retries.
Definition
A secondary queue used to isolate and store messages that cannot be processed successfully after multiple retries.
Use case
Catching malformed webhook payloads that fail processing 5 times so engineers can inspect them without losing data.
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Documentation
Dead-letter queues
Where messages go after failing too many times, and how to inspect them.