En dead letter queue (DLQ) er hvor beskeder går, når de ikke kan behandles eller opfylder visse betingelser (afvist, udløbet, kø fuld). DLQ'er forhindrer problematiske beskeder i at gå tabt eller blokere behandling, hvilket muliggør senere inspektion og håndtering.
Hvad er en dead letter queue
DEAD LETTER QUEUE → a queue that receives messages that couldn't be delivered/processed
normally:
→ messages are "dead-lettered" (routed to the DLQ) when they:
- are REJECTED/nacked (consumer can't process them) without requeue
- EXPIRE (message TTL exceeded)
- exceed the queue's MAX LENGTH (overflow)
→ the DLQ collects these for inspection/handling instead of losing them
→ a "holding area" for problematic messages
