
The number of retries is compared to the maximum number (defined in the application configuration file).
#Aws dlq code#
The replay code uses an SQS message attribute `sqs-dlq-replay-nb` as a persistent counter for the current number of retries attempted. If the message exceeds this limit, the message is moved to a second DLQ where an operator processes it manually.Įach time the SQS dead-letter queue receives a message, it triggers Lambda to run the replay function.

I then package and publish this serverless solution in the AWS Serverless Application Repository. I use Amazon SQS dead-letter queues, AWS Lambda, and a specific algorithm to decrease the rate of retries for failed messages. Each time it attempts to reprocess the message, the replay time increases until the message is finally considered dead. It also uses a specific algorithm to make sure this is not repeated forever. It monitors the dead-letter queue and moves a message back to the main queue to see if it can be processed again.
#Aws dlq how to#
This post describes how to add automated resilience to an existing SQS queue. The DLQ (dead-letter queue) is used to store messages that can’t be processed (consumed) successfully. A commonly used feature of Amazon SQS is dead-letter queues. This is courtesy of Alexandre Pinhel, Specialist SA Manager, in collaboration with Guillaume Marchand and Luke Hargreaves, Solutions Architects.Īmazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) is a fully managed message queuing service. It enables you to decouple and scale microservices, distributed systems, and serverless applications.
