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poison message

noun

poison message

noun
1

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A message that causes processing to fail, and thus remains in the message queue and prevents processing of further messages.

  • When there is only a single consumer, a poison message can completely block processing of the queue.2011, Neil Mackenzie, Microsoft Windows Azure Development Cookbook:
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poison queue

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