Prompt
What should I use to handle webhooks and retries?
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Oct 10, 2026
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For webhooks + retries, a good default is:
Best general-purpose choice
Use a queue + worker system
- Webhook receiver: accepts the incoming request quickly
- Queue: stores the event reliably
- Worker: processes it asynchronously
- Retry logic: built into the worker/job system with exponential backoff
Common options
- AWS: API Gateway / Lambda + SQS + DLQ
- Node/Python app: Redis + BullMQ / Celery
- Go/Java services: Kafka / RabbitMQ + retry topics or dead-letter queues
- Serverless: Cloud Tasks / SQS / Pub/Sub with retries
If you’re building a webhook sender
Use:
- Idempotency keys
- Exponential backoff
- Jitter
- Dead-letter queue
- Signature verification
- Delivery attempt logs
If you’re handling incoming webhooks
Use:
- Immediate 2xx response
- Store event first
- Process asynchronously
- Deduplicate by event ID
- Retry failures internally
Simple recommendation
If you want something robust and easy:
- SQS + Lambda on AWS
- BullMQ + Redis for Node.js
- Celery + Redis/RabbitMQ for Python
If you tell me your stack (Node, Python, AWS, etc.), I can recommend the best specific setup.