Prompt

What should I use to handle webhooks and retries?

Technology / API Platforms1 observationLast seen Oct 10, 2026

Latest observation

Oct 10, 2026OpenAI APIWeb search: off

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.

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