poison message

noun

A message that causes processing to fail, and thus remains in the message queue and prevents processing of further messages.

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Meanings

nounpoison message (plural poison messages)

plural poison messages

  1. computingA 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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