# Infinite Redelivery Loop

> Endlessly redelivering a failing message with no dead-letter path, blocking the queue indefinitely.

Record: `lex:infinite-redelivery-loop`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Execution Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/execution-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-infinite-redelivery-loop

## category

- [Event Messaging Async](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/event-messaging-async.md)

## referenced-by

- [Dead-Letter Queue](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/dead-letter-queue.md)