# Message Relay

> A component that reads pending messages from an outbox and publishes them to the broker.

Record: `lex:message-relay`
Kind: mechanism
Layer: [Execution Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/execution-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-message-relay

## category

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

## referenced-by

- [Outbox Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/outbox-pattern.md)