# Infinite Redelivery Loop

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

Record: `lexicon: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#lexicon-infinite-redelivery-loop

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [In-Place Mutation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/in-place-mutation.md) and before [Infrastructure Events in Domain](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/infrastructure-events-in-domain.md).

## Category

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

## Negated by

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

## Linked from

- [Event / Messaging / Asynchronous Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-event-messaging-asynchronous-architecture.md)