Question 360
An enterprise architecture team faces this design requirement: Payment message consumers can fail repeatedly on one malformed message and must isolate it without blocking all valid messages. Which action would resolve the problem without adding unrelated capabilities?
Explanation
Correct Answer
SQS dead-letter queues preserve failed messages for separate inspection and remediation. The required architecture outcome is: Payment message consumers can fail repeatedly on one malformed message and must isolate it without blocking all valid messages. Validate this choice by checking that A poison message goes to the DLQ after configured attempts while valid following messages proceed.
Incorrect Answers
Every reporting query was sent to the cluster writer endpoint despite available readers. The specific problem here is that repeated retries of one failed message prevent useful error isolation and redrive workflow.
The CDN forwards every request to origin due to ineffective cache keys or caching headers. The specific problem here is that repeated retries of one failed message prevent useful error isolation and redrive workflow.
DNS simple routing cannot automatically reflect the application's health. The specific problem here is that repeated retries of one failed message prevent useful error isolation and redrive workflow.