poison message
English
Noun
poison message (plural poison messages)
- (computing) A message that causes processing to fail, and thus remains in the message queue and prevents processing of further messages.
- 2011, Neil Mackenzie, Microsoft Windows Azure Development Cookbook
- 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
Related terms
- poison queue
Usage notes
- Associated with the Microsoft Azure cloud computing architecture.
References
- .NET Framework: Poison Message Handling