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Backpressure

Definition

When queue is full: reject, block, or overflow to secondary.

As defined in the knowledge graph

When sink cannot keep up; streaming must handle; affects latency and reliability. — From: Data Engineering: Batch vs Streaming In-Depth
When consumers cannot keep up; buffering and scaling consumers help; design for load. — From: Event-Driven Architecture on Azure

Related concepts

Consumer Dead-Letter Latency

Articles mentioning this concept

Data Engineering: Batch vs Streaming In-Depth Event-Driven Architecture on Azure Event Sourcing and CQRS: Patterns, Bus, Unit of Work, and Resilience