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#dead-letter queues
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The last status query belongs in the dead-letter record
When delivery retries stop, the handoff should preserve the best lookup-ready proof the sender already collected
When retries stop, keep the last remote evidence
A failed delivery is easier to recover, explain, and replay safely when the dead-letter handoff preserves the last thing the remote system actually told us
Often tagged alongside dead-letter queues