The latest articles on DEV Community by Brad Wu (@brad_wu_afb0b7be2694b38ca). https://dev.to/brad_wu_afb0b7be2694b38ca https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4141071%2F9cec5cb1-6a6a-44b6-806a-11174e922b52.png https://dev.to/brad_wu_afb0b7be2694b38ca en Brad Wu Thu, 24 Sep 2026 17:34:46 +0000 https://dev.to/brad_wu_afb0b7be2694b38ca/how-do-you-recover-webhooks-when-your-backend-is-unavailable-4945 https://dev.to/brad_wu_afb0b7be2694b38ca/how-do-you-recover-webhooks-when-your-backend-is-unavailable-4945 <p>I'm researching how backend teams handle a practical failure case: Stripe, GitHub, or Shopify sends a webhook while your service is deploying, timing out, or returning 5xx.</p> <p>Do you rely on provider retries, put events into your own queue or DLQ, run reconciliation jobs, or replay by hand? What has actually failed in production?</p> <p>I'm testing whether a small reliability layer that persists, forwards, retries, alerts, and supports replay would solve enough pain to justify a dedicated tool. This is problem validation, not a claim that the product is proven. Negative answers are useful too.</p> api architecture backend systemdesign