Integrations - Technology
Message queue
A holding area where messages wait until another system is ready to process them
What's it for?
Lets work wait safely until another system is ready to process it, helping absorb busy periods.
For example…
Thousands of emails wait in a queue and are sent steadily
During a traffic spike, new image-processing jobs wait in a message queue until workers have capacity to handle them.
Think of it like…
Unread emails in your inbox: new messages can keep arriving and wait there until you’re ready to deal with them