Amazon SQS announces support for FIFO dead-letter queue redrive in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions

Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) now offers support for dead-letter queue redrive for FIFO queues in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. This enhancement improves the management experience for dead-letter queues in Amazon SQS. Previously, SQS allowed redriving messages from a standard dead-letter queue to either standard source queues or custom destination queues. With this update, customers can also redrive messages from a FIFO dead-letter queue to FIFO source queues or FIFO custom destination queues.

This capability is particularly useful for customers using distributed systems with event-driven architectures. In such systems, errors may occasionally occur, such as when a consumer fails to consume messages from the queue successfully. When configured, SQS moves unconsumed messages to a dead-letter queue, allowing customers to inspect and debug application failures without losing any messages. Customers can use the SQS Console, AWS SDK, or CLI to move messages from the dead-letter queue to a FIFO queue.

For more information on how to utilize dead-letter queue redrive for FIFO queues, refer to the SQS Documentation. Additionally, learn about setting up dead-letter queues on the Amazon SQS dead-letter queues configuration page. This feature is now available in all AWS Regions where Amazon SQS is supported.

References

[1] https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2024/04/amazon-sqs-fifo-dead-letter-queue-redrive-aws-govcloud-us-regions/

[2] https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSSimpleQueueService/latest/SQSDeveloperGuide/sqs-dead-letter-queues.html