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Jobs are fetched LIFO and not FIFO from a queue

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Description

In our setup we are using MAMQ with SQL Server as backend storage.
We recently had a situation where Jobs where enqueued faster than they could be processed leading to an increasing queue of jobs.
We observed that jobs where in the queue for multiple hours, while recently enqueued jobs would get fetched and processed.

So the queue seems to be a stack (LIFO), rather than a queue (FIFO).
Is there anything to ensure that the oldest jobs in the queue get fetched an processed first?

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Research direction

No files or tests are identified. Start by tracing the queue-fetch path for the MAMQ backend using SQL Server, then reproduce the behavior with jobs enqueued faster than they are processed. Done means the oldest queued jobs are fetched before newer jobs rather than observing LIFO ordering.

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Assessment

Tech stack
csharp
Domain
backend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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