Add a dead letter queue to shortcuts.hookshot.* lambdas
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- Dominant language
- JavaScript
- Stars
- 74
- Forks
- 10
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
The hookshot shortcuts [Passthrough](https://github.com/mapbox/cloudfriend/blob/master/lib/shortcuts/api.md#hookshotpassthrough) and [Github](https://github.com/mapbox/cloudfriend/blob/master/lib/shortcuts/api.md#hookshotgithub) create:
- An API Gateway to receive events
- A webhook lambda to passthrough events
And expect you to provide a second lambda, that the webhook lambda passes events to.
The flow of events is then:
gateway -> webhookLambda -> myLambda
If webhookLambda fails to pass through an event, or if myLambda fails to handle an event, the event is dropped. It would be nice to provide a dead letter queue to store dropped events.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the HookshotPassthrough and HookshotGithub sections of the linked shortcuts API documentation, then locate their shortcut implementations and trace the gateway → webhookLambda → myLambda flow. Done means failed events from either handoff are retained in a dead letter queue instead of being dropped, with the configuration exposed for both shortcuts.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- aws, javascript
- Domain
- cloud, infrastructure
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100