Dead letters are filling up
Weik.io 2026.2An environment's dead letters use more than 90 % of their budget, and once it's full the oldest are deleted to make room for new ones. Video
Watch: Dead letters, 3:21
A failed event lands in the dead letters, and weikio deadletters resend sends it to its reader again.
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| Kind | Severity | Who sees it |
|---|---|---|
dead- |
Warning | Everyone who can read the environment |
What it means#
An environment’s dead letters fill more than 90 % of their room. When the room is full, the oldest dead letters are deleted to make space for new ones.
What raises it#
The dead letters of the environment use more than 90 % of the environment’s dead letter budget.
What to check#
List the dead letters:
$ weikio deadletters list --env <environment>See the environment’s streams with their usage and limits:
$ weikio get streams --env <environment>How to fix it#
Resend the dead letters whose cause is fixed, and discard the ones you don’t need:
$ weikio deadletters resend --env <environment> --integration <project>/<integration> --all
$ weikio deadletters discard --env <environment> --integration <project>/<integration> --allA platform administrator can give dead letters more room with weikio env set <environment> --dead-letter-bytes <size>.