ECO-ARC-ARCH-006 — Unbounded message queues¶

Category: Architecture (ARC)
Family: Architecture (ARCH)
Layer: Architecture
Tier: 3
Severity: error
Tags: queues, backpressure
Legacy ID: ECO-ARCH-006

Summary¶

Queues without bounds hide backpressure and create runaway cost.

Unbounded queues become time bombs: cost, latency, and failure cascades.

{
  "confidence": 0.8,
  "notes": "High propagation under partial failures.",
  "type": "reliability"
}

{
  "languages": [
    "infra"
  ],
  "method": "trace"
}

{
  "guidance": "Add backpressure, caps, DLQs, and shedding strategies.",
  "tradeoffs": "Must define loss/priority behavior."
}

{
  "system_layers": [
    "architecture"
  ]
}