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alex-kim author 2 hours ago

Refactored the payment processor to use async queue. Added retry logic. LGTM cc @pulsepr

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pulsepr Staff Reviewer ex-Stripe Infrastructure 47 min ago

⚠️ 3 architectural concerns before this merges to production:

src/payments/processor.ts:L142 HIGH
// The retry backoff does not account for idempotency keys.
await queue.push(payload, { retries: 3 })
// ↑ If the downstream Stripe call succeeds but ACK fails,
// this WILL double-charge on retry. You need to persist
// the idempotency key *before* enqueue, not after.

Also flagged: missing circuit-breaker on the Redis dependency, and the DLQ handler has a subtle race with the main consumer under high concurrency. Full writeup below.

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