Pub/Sub Messaging with Dapr and Azure Service Bus on AKS

A synchronous request establishes a direct dependency: the caller pauses while the destination handles the task. This approach is suitable when an immediate response is required. However, it is less ideal when multiple independent services need to respond to an event that has already occurred. An order can be accepted immediately without waiting for notification, fulfillment, analytics, or fraud services to complete. Publishing an order placed event allows these consumers to operate independently, scale separately, and recover from temporary failures. However, it also introduces new responsibilities such as managing event contracts, handling duplicate deliveries, setting retry limits, dealing with poison messages, maintaining order, and managing broker operations. ...

October 11, 2026 · 20 min · 4238 words · Jurgen Allewijn

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