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orion-cli dlq

Inspects and drains the trace dead-letter queue.

Synopsis

orion-cli dlq <list|get|requeue|purge> [args] [flags]

Description

--exhausted true narrows to entries whose retries are used up — the ones nothing will pick up again, and the only ones purge deletes.

Subcommands

SubcommandDescription
listList dead-letter entries; filter with --channel and --exhausted <true|false>.
get <id>Show one entry, including its payload.
requeue <id>Reset an entry’s retry counter so the next retry pass picks it up.
purge --older-than-hours <n>Permanently delete exhausted entries older than the cut-off. The flag is required, and the command prompts unless --yes.

Examples

orion-cli dlq purge --older-than-hours 168

Last verified 14 September 2026