API Design · Middle · Question 41 of 75

Why should a webhook endpoint respond quickly and process the event asynchronously?

✓Correct answer: Providers time out after a few seconds and retry; heavy work should go to a queue after the event is stored
2Slow responses are cached
3Webhooks can't contain data

Explanation

Return 2xx once the event is safely recorded; then process it in the background.

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