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Everything you need to run DriftQ-Core locally and understand its semantics.

Welcome to the DriftQ-Core docs.

DriftQ-Core is a lightweight broker built for AI workflow reliability:

  • Streaming consume (NDJSON) with owner + lease
  • Ack / Nack with ownership enforcement
  • Retry policy (max attempts + backoff) + strict DLQ routing
  • Consume-scope idempotency keys to prevent duplicate side effects
  • Prometheus metrics (inflight, lag, DLQ totals, producer backpressure)

If you want to get running fast, go straight to:

Quickstart