Queue-Based Shopify Webhook Processing: Why It Matters and How to Build It

Shopify webhooks are HTTP POST requests fired on store events: orders, inventory updates, checkouts, customers. By default, your endpoint handles them synchronously. That works until traffic spikes. The async pattern: Shopify fires webhook → Receiver validates HMAC, pushes to queue, returns 200 → Worker pulls job, runs business logic, marks complete Your endpoint responds in milliseconds. Your worker takes as long as it needs. The two things that actually trip people up in production: Id