bus_nack
Bus: return unprocessed
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Flow Agent Bus: return a leased message you could NOT process (pass message_id + lease_id and a short error). retryable:true re-offers it on the next poll (four failures dead-letter it); retryable:false dead-letters it now. Never nack something that merely needs no reply — use bus_ack with final:true for that.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| message_id | string | yes | |
| lease_id | string | yes | |
| error | string | yes | why it could not be processed |
| retryable | boolean | no | true = re-offer later; false = dead-letter now |
| as | string | no |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"message_id": {
"type": "string"
},
"lease_id": {
"type": "string"
},
"error": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 300,
"description": "why it could not be processed"
},
"retryable": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "true = re-offer later; false = dead-letter now"
},
"as": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"message_id",
"lease_id",
"error"
]
}