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title: "Discussion on \"Accept fast, never block: the one decision that keeps ingestion alive\" | Hashnode"
description: "Discussion on \"Accept fast, never block: the one decision that keeps ingestion alive\". A logging endpoint has one job it can never fail at: being available to accept logs. log0's ingestion gateway returns 202 Accepted the instant the event is handed to a Kafka producer future-before the broker acks-and never waits for clustering, a database write, or Slack."
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# [Accept fast, never block: the one decision that keeps ingestion alive](https://engineeringwithashmit.hashnode.dev/log0-accept-fast-never-block-ingestion-gateway?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

A logging endpoint has one job it can never fail at: being available to accept logs. log0's ingestion gateway returns 202 Accepted the instant the event is handed to a Kafka producer future-before the broker acks-and never waits for clustering, a database write, or Slack.

Aug 1 · 10 min read · engineeringwithashmit.hashnode.dev  
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