Agent Webhook Delivery and Retry Logs

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## TL;DR

Webhook delivery logs help agents separate missing events, failed receivers, duplicate callbacks, and provider retry behavior.

## Core Explanation

Agents debugging event-driven systems should inspect provider delivery history before changing application code. A missing downstream action might come from a failed endpoint, a retry still in progress, an event outside retention, or a duplicate event already processed.

The safe workflow is to preserve the event ID, delivery ID, endpoint URL, HTTP status, response body, retry count, timestamp, and provider redelivery action. Agents should not blindly replay events without checking idempotency and side effects.

## Source-Mapped Facts

- GitHub webhook documentation describes handling failed webhook deliveries by finding failed deliveries and redelivering them. ([source](https://docs.github.com/en/webhooks/using-webhooks/handling-failed-webhook-deliveries))
- Stripe documentation describes how to process undelivered webhook events after delivery attempts fail. ([source](https://docs.stripe.com/webhooks/process-undelivered-events))
- Shopify documentation provides troubleshooting guidance for webhook deliveries. ([source](https://shopify.dev/docs/apps/build/webhooks/troubleshooting-webhooks))

## Further Reading

- [GitHub Handling Failed Webhook Deliveries](https://docs.github.com/en/webhooks/using-webhooks/handling-failed-webhook-deliveries)
- [Stripe Process Undelivered Webhook Events](https://docs.stripe.com/webhooks/process-undelivered-events)
- [Shopify Troubleshoot Webhooks](https://shopify.dev/docs/apps/build/webhooks/troubleshooting-webhooks)