aid: qstash
name: QStash
description: >-
  QStash is a serverless message queue and task scheduling REST API from Upstash
  that delivers HTTP messages to endpoints reliably without requiring any
  long-lived connections or infrastructure management. Built entirely on
  stateless HTTP requests, it is designed for serverless and edge runtimes where
  traditional message brokers are impractical. QStash supports automatic retries,
  CRON-based scheduling up to one year in advance, URL group broadcasting for
  fan-out delivery, FIFO queuing, dead-letter queues, and message deduplication.
  Developers simply POST a message with a destination URL and QStash handles
  guaranteed delivery with configurable retry logic and flow control.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/qstash/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-12'
modified: '2026-06-12'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
  - Message Queue
  - Task Scheduling
  - Serverless
  - HTTP Messaging
  - Background Jobs
  - Webhooks
  - Dead Letter Queue
  - CRON
  - Upstash
apis:
  - aid: qstash:qstash-api
    name: QStash API
    description: >-
      The QStash REST API provides HTTP-based endpoints for publishing messages
      to destination URLs, managing queues, scheduling tasks with CRON
      expressions, configuring URL groups for fan-out delivery, retrieving
      message logs, and managing dead-letter queues. Authentication uses Bearer
      tokens obtained from the Upstash console.
    humanURL: https://upstash.com/docs/qstash/overall/getstarted
    baseURL: https://qstash.upstash.io/v2
    tags:
      - Message Queue
      - Task Scheduling
      - Serverless
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://upstash.com/docs/qstash/overall/getstarted
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/qstash/refs/heads/main/openapi/qstash-api-openapi.yml
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://upstash.com/qstash
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://upstash.com/docs/qstash/overall/getstarted
  - type: GitHubOrg
    url: https://github.com/upstash
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/upstash
  - type: Blog
    url: https://upstash.com/blog
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://upstash.com/pricing/qstash
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://status.upstash.com/
  - type: X
    url: https://x.com/upstash
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/qstash-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/qstash-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/qstash-finops.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/qstash-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: json-ld/qstash-context.jsonld
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com