Q35 Service Bus Domain 3 · 20–25% of exam Priority · Real Exam

A long-running handler exceeds the lock duration and the message is redelivered. What is the correct fix?

  1. A Set LockDuration to 30 minutes
  2. B Periodically call RenewMessageLockAsync while processing (correct answer)
  3. C Switch to receive-and-delete
  4. D Disable dead-lettering

Shortcut: LockDuration is capped at 5 minutes. Renewing the lock during processing (or offloading the work and completing quickly) is the supported approach.