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title: "Slow consumers and buffer limits"
description: "How can you reproduce a slow subscriber and buffer exhaustion?"
status: "coming-soon"
language: "en"
canonical: "https://bulnik.dev/en/articles/topics/T17.06/"
topicId: "T17.06"
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> Coming soon — this article is being prepared. Below are its question, intended outcome, and place in the story.

## The question

How can you reproduce a slow subscriber and buffer exhaustion?

## What we will work through

Reproduce a slow subscriber and buffer exhaustion.

## Before you begin

Previously covered: Pub/Sub and subjects in Core NATS; Backpressure between producer and consumer.

- [Pub/Sub and subjects in Core NATS](/en/articles/topics/T17.01/)
- [Backpressure between producer and consumer](/en/articles/topics/T22.08/)