*
   * @return the source of this event.
   */
  public Object getSource() {
    return source;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the wrapped, 'dead' event, which the system was unable to deliver to any registered
   * subscriber.
   *
   * @return the 'dead' event that could not be delivered.
   */
  public Object getEvent() {
    return event;
  }

  @Override
  public String toString() {

 * worry about being reentrant, unless also called from outside the EventBus.
 *
 * <h2>Dead Events</h2>
 *
 * <p>If an event is posted, but no registered subscribers can accept it, it is considered "dead."
 * To give the system a second chance to handle dead events, they are wrapped in an instance of
 * {@link DeadEvent} and reposted.
 *

    // A String -- an event for which no one has registered.
    bus.post(EVENT);

    List<DeadEvent> events = catcher.getEvents();
    assertEquals("One dead event should be delivered.", 1, events.size());
    assertEquals("The dead event should wrap the original event.", EVENT, events.get(0).getEvent());
  }

  public void testDeadEventPosting() {
    GhostCatcher catcher = new GhostCatcher();

    // A String -- an event for which no one has registered.
    bus.post(EVENT);

    List<DeadEvent> events = catcher.getEvents();
    assertEquals("One dead event should be delivered.", 1, events.size());
    assertEquals("The dead event should wrap the original event.", EVENT, events.get(0).getEvent());
  }

  public void testDeadEventPosting() {
    GhostCatcher catcher = new GhostCatcher();

      // Fail fast if there's no response queued up.
      return failFastResponse!!
    }

    val result = responseQueue.take()

    // If take() returned because we're shutting down, then enqueue another dead letter so that any
    // other threads waiting on take() will also return.
    if (result == DEAD_LETTER) responseQueue.add(DEAD_LETTER)

    return result
  }

				_ = syscall.SetsockoptInt(fd, syscall.IPPROTO_TCP, syscall.TCP_KEEPINTVL, 15)
			}

			// Set tcp user timeout in addition to the keep-alive - tcp-keepalive is not enough to close a socket
			// with dead end because tcp-keepalive is not fired when there is data in the socket buffer.
			//    https://blog.cloudflare.com/when-tcp-sockets-refuse-to-die/

And if the server is restarted (for example after updates, or migrations from the cloud provider) you probably **won't notice it**. And because of that, you won't even know that you have to restart the process manually. So, your API will just stay dead. 😱

### Run Automatically on Startup { #run-automatically-on-startup }

                        mapEntry("c", (Collection<String>) ImmutableSortedSet.of("carl", "carol")),
                        mapEntry("d", (Collection<String>) ImmutableSortedSet.of("david", "dead")),
                        mapEntry(
                            "e", (Collection<String>) ImmutableSortedSet.of("eric", "elaine")));
                  }

                  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")

        TaskProvider<FindBrokenInternalLinks> checkDeadInternalLinks = tasks.register("checkDeadInternalLinks", FindBrokenInternalLinks.class, task -> {
            task.getReportFile().convention(layout.getBuildDirectory().file("reports/dead-internal-links.txt"));
            task.getDocumentationRoot().convention(extension.getUserManual().getStagedDocumentation()); // working/usermanual/raw/

                        mapEntry("c", (Collection<String>) ImmutableSortedSet.of("carl", "carol")),
                        mapEntry("d", (Collection<String>) ImmutableSortedSet.of("david", "dead")),
                        mapEntry(
                            "e", (Collection<String>) ImmutableSortedSet.of("eric", "elaine")));
                  }

                  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")