diff --git a/src/logic/withAsyncTaskExecutionLifecycleExecute.test.ts b/src/logic/withAsyncTaskExecutionLifecycleExecute.test.ts
index 7975b35..f1ebc26 100644
--- a/src/logic/withAsyncTaskExecutionLifecycleExecute.test.ts
+++ b/src/logic/withAsyncTaskExecutionLifecycleExecute.test.ts
@@ -135,6 +135,38 @@ describe('withAsyncTaskExecutionLifecycleExecute', () => {
         );
       },
     );
+
+    when(
+      'asked to execute on a task which is already in ATTEMPTED mode, with sqs metadata, with input.meta.requeueDepth of 7',
+      () => {
+        const promiseTask = daoAsyncTaskEnrichProduct.upsert({
+          task: new AsyncTaskEnrichProduct({
+            productUuid: uuid(),
+            status: AsyncTaskStatus.ATTEMPTED,
+          }),
+        });
+
+        then(
+          'it should throw an error to prevent infiloop due to requeue depth',
+          async () => {
+            const error = await getError(
+              execute({
+                task: await promiseTask,
+                meta: {
+                  queueUrl: '__queue_url__',
+                  enqueueUuid: uuid(),
+                  queueType: 'SQS',
+                  requeueDepth: 7,
+                },
+              }),
+            );
+            expect(error.message).toContain(
+              'attempted to retry a task more than limit times. blocked this attempt to prevent infiloop',
+            );
+          },
+        );
+      },
+    );
   });
 
   given(
diff --git a/src/logic/withAsyncTaskExecutionLifecycleExecute.ts b/src/logic/withAsyncTaskExecutionLifecycleExecute.ts
index 0960d04..19dc34b 100644
--- a/src/logic/withAsyncTaskExecutionLifecycleExecute.ts
+++ b/src/logic/withAsyncTaskExecutionLifecycleExecute.ts
@@ -135,9 +135,24 @@ export const withAsyncTaskExecutionLifecycleExecute = <
               },
             );
 
+          // increment the requeue depth and prevent infiloops
+          const requeueDepthLimit = 3; // todo: pull from sqs subscription config
+          const requeueDepthAfter = (input.meta!.requeueDepth ?? 0) + 1;
+          if (requeueDepthAfter > requeueDepthLimit)
+            throw new UnexpectedCodePathError(
+              'attempted to retry a task more than limit times. blocked this attempt to prevent infiloop',
+              { requeueDepthLimit, requeueDepthAfter, input },
+            );
+
           // requeue the task
           await sqs.sendMessage({
-            messageBody: JSON.stringify({ task: input.task, meta: input.meta }),
+            messageBody: JSON.stringify({
+              task: input.task,
+              meta: {
+                ...input.meta,
+                requeueDepth: requeueDepthAfter,
+              },
+            }),
             queueUrl,
             delaySeconds: attemptTimeoutSeconds,
           });