diff --git a/template.yaml b/template.yaml
index c6573ce..b9b643e 100644
--- a/template.yaml
+++ b/template.yaml
@@ -250,6 +250,65 @@ Resources:
       AlarmActions:
         - !Sub arn:aws:sns:${AWS::Region}:${AWS::AccountId}:site-alerts
 
+  # Async-invoke OnFailure DLQs (INFRA-41 / H-8). Reconciles the interim
+  # CLI-created queues into CloudFormation. Names are CFN-generated to avoid
+  # colliding with the live interim payments-<fn>-dlq queues (deleted after
+  # this deploy). 14-day retention mirrors the payments-payroll-batch DLQ so a
+  # Friday failure survives the weekend.
+  # Distinct -async-dlq name (not the live interim payments-<fn>-dlq) so this
+  # CFN queue does not collide with the queue being deleted post-deploy.
+  ProcessPaymentCsvDLQ:
+    Type: AWS::SQS::Queue
+    Properties:
+      QueueName: payments-processPaymentCsv-async-dlq
+      MessageRetentionPeriod: 1209600 # 14d, matches payments-payroll-batch-dlq
+
+  ProcessPayrollEmailDLQ:
+    Type: AWS::SQS::Queue
+    Properties:
+      QueueName: payments-processPayrollEmail-async-dlq
+      MessageRetentionPeriod: 1209600 # 14d, matches payments-payroll-batch-dlq
+
+  # ALARM-only Lambda Errors alarms (INFRA-41 / H-8). Threshold > 0 on the
+  # Errors Sum, no OK/recovery action by convention.
+  ProcessPaymentCsvErrorsAlarm:
+    Type: AWS::CloudWatch::Alarm
+    Properties:
+      AlarmName: payments-processPaymentCsv-errors
+      AlarmDescription: payments-processPaymentCsv invocation errors
+      Namespace: AWS/Lambda
+      MetricName: Errors
+      Dimensions:
+        - Name: FunctionName
+          Value: !Ref ProcessPaymentCsvFunction
+      Statistic: Sum
+      Period: 300
+      EvaluationPeriods: 1
+      Threshold: 0
+      ComparisonOperator: GreaterThanThreshold
+      TreatMissingData: notBreaching
+      AlarmActions:
+        - !Sub arn:aws:sns:${AWS::Region}:${AWS::AccountId}:site-alerts
+
+  ProcessPayrollEmailErrorsAlarm:
+    Type: AWS::CloudWatch::Alarm
+    Properties:
+      AlarmName: payments-processPayrollEmail-errors
+      AlarmDescription: payments-processPayrollEmail invocation errors
+      Namespace: AWS/Lambda
+      MetricName: Errors
+      Dimensions:
+        - Name: FunctionName
+          Value: !Ref ProcessPayrollEmailFunction
+      Statistic: Sum
+      Period: 300
+      EvaluationPeriods: 1
+      Threshold: 0
+      ComparisonOperator: GreaterThanThreshold
+      TreatMissingData: notBreaching
+      AlarmActions:
+        - !Sub arn:aws:sns:${AWS::Region}:${AWS::AccountId}:site-alerts
+
   ProcessPayrollEmailLogGroup:
     Type: AWS::Logs::LogGroup
     Properties:
@@ -292,6 +351,13 @@ Resources:
       FunctionName: payments-processPayrollEmail
       Handler: src/processPayrollEmail.handler
       Timeout: 60
+      EventInvokeConfig:
+        MaximumRetryAttempts: 2
+        MaximumEventAgeInSeconds: 21600
+        DestinationConfig:
+          OnFailure:
+            Type: SQS
+            Destination: !GetAtt ProcessPayrollEmailDLQ.Arn
       Environment:
         Variables:
           SLACK_BOT_TOKEN_SECRET_NAME: payments-dashboard/slack-bot-token
@@ -334,6 +400,13 @@ Resources:
       FunctionName: payments-processPaymentCsv
       Handler: src/processPaymentCsv.handler
       Timeout: 120
+      EventInvokeConfig:
+        MaximumRetryAttempts: 2
+        MaximumEventAgeInSeconds: 21600
+        DestinationConfig:
+          OnFailure:
+            Type: SQS
+            Destination: !GetAtt ProcessPaymentCsvDLQ.Arn
       Environment:
         Variables:
           BOA_BASE_URL: https://api.bofa.com