activemq broker redeliveryPlugin configuration not working for topic

Question

I have the following configuration in by conf/activemq.xml file

    <plugins>
        <redeliveryPlugin fallbackToDeadLetter="true" sendToDlqIfMaxRetriesExceeded="true">
            <redeliveryPolicyMap>
                <redeliveryPolicyMap>
                    <defaultEntry>
                        <redeliveryPolicy maximumRedeliveries="20" useExponentialBackOff="true" initialRedeliveryDelay="60000" redeliveryDelay="60000" maximumRedeliveryDelay="600000"/>
                    </defaultEntry>
                </redeliveryPolicyMap>
            </redeliveryPolicyMap>
        </redeliveryPlugin>
    </plugins>

I am using activemq-5.11 with Spring/JMS/Camel/JTA (Atomikos).

Because, I am using JTA/XA transactions, the redelivery policy at the activeMQ connection factory is not working for topics. So I am trying to set the redelivery Policy on the server.

However, it seems to be continuously resending the topic message.

PS. I have only one subscriber (durable).

Varesh Varesh · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-06T07:26:31

I was able to resolve the issue. In my case, the issue was that I was using the redelivery policy at the client side also. And somehow, that was messing it up.

Since I am using JTA, I wanted no retying at the client side and wanted the message to be retired from the ActiveMQ broker server. And Once I removed all error handling and redelivery policy from the Camel configuration, it worked like as it should.

Hope this helps someone in the future.

activemq broker redeliveryPlugin configuration not working for topic

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