[rabbitmq-discuss] when are auto_delete queues actually deleted?

[Matthew Sackman]

On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:54:05AM +0000, Gojko Adzic wrote:
> so this is a bug then?
> 
> -bash-3.2# rabbitmqctl list_queues name auto_delete consumers | grep 0$
> amq.gen-v6OnaGmZrKj3vDNWy3B0pA==        true    0
> amq.gen-meDIMMmWVzZlgNIYmWySJg==        true    0
> amq.gen-+kWwe8PtGrO/4AtsqwzqJg==        true    0
> amq.gen-0vOWLk96SDEWD6rcLG9H1A==        true    0
> amq.gen-FFEHkUo6lzYTmvXXt2evSg==        true    0
> amq.gen-Z8Ob8BZDJFBNPXoN7oyV4g==        true    0
> amq.gen-1d9lXsBZwiTM/tVG3cUcug==        true    0
> amq.gen-OyEzVIng+Z8LgXaF/sXTlA==        true    0
> amq.gen-Vl3QAu0kbw+WJYZJSrsq3g==        true    0
> amq.gen-ayBsF3TVUrB/gziaeFd6gg==        true    0
> amq.gen-hSiCo7cXHduxIWhKm+/6UA==        true    0
> amq.gen-EzUDC0tIlDbS7lmSgiNxAQ==        true    0
> amq.gen-dZHzHom4n7Az7yZDdjhuQA==        true    0
> amq.gen-6Le+Ex6JhIpR32JOCSbPEQ==        true    0

Unlikely. I suspect you've created all those private queues and have
never attached any consumer to them. Auto_delete queues need a consumer
to have been added and then left for them to be deleted this way.

Matthew