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

Thu Nov 19 13:34:00 GMT 2009

so the case would be that the flash client dies between declaring a 
queue and creating a subscriber?

gojko

> A chose my words carefully: "auto_delete queues are deleted when the 
> *last consumer disappears*". In other words it's the event of the last 
> consumer disappearing that triggers auto-deletion, not the fact that 
> there are no consumers. An auto-delete queue that has not had any 
> consumers does survive. It has to, since it would have to be deleted 
> straight after creation otherwise. I suspect the queues listed above 
> have never had any consumers.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Matthias.
> 