[rabbitmq-discuss] Queue with x-expires not expires after timeout

Thu Aug 2 23:00:20 BST 2012

On 02/08/12 20:58, Thiago Burgo Belo wrote:
> My queue with x-expires not expires after timeout, the follow queue was
> created and not accessed since (2012-08-02 14:00), and not expired until
> now.
>
> Parameters
> x-ha-policy:	all
> x-expires:	9000
> arguments:	
> x-match:	any
>
> durable:	true
>
> Exclusive owner None Status Idle since
> 2012-08-02 16:16:58

Does the queue have a consumer? From 
http://www.rabbitmq.com/extensions.html#queue-leases
<quote>
"Unused means the queue has no consumers, the queue has not been 
redeclared, and basic.get has not been invoked for a duration of at 
least the expiration period."
</quote>

Matthias.