How to remove expiry-address for addresses matching "#"

[eanbiso]

Hi support,
I would need to understand how I can change the "expiry-address" default config for addresses matching "#" (i.e. all the addresses, if no other more specific setting is configured), so that no expiryAddress is configured and expired messages are simply removed from the queue and dropped.
Should I specify an expiryAddress value equal to "" (empty string) in the Address Settings Artemis CRD definition?
I saw that, by default, if I do not specify it (see the screenshot below, where I only changed the expiry delay configurations on the addressSetting matching "#"), the broker.xml file still contains the "ExpiryQueue" value.

I wanted to try configuring the expiryAddress on the same addressSetting equal to "" ... am I on the right path?

Many thanks

[brusdev]

Hi @eanbiso, Apache ActiveMQ Artemis drops expired messages only when the expiry address value is null and there is no way set a broker setting to null by using the CR. A workaround could be to create a custom init container but that feature could be deprecated in future so I would suggest you to open a RFE for Apache ActiveMQ Artemis to drop expired messages also when the expiry address value is an empty string.

[eanbiso]

Hi @brusdev, thanks for your quick response.
I have opened a RFE via this new discussion thread.

[jbertram]

FWIW, this should already be possible. For example, this can be set in broker.xml:

<expiry-address/>

And that will "unset" the expiry-address for all matching addresses so that messages which expire from queues which match that address are dropped.

[brusdev]

@jbertram is right, also an empty expiry-address value works. I was checking the wrong expire method that only checks for a null value while the right expire method checks for a null or empty value.

[eanbiso]

Perfect, thanks. In this case it should be possible also in the k8s context, setting the corresponding value to "" (empty string). I will try that. Many thanks, Andrea

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[eanbiso]

I've tested it now (setting the corresponding value on the Artemis CRD to ""), and it works.
The resulting broker.xml contains:

<address-setting match="#">
   <expiry-address></expiry-address>

Many thanks

Andrea