RabbitMQ message not being sent to Dead Letter Queue on Exception - spring-boot

Question

I have this RabbitMQ Spring Boot Configuration:
#Configuration
public class RabbitConfiguration {
// Main queue configuration
#Value("${rabbitmq.main.messages.queue}")
private String mainQueueName;
#Value("${rabbitmq.main.exchange.queue}")
private String mainExchangeName;
#Value("${rabbitmq.main.routing.key}")
private String mainRoutingKey;
// DLQ configuration
#Value("${rabbitmq.dlq.messages.queue}")
private String dlqQueueName;
#Value("${rabbitmq.dlq.exchange.queue}")
private String dlqExchangeName;
#Value("${rabbitmq.dlq.routing.key}")
private String dlqRoutingKey;
// Connectivity
#Value("${spring.rabbitmq.host}")
private String rabbitmqHost;
#Value("${spring.rabbitmq.port}")
private int rabbitmqPort;
#Value("${spring.rabbitmq.username}")
private String rabbitmqUsername;
#Value("${spring.rabbitmq.password}")
private String rabbitmqPassword;
// Not delivered messages, will be used eventually
#Value("${rabbitmq.not.delivered.messages.queue}")
private String notDeliveredMessagesQueue;
// status with delivered messages (callback default)
#Value("${rabbitmq.delivered.messages.queue}")
private String deliveredMessagesQueue;
#Bean
DirectExchange deadLetterExchange() {
return new DirectExchange(dlqExchangeName);
}
#Bean
DirectExchange exchange() {
return new DirectExchange(mainExchangeName);
}
#Bean
Queue dlq() {
return QueueBuilder.durable(dlqQueueName).build();
}
#Bean
Queue queue() {
return QueueBuilder
.durable(mainQueueName)
.withArgument("x-dead-letter-exchange", "deadLetterExchange")
.withArgument("x-dead-letter-routing-key", dlqQueueName).build();
}
#Bean
Binding deadLetterBinding() {
return BindingBuilder.bind(dlq()).to(deadLetterExchange()).with(dlqRoutingKey);
}
#Bean
Binding binding() {
return BindingBuilder.bind(queue()).to(exchange()).with(mainQueueName);
}
#Bean
public MessageConverter jsonMessageConverter() {
return new Jackson2JsonMessageConverter();
}
#Bean
public ConnectionFactory connectionFactory() {
CachingConnectionFactory connectionFactory = new CachingConnectionFactory(rabbitmqHost);
connectionFactory.setUsername(rabbitmqUsername);
connectionFactory.setPassword(rabbitmqPassword);
return connectionFactory;
}
#Bean
public RabbitAdmin rabbitAdmin() {
RabbitAdmin admin = new RabbitAdmin(connectionFactory());
admin.declareQueue(queue());
admin.declareExchange(exchange());
admin.declareBinding(binding());
return admin;
}
public AmqpTemplate rabbitTemplate(ConnectionFactory connectionFactory) {
final RabbitTemplate rabbitTemplate = new RabbitTemplate(connectionFactory);
rabbitTemplate.setMessageConverter(jsonMessageConverter());
return rabbitTemplate;
}
}
The problem is that when some exception is launched the message is not sent to DLQ queue.
Consumer:
#RabbitListener(queues = { "${rabbitmq.main.messages.queue}" })
public void recievedMessage(#Payload Mensagem item, Channel channel, #Header(AmqpHeaders.DELIVERY_TAG) long tag) throws InvalidMessageException {
if (item.getIdCliente().equals("69")) {
logger.info("Something went wrong to: " + item);
throw new InvalidMessageException();
} else {
logger.info("==> Message consumed successfully: " + item);
}
}
This is the configuration I have on my application.properties:
spring.rabbitmq.listener.simple.retry.enabled=true
spring.rabbitmq.listener.simple.retry.initial-interval=3s
spring.rabbitmq.listener.simple.retry.max-attempts=2
spring.rabbitmq.listener.simple.retry.multiplier=2
spring.rabbitmq.listener.simple.retry.max-interval=10s
When I throw an exception on purpose just to see the message moving to DLQ nothing happens. What's wrong here? What am I forgetting here?

Answer 1

Try adding
spring.rabbitmq.listener.simple.default-requeue-rejected=false
to your application.properties. I think the problem is that the failed deliveries are being requeued instead of being sent to the DLQ.