the MQTT ProtocolManager does some playing with retaining, perhaps there's something wrong with reloading from journal on retaining. I was wondering if you could send us a test showing the issue with MQTT so we could see if there's anything specific to your test while using MQTT.
On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 4:22 AM, Francesco PADOVANI <francesco.padov...@bticino.it> wrote: > Unfortunately no (not yet). > > Anyway, it's a clean Artemis installation of version 1.5.1, made by > following the user manual instructions at > https://activemq.apache.org/artemis/docs/1.5.1/using-server.html. > > The installation was done by using a dedicated user and also the artemis > java process runs with this dedicated user. Attached you can find my > broker.xml configuration file: it's pretty much the same default created > during the installation procedure, but for the acceptors (which I've > customized for my MQTT purpose) and the addition of parameter > "<last-value-queue>true</last-value-queue>" inside the address-setting > section (but I tried with and without it and my issue persists). > > The only other configuration I changed is the heap size dedicated to the > process, by setting "-Xms4096M -Xmx4096M" among the JAVA_ARGS in the > artemis.profile file. > > > The platform where Artemis broker is installed is: > > > - Machine: > > It's an EC2 instance on AWS cloud of type m4.large: 2 vCPU, 8G RAM and SSD > storage. > > > - OS: > > CentOS Linux release 7.3.1611 (Core) - x86_64 > > > - JVM: > > java version "1.8.0_111" > Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_111-b14) > Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.111-b14, mixed mode) > > > - Distro package version of libaio: > > Arch : x86_64 > Version : 0.3.109 > Release : 13.el7 > > > It seems like the problem relates the Persistence (File Journal?). Until the > broker keeps the retained messages in ram it works. When it needs to recover > the retained messages from the file system, clients receive them with weird > chars. > And I suspect the same issue appears when RAM is full and messages start to > be paged... but this case is a bit more difficult to test in a systematic > way. > > > Francesco > > > > ________________________________ > From: Clebert Suconic <clebert.suco...@gmail.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2017 7:43 PM > To: users@activemq.apache.org > Subject: Re: MQTT retained messages with weird characters > > Do you have a working test you can share? > > On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 12:07 PM, Francesco PADOVANI > <francesco.padov...@bticino.it> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I'm trying the Apache Artemis Broker (ver. 1.5.1) for MQTT protocol. >> >> Exactly I'm testing the retained feature for messages of MQTT protocol. >> >> While the broker is up it seems to work well: >> >> a) a client publishes a retained message to a specific topic >> >> b) any client which then subscribes that topic receives the retained >> message (any time it re-subscribes the topic it receives the last retained >> message ...perfect!) >> >> But it happens a strange thing when I restart the broker. And I mean I >> restart the broker without any change on configuration: simply I make a >> "artemis-service stop" and "artemis-service start". After The broker is up >> and running, if a client subscribes the previous topic it still receives the >> retained message, but with weird characters appended to it. For new retained >> messages published it work well again... but the previous ones (before the >> broker restart) are sent all with these weird characters. E.g., the >> following is a retained message published before the broker restart: >> >> "test 25 for a retained message 20170110" >> >> And this is exactly how clients get it before the broker restart. >> >> Instead, after broker restart, the same retained message is received by >> clients in the following way: >> >> test 25 for a retained message 20170110? >> ? 6$sys.mqtt.retain..cro.test5 ? >> &mqtt.message.retain ? mqtt.qos.level >> >> >> Is this my bad configuration (but I don't know ehere)? Or anything else? >> Or what? >> >> Someone can help me? >> >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> >> Francesco >> >> ________________________________ >> >> Ce message, ainsi que tous les fichiers joints à ce message, peuvent >> contenir des informations sensibles et/ ou confidentielles ne devant pas >> être divulguées. Si vous n'êtes pas le destinataire de ce message (ou que >> vous recevez ce message par erreur), nous vous remercions de le notifier >> immédiatement à son expéditeur, et de détruire ce message. Toute copie, >> divulgation, modification, utilisation ou diffusion, non autorisée, directe >> ou indirecte, de tout ou partie de ce message, est strictement interdite. >> >> >> This e-mail, and any document attached hereby, may contain confidential >> and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or >> have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and >> destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorized, direct or indirect, copying, >> disclosure, distribution or other use of the material or parts thereof is >> strictly forbidden. > > > > -- > Clebert Suconic > > ________________________________ > > Ce message, ainsi que tous les fichiers joints à ce message, peuvent > contenir des informations sensibles et/ ou confidentielles ne devant pas > être divulguées. Si vous n'êtes pas le destinataire de ce message (ou que > vous recevez ce message par erreur), nous vous remercions de le notifier > immédiatement à son expéditeur, et de détruire ce message. Toute copie, > divulgation, modification, utilisation ou diffusion, non autorisée, directe > ou indirecte, de tout ou partie de ce message, est strictement interdite. > > > This e-mail, and any document attached hereby, may contain confidential > and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or > have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and > destroy this e-mail. 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