Jennifer88huang commented on a change in pull request #9125:
URL: https://github.com/apache/pulsar/pull/9125#discussion_r552619360
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File path: site2/docs/concepts-messaging.md
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@@ -242,6 +242,12 @@ A subscription is a named configuration rule that
determines how messages are de
> * If you want to achieve "message queuing" among consumers, share the same
> subscription name among multiple consumers(shared, failover, key_shared).
> * If you want to achieve both effects simultaneously, combine exclusive
> subscription mode with other subscription modes for consumers.
+### Consumerless Subscriptions and Their Corresponding Modes
+If, at any point in time, there are no consumers for a given subscription, a
subscription has no specified mode. This
+includes new subscriptions and existing subscriptions that no longer have any
consumers. As a consequence, there is no
+option to specify the subscription mode when creating a subscription. The mode
is established when the consumer makes its
+connection, and the mode can be "changed" by restarting all consumers with a
different configuration.
Review comment:
@michaeljmarshall thank you for your contribution. Could we refine it as
follows?
When a subscription has no consumers, you cannot specify the subscription
mode. You can specify the subscription mode when a consumer connects to the
subscription, and you can change the subscription mode by restarting all
consumers with a different configuration.
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