Hi Justin, I don't know the exact way to reproduce this problem. But I've the following trace, where it can be clearly noted that the file doesn't get closed.
2019-07-22 00:55:46 TRACE [org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.persistence.impl.journal.JournalStorageManager] Opening large message file with message-id=88,781,015,028 2019-07-22 00:55:46 TRACE [org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.persistence.impl.journal.JournalStorageManager] Closing large message file with message-id=88,781,015,028 2019-07-22 01:02:22 TRACE [org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.persistence.impl.journal.JournalStorageManager] Opening large message file with message-id=88,781,015,028 2019-07-22 01:02:22 TRACE [org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.persistence.impl.journal.JournalStorageManager] Opening decoding context file for large message with message-id=88,781,015,028 2019-07-22 01:02:22 TRACE [org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.persistence.impl.journal.JournalStorageManager] Closing decoding context file for large message with message-id=88,781,015,028 2019-07-22 01:02:23 TRACE [org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.persistence.impl.journal.JournalStorageManager] Opening large message file with message-id=88,781,015,028 2019-07-22 01:02:23 TRACE [org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.persistence.impl.journal.JournalStorageManager] Closing large message file with message-id=88,781,015,028 Hope this helps. -- Sent from: http://activemq.2283324.n4.nabble.com/ActiveMQ-User-f2341805.html