Hi Its not really Camel specific.
Clocks should be synchronized between servers when using JMS messaging. See for example: http://activemq.apache.org/timestampplugin.html Also check out the AMQ mailing list for debates about syncing clocks. On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 2:34 AM, bryan <brya...@gmail.com> wrote: > It seems Camel, when creating JMS (ActiveMQ) InOut exchanges from a client, > sets the expiration time on the message as local time + request timeout. The > server then uses its own local time to determine if the message is expired. > If the client and server do not have clocks that are in sync, the message > could get lost if the time difference is greater than the expiration time. > > I don't see a way to disable the expiration, as it is built into the way > Camel deals with reply messages for InOut exchanges. The only way would be > to disable the request timeout, which is not a desirable option. I still > want the client to timeout if it waits too long, but I don't want the > message at the JMS level to be expired. > > Is it fair to say that for InOut JMS messages, Camel requires that all > machines involved have synchronized clocks? It would be nice if the > communication protocol could detect the time difference between the server > and client, but that is more of an ActiveMQ issue I believe. Either that or > if there were a way to tell Camel not to set the message expiration. > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://camel.465427.n5.nabble.com/InOut-exchanges-require-synchronized-clocks-tp3411881p3411881.html > Sent from the Camel - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > -- Claus Ibsen ----------------- FuseSource Email: cib...@fusesource.com Web: http://fusesource.com Twitter: davsclaus Blog: http://davsclaus.blogspot.com/ Author of Camel in Action: http://www.manning.com/ibsen/