PK97778: WEBSPHERE APPLICATION SERVER 7 DOES NOT HONOR THE VALUE FOR 'SEQUENTIAL FAILED MESSAGE THRESHOLD' CORRECTLY

Fixes are available

APAR status

Closed as program error.

Error description

WebSphere Application Server 7.x has a property for Activation
Specifications called 'Stop endpoint if message delivery fails'.
If no exception destination has been configured or strict
message ordering is in use, this value will be mistakenly
forced on
with 'Sequential failed message threshold' being set to '1'.
This setting causes the Message Driven Bean to stop processing
messages if an error is encountered. The correct behaviour is
for the 'Sequential failed message threshold' to be forced to
'1',
but not for 'Stop endpoint if message delivery fails' to be
enabled if it was disabled.
KEYWORDS Activation Spec
Sequential failed message threshold
Stop endpoint if message delivery fails

Local fix

Problem summary

****************************************************************
* USERS AFFECTED:  Users of the default messaging provider for *
*                  IBM WebSphere Application Server Version 7.0*
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* PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Message-driven bean stops processing    *
*                      messages after message delivery fails   *
****************************************************************
* RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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Message-driven beans consuming messages against a bus
destination that has strict message ordering enabled, or
does not have an exception destination configured,
stop consuming messages after a runtime exception is thrown by
the message-driven bean, even when the activation
specification 'Automatically stop endpoints on repeated
message failure' option is disabled.

The JVM logs of the server hosting the application logs one of
the following warning messages during application startup:

CWSIV0906W: The MDB maximum sequential message failure
configuration value has been changed from the value 0 to 1.

CWSIV0907W: The MDB maximum sequential message failure
configuration value has been changed from the value 0 to 1.

Problem conclusion

The fix for this APAR prevents the 'Automatically stop
endpoints on repeated message failure' option from being
enabled incorrectly for a message-driven bean consuming
against a destination without an exception destination, or
with strict message ordering enabled.

The fix for this APAR is currently targeted for inclusion in
fix pack 7.0.0.9.  Please refer to the Recommended Updates
page for delivery information:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg27004980

Temporary fix

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APAR Information

APAR number
PK97778
Reported component name
PLAT MSG COM
Reported component ID
620800101
Reported release
300
Status
CLOSED PER
PE
NoPE
HIPER
NoHIPER
Special Attention
NoSpecatt
Submitted date
2009-10-02
Closed date
2009-10-26
Last modified date
2009-10-26

APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:
APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

Fixed component name
PLAT MSG COM
Fixed component ID
620800101

Applicable component levels

R300 PSY
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Document Information

Modified date:
24 October 2021

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PK97778: WEBSPHERE APPLICATION SERVER 7 DOES NOT HONOR THE VALUE FOR 'SEQUENTIAL FAILED MESSAGE THRESHOLD' CORRECTLY

Fixes are available

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APAR status

Closed as program error.

Error description

Local fix

Problem summary

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

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APAR Information

APAR number

Reported component name

Reported component ID

Reported release

Status

PE

HIPER

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Submitted date

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Last modified date

APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

Fixed component name

Fixed component ID

Applicable component levels

R300 PSY

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