RabbitMQ Message Timestamp Plugin

This plugin fills the timestamp property and timestamp_in_ms header of a message as it enters RabbitMQ with the current (server node) timestamp value.

Supported RabbitMQ Versions

This plugin targets RabbitMQ 3.6.0 until 3.11.

⚠️ Starting in RabbitMQ 3.12, this plugin is deprecated ⚠️

In RabbitMQ 3.12 and later versions, instead of using this plugin, use the following rabbitmq.conf snippet:

message_interceptors.incoming.set_header_timestamp.overwrite = false

To allow timestamps being overwritten use:

message_interceptors.incoming.set_header_timestamp.overwrite = true

Limitations

This plugin cannot be used together with rabbitmq-routing-node-stamp as they override the same extension point.

Installation

Binary builds of this plugin can be obtained from the Community Plugins page.

See Plugin Installation for details about how to install plugins that do not ship with RabbitMQ.

Building from Source

You can build and install it like any other plugin (see the plugin development guide).

Usage

Just enable the plugin with the following command:

rabbitmq-plugins enable rabbitmq_message_timestamp

The plugin will then hook into the basic.publish process in order to add the current timestamp as seen by the broker.

Always overwrite timestamps

This plugin will not overwrite an existing timestamp on a message. To always overwrite, create an advanced.config file for RabbitMQ with the following content, or add the rabbitmq_message_timestamp term to your existing file:

[
    {rabbitmq_message_timestamp, [
        {overwrite_timestamps, true}
    ]}
].

Limitations

The plugin hooks into the basic.publish path, so expect a small throughput reduction when using this plugin, since it has to modify every message that crosses RabbitMQ.

This plugin should not be enabled at the same time as any other interceptors that hook into the basic.publish process, such as the rabbitmq-routing-node-stamp plugin. Enabling more than one interceptor that is registered to the basic.publish process will cause all AMQP 0-9-1 connections to fail when creating a new channel.

If there's enough demand, we could add in the future a way for only time-stamping messages that crosses certain exchanges, say by applying policies.

LICENSE

See the LICENSE file