KeepFailedMessages

Persist failed messages for resending after restart.

This parameter applies to omkafka: write to Apache Kafka.

Name:

KeepFailedMessages

Scope:

action

Type:

boolean

Default:

action=off

Required?:

no

Introduced:

at least 8.x, possibly earlier

Description

If enabled, failed messages will be saved and loaded on shutdown/startup and resent after startup when Kafka is available. This setting requires resubmitOnFailure to be enabled.

Action usage

action(type="omkafka" KeepFailedMessages="on")

Notes

• Originally documented as “binary”; uses boolean values.

See also

See also omkafka: write to Apache Kafka.

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