[QPID-7424] [0-8..0-91] Consuming python client application is not notified of remotely closed connection

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: qpid-python-1.36.0
• Component/s: Python Client
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Keith Wall
• Created: 12/Sep/16 08:19
• Updated: 17/Mar/17 01:12
• Resolved: 26/Sep/16 09:25

Description

If a consuming python client application written against the old legacy 0-8..0-91 API suffers a disconnect from the Broker, the application (calling queue.get()) is unaware and will continue to wait indefinitely.

The disconnect may be caused by either management intervention, a broken socket or the enablement of heart-beating Broker-side. On the latter point, The legacy client does not support heat beating so the Broker will always close the connection as soon as the line goes quiet.