Apache ActiveMQ 5.5.0 Released

04/01/2011

Apache ActiveMQ 5.5.0 is primarily a maintenance release which resolves over 130 issues, mostly bug fixes and improvements

New Features in 5.5.0

  • Dependency on Java 1.6 (java 1.5 is no longer supported)
  • MDC logging (SLF4J)
  • Upgrade to camel 2.7.0
  • DLQ processing per durable subscription
  • New network connector MBeans
  • IOExceptionHandler for JDBC store
  • Added support for Apache Commons Daemon

Improvements in 5.5.0

  • Improved support for recovery of durable subscribers with priority support
  • Improved performance for offline durable subscriptions with large message backlogs (JDBC store)
  • better support for Guest login via JAAS