I have PUB/SUB
program using zmq
broker ( node.js
).
Subscriber doesn't receive messages while subscriber is restarted and publisher is still publishing the messages. But PUB/SUB
is working fine when both publisher and subscriber services are started naturally. Reason behind this is unknown.
What could possibly be wrong?
While it is impossible to cover exactly a case of an undisclosed MCVE-design of using a PUB
-archetype, on Publisher side, and an unspecified number of SUB
-archetype nodes on the Subscribers' sides, there is one important fact.
Yes, the Design. Having read the API, user will be sure that
ZeroMQ does not guarrantee a message delivery
ZeroMQ PUB
-lisher does not wait and publishes a message for all connected SUB
-scribers, not waiting for late-joiners, nor providing any queue/persistence for not connected SUB
-scribers and discards all messages that were requested to PUB
-lish during times there are no SUB
-s connected.