I'm looking for a correct way to know when queues are idle.
"idle" = no messages were published for a predefined amount of time.
How can I use the /api/queues (or other API) for that?
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I am not sure your approach is totally correct since the statistics on the UI aren't in real-time and the value idle indicates the generic queue activities.
btw you can use the idle_since field:
$ curl -s -u guest:guest http://localhost:15672/api/queues/%2F/myqueue | jq '.' | grep idle_since
"idle_since": "2020-12-26 14:02:21",
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In my case the "idle_since" field does not exist. And the state is always "active" – user3599803 Dec 26 '20 at 19:25
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please read my answer, it is not `api/queues` but `/api/queues/%2F/myqueue` – Gabriele Santomaggio Dec 27 '20 at 09:36
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It is the same, the field "idle since" does not exist. It does exist on the "normal" installation of rabbitmq on a single node, but it does not exist on a clustered installation – user3599803 Dec 27 '20 at 15:47