Change Message Visibility
sqs_change_message_visibility | R Documentation |
Changes the visibility timeout of a specified message in a queue to a new value¶
Description¶
Changes the visibility timeout of a specified message in a queue to a new value. The default visibility timeout for a message is 30 seconds. The minimum is 0 seconds. The maximum is 12 hours. For more information, see Visibility Timeout in the Amazon SQS Developer Guide.
For example, if the default timeout for a queue is 60 seconds, 15
seconds have elapsed since you received the message, and you send a
ChangeMessageVisibility call with VisibilityTimeout
set to 10 seconds,
the 10 seconds begin to count from the time that you make the
change_message_visibility
call. Thus, any attempt to change the
visibility timeout or to delete that message 10 seconds after you
initially change the visibility timeout (a total of 25 seconds) might
result in an error.
An Amazon SQS message has three basic states:
-
Sent to a queue by a producer.
-
Received from the queue by a consumer.
-
Deleted from the queue.
A message is considered to be stored after it is sent to a queue by a producer, but not yet received from the queue by a consumer (that is, between states 1 and 2). There is no limit to the number of stored messages. A message is considered to be in flight after it is received from a queue by a consumer, but not yet deleted from the queue (that is, between states 2 and 3). There is a limit to the number of in flight messages.
Limits that apply to in flight messages are unrelated to the unlimited number of stored messages.
For most standard queues (depending on queue traffic and message
backlog), there can be a maximum of approximately 120,000 in flight
messages (received from a queue by a consumer, but not yet deleted from
the queue). If you reach this limit, Amazon SQS returns the OverLimit
error message. To avoid reaching the limit, you should delete messages
from the queue after they're processed. You can also increase the number
of queues you use to process your messages. To request a limit increase,
file a support request.
For FIFO queues, there can be a maximum of 20,000 in flight messages (received from a queue by a consumer, but not yet deleted from the queue). If you reach this limit, Amazon SQS returns no error messages.
If you attempt to set the VisibilityTimeout
to a value greater than
the maximum time left, Amazon SQS returns an error. Amazon SQS doesn't
automatically recalculate and increase the timeout to the maximum
remaining time.
Unlike with a queue, when you change the visibility timeout for a
specific message the timeout value is applied immediately but isn't
saved in memory for that message. If you don't delete a message after it
is received, the visibility timeout for the message reverts to the
original timeout value (not to the value you set using the
change_message_visibility
action) the next time the message is
received.
Usage¶
Arguments¶
QueueUrl
[required] The URL of the Amazon SQS queue whose message's visibility is changed.
Queue URLs and names are case-sensitive.
ReceiptHandle
[required] The receipt handle associated with the message, whose visibility timeout is changed. This parameter is returned by the
receive_message
action.VisibilityTimeout
[required] The new value for the message's visibility timeout (in seconds). Values range:
0
to43200
. Maximum: 12 hours.
Value¶
An empty list.