ActiveMQ Classic 5.19.1 Release

Apache ActiveMQ Classic 5.19.1 was released on Oct 11th, 2025.

This is a maintenance release on the 5.19.x series, including:

• fix on the network of broker TTL management
• fix expiration of persistent messages on durable subscriptions
• fix maxMessageSize behavior changed for value -1 (since 5.19.0)
• fix performance issues with non-persistent message removal from topic/durable subscriptions
• fix FilePendingMessageCursor clear() method
• fix Kahadb checkpoint runner thread dies without catching exception
• fix backup only recovers one message
• fix KahaDB error while recovering topics with no pending acks and TRACE logging enabled
• several dependency updates

You can find details on the release notes.

Getting the Binary Distributions

Java compatibility: 11+

Verify the Integrity of Downloads

It is essential that you verify the integrity of the downloaded files using the ASC signature or SHA checksum.

The ASC signatures can be verified using PGP or GPG. Begin by following these steps:

1. Download the KEYS file.
2. Download the .asc signature for the relevant distribution file.
3. Verify the signature.
   • If using GPG:

      $ gpg --import KEYS
      $ gpg --verify <file-name>.asc <file-name>
     

   • If using PGP:

      $ pgp -ka KEYS
      $ pgp <file-name>.asc
     

Alternatively you can [also] verify the SHA-512 checksum of the file. For example, using the sha512sum command:

$ sha512sum -c <file-name>.sha512

Getting the Binaries using Maven 3

To use this release in your maven project, the simplest dependency that you can use in your Maven POM is:

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
  <artifactId>activemq-all</artifactId>
  <version>5.19.1</version>
</dependency>

If you need more fine grained control of your dependencies (activemq-all is an uber jar) pick and choose from the various components activemq-client, activemq-broker, activemq-xx-store etc.

Getting the Source Code

Source Distributions

Change Log

For a more detailed view of new features and bug fixes, see the release notes

Also see the previous ActiveMQ Classic 5.19.0 Release