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## Overview {#overview}
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Direct reply-to is a feature that allows RPC (request/reply) clients with a design
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- similar to that demonstrated in [ tutorial 6] ( /tutorials ) to avoid
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- declaring a response queue per request .
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+ similar to that demonstrated in [ tutorial 6] ( /tutorials ) without requiring the creation
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+ of a reply queue.
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- ### Motivation {#motivation}
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+ ## Motivation {#motivation}
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RPC (request/reply) is a popular pattern to implement with a messaging broker
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like RabbitMQ. [ Tutorial 6] ( /tutorials ) demonstrates its implementation
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Where does the client's queue come from? The client can
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declare a single-use queue for each request-response pair. But
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- this is inefficient; even a transient unreplicated queue can be
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+ this is inefficient; even an unreplicated queue can be
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expensive to create and then delete (compared with the cost of
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sending a message). This is especially true in a cluster as all
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cluster nodes need to agree that the queue has been created,
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agree on its type, replication parameters, and other metadata.
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+ Therefore, the client should create a single reply queue for multiple RPC requests.
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- So alternatively the client can create a long-lived queue for
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- its replies. But this can be fiddly to manage, especially if the
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- client itself is not long-lived.
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- The direct reply-to feature allows RPC clients to receive
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- replies directly from their RPC server, without going through a
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- reply queue. "Directly" here still means going through the same connection
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- and a RabbitMQ node; there is no direct network connection
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- between RPC client and RPC server processes.
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+ The [ properties] ( queues#properties ) of this reply queue depend on the use case. For example:
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+ * ** [ Exclusive] ( queues#exclusive-queues ) queues** are commonly used when replies are consumed by a single client and deleted upon disconnection.
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+ * ** Non-exclusive queues** might be better suited for long-running tasks, ensuring replies persist even if the client disconnects temporarily.
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+ Direct reply-to eliminates the need for a reply queue entirely.
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+ It allows RPC clients to receive replies directly from their RPC server,
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+ without going through a reply queue. "Directly" here still means going through the same connection
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+ and a RabbitMQ node; there is no direct network connection between RPC client and RPC server processes.
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## How to Use Direct Reply-to {#usage}
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+ ## When to Use Direct Reply-to
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+ While clients should use long lived connections, direct reply-to is ideal for workloads with
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+ [ high connection churn] ( connections#high-connection-churn ) , where clients establish a connection
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+ for a single RPC and disconnect immediately after.
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+ By avoiding the creation of queue metadata in the [ metadata store] ( metadata-store ) , direct
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+ reply-to can reduce overhead and latency.
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+ For workloads with long-lived connections where clients perform multiple RPCs, the performance
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+ benefits of direct reply-to are not significant compared to [ classic queues] ( classic-queues ) .
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+ Modern RabbitMQ versions have optimized classic queues for low latency and minimal resource usage,
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+ making them similarly efficient in such scenarios.
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