You are correct, I was mistaken. https://www.rabbitmq.com/amqp-0-9-1-reference.html#basic.deliver https://www.rabbitmq.com/amqp-0-9-1-reference.html#basic.del..

You are correct, I was mistaken. https://www.rabbitmq.com/amqp-0-9-1-reference.html#basic.deliver https://www.rabbitmq.com/amqp-0-9-1-reference.html#basic.del... The spec has a SHOULD for aborting after a retry count, but it doesn't appear to be exposed to clients.