Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) is a fully managed message queuing service that enables you to decouple and scale microservices, distributed systems, and serverless applications. It allows you to send, store, and receive messages between software components at any volume, without losing messages or requiring other services to be available.
When working with AWS SQS, you might encounter an error code: AWS.SimpleQueueService.InvalidVisibilityTimeout. This error indicates that there is an issue with the visibility timeout setting for your SQS queue.
The visibility timeout is a period during which a message is temporarily invisible to other consumers in the queue. This is crucial for ensuring that messages are not processed multiple times by different consumers.
The error AWS.SimpleQueueService.InvalidVisibilityTimeout occurs when the visibility timeout value set for a queue is outside the acceptable range. AWS SQS requires the visibility timeout to be between 0 and 43200 seconds (12 hours).
To resolve the AWS.SimpleQueueService.InvalidVisibilityTimeout error, follow these steps:
Check the current visibility timeout setting for your queue. You can do this using the AWS Management Console or AWS CLI.
aws sqs get-queue-attributes --queue-url --attribute-names VisibilityTimeout
If the visibility timeout is incorrect, update it to a valid value between 0 and 43200 seconds. Use the following command:
aws sqs set-queue-attributes --queue-url --attributes VisibilityTimeout=
After updating, verify the change to ensure that the visibility timeout is set correctly:
aws sqs get-queue-attributes --queue-url --attribute-names VisibilityTimeout
For more information on managing visibility timeouts, refer to the AWS SQS Visibility Timeout Documentation. For a deeper understanding of SQS and its features, visit the Amazon SQS product page.
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