---
title: Messaging configuration options
description: Used to filter out specific messaging queues/topics from being traced. This property should be set to an array containing one or more strings. When set,...
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/apm/agents/java/config-messaging
products:
  - APM Agent
  - APM Java Agent
applies_to:
  - Serverless Observability projects: Generally available
  - Elastic Stack: Generally available
  - Application Performance Monitoring Agent for Java: Generally available
---

# Messaging configuration options
## `ignore_message_queues`

Used to filter out specific messaging queues/topics from being traced.
This property should be set to an array containing one or more strings. When set, sends-to and receives-from the specified queues/topic will be ignored.
This option supports the wildcard `*`, which matches zero or more characters. Examples: `/foo/*/bar/*/baz*`, `*foo*`. Matching is case insensitive by default. Prepending an element with `(?-i)` makes the matching case sensitive.
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| Default  | Type | Dynamic |
|----------|------|---------|
| `<none>` | List | true    |


| Java System Properties              | Property file           | Environment                         |
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| `elastic.apm.ignore_message_queues` | `ignore_message_queues` | `ELASTIC_APM_IGNORE_MESSAGE_QUEUES` |


## `jms_listener_packages` (performance)

<applies-to>
  - Application Performance Monitoring Agent for Java: Generally available since 1.36
</applies-to>

Defines which packages contain JMS MessageListener implementations for instrumentation. When empty (default), all inner-classes or any classes that have *Listener* or *Message* in their names are considered.
This configuration option helps to make MessageListener type matching faster and improve application startup performance.
Starting from version 1.43.0, the classes that are part of the *application_packages* option are also included in the list of classes considered.

| Default  | Type       | Dynamic |
|----------|------------|---------|
| `<none>` | Collection | false   |


| Java System Properties              | Property file           | Environment                         |
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| `elastic.apm.jms_listener_packages` | `jms_listener_packages` | `ELASTIC_APM_JMS_LISTENER_PACKAGES` |


## `rabbitmq_naming_mode`

<applies-to>
  - Application Performance Monitoring Agent for Java: Generally available since 1.46
</applies-to>

Defines whether the agent should use the exchanges, the routing key or the queue for the naming of RabbitMQ Transactions. Valid options are `QUEUE`, `ROUTING_KEY` and `EXCHANGE`. Note that `QUEUE` only works when using RabbitMQ via spring-amqp and `ROUTING_KEY` only works for the non spring-client.
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Valid options: `EXCHANGE`, `QUEUE`, `ROUTING_KEY`

| Default    | Type               | Dynamic |
|------------|--------------------|---------|
| `EXCHANGE` | RabbitMQNamingMode | true    |


| Java System Properties             | Property file          | Environment                        |
|------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------|
| `elastic.apm.rabbitmq_naming_mode` | `rabbitmq_naming_mode` | `ELASTIC_APM_RABBITMQ_NAMING_MODE` |