Yes this is a known issue. If you have messages hanging around in a destination for a long time, then sure, they'll stop the file from being reclaimed. Although I'm not convinced this is a major problem, more of an edge case. In later JBM versions, we should probably remedy this by adding compacting to files to. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4167657#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...