Steps to reproduce: 0) Uncomment line admin=admin,admin in etc/users.properties 1)before starting fuse in etc/activemq.xml substitute line: <transportConnector name= "openwire" uri= "tcp: //0.0.0.0:0?maximumConnections=1000" /> with <transportConnector name= "amqp" uri= "amqp: //0.0.0.0:5672" /> 2) Using the following dependencies: <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.qpid</groupId> <artifactId>qpid-amqp-1-0-client-jms</artifactId> <version>0.24</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId> <artifactId>geronimo-jms_1.1_spec</artifactId> <version>1.0</version> </dependency> I ran the following test: @Before public void init() throws JMSException, NamingException { //conFactiory= new ActiveMQConnectionFactory(BROKER_USERNAME,BROKER_PASSWORD,BROKER_URL); // JNDI lookup of JMS Connection Factory and JMS Destination Context context = new InitialContext(); conFactiory = (ConnectionFactory) context.lookup(CONNECTION_FACTORY_NAME); conn=conFactiory.createConnection(); session=conn.createSession( false ,Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE); conn.start(); } @Test public void testTextMessageQueue() throws JMSException, InterruptedException { Destination queue=session.createQueue(TEST_QUEUE); MessageProducer producer=session.createProducer(queue); // producer.setTimeToLive(250000000); System .out.println( "Here1" ); Message m=session.createTextMessage(Helper.createDataSize(1024)); System .out.println( "Here2" ); producer.send(m); System .out.println( "Here3" ); Thread .sleep(10 *1000); MessageConsumer consumer=session.createConsumer(queue); System .out.println(LOG_MESSAGE+ " Queue tests, receiving messages" ); Message message = consumer.receive(5000); Assert.assertNotNull(message); } @Test public void testTextMessageQueue() throws JMSException, InterruptedException { Destination queue=session.createQueue(TEST_QUEUE); MessageProducer producer=session.createProducer(queue); Message m=session.createTextMessage(Helper.createTextMessage(1024)); producer.send(m); Thread .sleep(10 *1000); MessageConsumer consumer=session.createConsumer(queue); System .out.println(LOG_MESSAGE+ " Queue tests, receiving messages" ); Message message = consumer.receive(5000); Assert.assertNotNull(message); } And it hangs on consumer.receive(5000);