using session.unsubscribe("<subscriberName>") in below user case and encounter exception. javax.jms.JMSException: AMQ119005: error creating consumer, AMQ229200: Maximum Consumer Limit Reached on Queue:(address=topic.sample,queue=ClientID34569.MCVDurableSub2) [condition = amqp:internal-error] Use case Acknowledge mode as CLIENT_ACKNOWLEDGE Durable Subscriber picked the message from topic. Session.recover() is called which causes the redelivery of all unacknowledged messages. The application receives a subsequent messages and acknowledges it Application try to remove the Durable Subscriber and get the exception.