apache camel idempotent consumer key removal - apache-camel

Question

I have a setup like below.
The issue I have is that the key from the Idempotent Repository is not being removed when an exception is thrown (on line stated below) when using seda component within OnException. When I change to use direct within the OnException the key is removed from the cache. On both trials the email is also being sent correctly.
My queries are:
why is the key not being removed from the repository cache when using seda within the OnException?
is there an issue with using seda within the OnException?
Here is the routes:
MyRouteClass1
onException(Exception.class)
.setHeader("subjectText", simple("failure email!"))
.to("seda:notifySupportOnFailure")
.end();
from("direct:findWorkItems")
.bean(someService, "findWorkItems")
.split(body())
.throttle(1).timePeriodMillis(5000L)
.to("direct:handleWorkItem")
.choice().when(header("resultId").isGreaterThan(0))
.bean(someService, "updateWorkItemToHandled")
.end();
from("direct:handleWorkItem")
.idempotentConsumer(simple("${body.workItemId}"), duplicatesRepo)
.bean(someService, "handleWorkItem") // e.g. exception would be thrown within here
.setHeader("resultId", body())
.end();
MyRouteClass2
from("seda:notifySupportOnFailure")
.setHeader("from", simple("sender#mail.com"))
.setHeader("to", simple("recipient#mail.com"))
.setBody(simple("Failure:\n ${exception.message} \n\ndetail: \n${body}"))
.to("smtp://localhost")
.log("Failure email now sent.")
.end();
I have also attempted another workaround. I have modified the onException clause as per below. This does allow the key to be removed from the Repository when the exception is thrown. I am wondering if this is a correct approach ?
onException(Exception.class)
.setHeader("subjectText", simple("failure email!"))
.multicast().to("seda:notifySupportOnFailure").end()
.end();

Answer 1

A work around would be to put the idempotentConsumer call in your parent route 'findWorkItems' and setting the completionEager flag on it to true.
onException(Exception.class)
.setHeader("subjectText", simple("failure email!"))
.to("seda:notifySupportOnFailure")
.end();
from("direct:findWorkItems")
.idempotentConsumer(simple("${body.workItemId}"), duplicatesRepo).completionEager(true)
.bean(someService, "findWorkItems")
.split(body())
.throttle(1).timePeriodMillis(5000L)
.to("direct:handleWorkItem")
.choice().when(header("resultId").isGreaterThan(0))
.bean(someService, "updateWorkItemToHandled")
.end();
from("direct:handleWorkItem")
.bean(someService, "handleWorkItem") // e.g. exception would be thrown within here
.setHeader("resultId", body())
.end();