Message queue performance monitoring

A system for monitoring performance of a message queue for communication between processes, the system comprising a processor with machine readable instructions that causes the system to perform:

• an initiating process configured to publish a trigger message to a first topic in the message queue, wherein the trigger message identifies one or more performance metrics and at least a first process and a second process that communicate via the message queue;
• first and second processes, of which at least one is configured to receive the trigger message from the first topic in the message queue, perform a measurement on one or more messages exchanged between the first and second processes over the message queue, wherein the measurement determines the one or more performance metrics, and publish the one or more determined performance metrics to the second topic in the message queue;
• and
• a receiving process configured to retrieve the published performance metrics from the second topic in the message queue.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium that provides instructions that, if executed by a processor, will cause said processor to perform operations for monitoring performance of a message queue for communication between processes, wherein the operations comprise:

• by an initiating process, publishing a trigger message to a first topic in the message queue, wherein the trigger message identifies one or more performance metrics and at least two processes that communicate via the message queue;
• by one or more of the at least two processes:
• retrieving the trigger message from the first topic in the message queue;
• performing a measurement on one or more messages exchanged between the processes over the message queue, wherein the measurement determines the one or more performance metrics;
• publishing the one or more determined performance metrics to a second topic in the message queue;
• and
• at a receiving process, retrieving the published performance metrics from the second topic in the message queue.