Policy based message cryptographic expiry

A system, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• one or more processors in communication with the memory, wherein system is configured to perform a method, the method comprising:
• publishing, by the one or more processors, a message to a location at a message provider, wherein the message was obtained from a message producer;
• identifying, by the one or more processors, a policy associated with the message producer of the published message, the policy comprising a directive to calculate an expiry of the message, wherein applying the policy comprises:
• accessing the identified configuration data to obtain the directive;
• and
• based on obtaining the directive, calculating a time period in which the published message has not reached the expiry;
• obtaining, by the one or more processors, a request from a message consumer for the published message, wherein the message consumer is a subscriber to the location at the message provider;
• based on obtaining the request, determining, by the one or more processors, whether the published message has reached the expiry;
• based on the expiry of the published message being reached, sending a report message;
• and
• based on the expiry of message not being reached, providing the published message to the message consumer.

A computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to:
• publish, by the one or more processors, a message to a location at a message provider, wherein the message was obtained from a message producer;
• identify, by the one or more processors, a policy associated with the message producer of the published message, the policy comprising a directive to calculate an expiry of the message, wherein applying the policy comprises:
• access the identified configuration data to obtain the directive;
• and
• based on obtaining the directive, calculate a time period in which the published message has not reached the expiry;
• obtain, by the one or more processors, a request from a message consumer for the published message, wherein the message consumer is a subscriber to the location at the message provider;
• based on obtaining the request, determine, by the one or more processors, whether the published message has reached the expiry;
• based on the expiry of the published message being reached, send a report message;
• and
• based on the expiry of message not being reached, provide the published message to the message consumer.