azure-messaging

Name: azure-messaging
Author: microsoft/skills

$npx mdskill add microsoft/skills/azure-messaging

Troubleshoot Azure Event Hubs and Service Bus SDK issues.

Diagnoses connection failures, authentication errors, and message processing problems.
Uses MCP tools for Event Hubs and Service Bus SDKs.
Analyzes AMQP errors, lock losses, and timeouts to identify root causes.
Provides step-by-step guidance and logging instructions for resolution.

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---
name: azure-messaging
description: "Troubleshoot and resolve issues with Azure Messaging SDKs for Event Hubs and Service Bus. Covers connection failures, authentication errors, message processing issues, and SDK configuration problems. WHEN: event hub SDK error, service bus SDK issue, messaging connection failure, AMQP error, event processor host issue, message lock lost, message lock expired, lock renewal, lock renewal batch, send timeout, receiver disconnected, SDK troubleshooting, azure messaging SDK, event hub consumer, service bus queue issue, topic subscription error, enable logging event hub, service bus logging, eventhub python, servicebus java, eventhub javascript, servicebus dotnet, event hub checkpoint, event hub not receiving messages, service bus dead letter, batch processing lock, session lock expired, idle timeout, connection inactive, link detach, slow reconnect, session error, duplicate events, offset reset, receive batch."
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: Microsoft
  version: "1.1.2"
---

# Azure Messaging SDK Troubleshooting

## Quick Reference

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| **Services** | Azure Event Hubs, Azure Service Bus |
| **MCP Tools** | `mcp_azure_mcp_eventhubs`, `mcp_azure_mcp_servicebus` |
| **Best For** | Diagnosing SDK connection, auth, and message processing issues |

## When to Use This Skill

- SDK connection failures, auth errors, or AMQP link errors
- Idle timeout, connection inactivity, or slow reconnection after disconnect
- AMQP link detach or detach-forced errors
- Message lock lost, message lock expired, lock renewal failures, or batch lock timeouts
- Session lock lost, session lock expired, or session receiver errors
- Event processor or message handler stops processing
- Duplicate events or checkpoint offset resets
- SDK configuration questions (retry, prefetch, batch size, receive batch behavior)

## MCP Tools

| Tool | Command | Use |
|------|---------|-----|
| `mcp_azure_mcp_eventhubs` | Namespace/hub ops | List namespaces, hubs, consumer groups |
| `mcp_azure_mcp_servicebus` | Queue/topic ops | List namespaces, queues, topics, subscriptions |
| `mcp_azure_mcp_monitor` | `logs_query` | Query diagnostic logs with KQL |
| `mcp_azure_mcp_resourcehealth` | `get` | Check service health status |
| `mcp_azure_mcp_documentation` | Doc search | Search Microsoft Learn for troubleshooting docs |

## Diagnosis Workflow

1. **Identify the SDK and version** — Check the prompt for SDK and version clues; if not stated, proceed with diagnosis and ask later if needed
2. **Check resource health** — Use `mcp_azure_mcp_resourcehealth` to verify the namespace is healthy
3. **Review the error message** — Match against language-specific troubleshooting guide
4. **Look up documentation** — Use `mcp_azure_mcp_documentation` to search Microsoft Learn for the error or topic
5. **Check configuration** — Verify connection string, entity name, consumer group
6. **Recommend fix** — Apply remediation, citing documentation found


## Troubleshooting Guides

Connectivity, SDK, and auth troubleshooting guides are located in the azure-diagnostics skill under `troubleshooting/messaging/`.

## References

- Use `mcp_azure_mcp_documentation` to search Microsoft Learn for latest guidance.

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