Get Oldest Message in the Azure Service Bus Subscription

Question

Is there a method to get the oldest queued message in a subscription without having to go through all of the messages and use getEnqueuedTimeUTC? The difficulty with this strategy is that if you don't finish the message, it will return to the top of the queue. In essence, I'll be stuck in an endless circle.

What is the best way to locate the oldest message in my subscription?

Answer 1

The first message enqueued will be the first to be processed (if it was not previously scheduled). Peeking the queue with the PeekAsync() function of the queue or subscription clients will provide you information about the message, including the time it was enqueued.