Quickfix/j doesn't attempt to connect to the specified socket-CodePudding

I am using QuickFix/J 2.3.1 (same results with 2.3.0). I have a rather straightforward spring boot application, where a FIX service is one of the beans. It creates an initiator. Until recently everything worked fine. Suddenly I stumbled into the following issue - quickfix doesn't seem to even attempt to open a connection to the specified host:port. I do suspect that this can be something to do with my code, but so far I don't have a clue on how to figure out what is going on.

Here is the initialisation code (Kotlin):

    @PostConstruct
override fun start() {
    logger.info("Using config file {}", config.tradingServiceConfig.quickFixConfigFile)

    val sessionSettings = SessionSettings(config.tradingServiceConfig.quickFixConfigFile)
    val messageStoreFactory = FileStoreFactory(sessionSettings)
    val messageFactory = DefaultMessageFactory()
    initiator = SocketInitiator(
        this,
        messageStoreFactory,
        sessionSettings,
        SLF4JLogFactory(sessionSettings),
        messageFactory
    )
    logger.info("Calling initiator start")
    initiator?.start()

    logger.info("Initiator startup finished")
}

Here is the corresponding piece of log:

2021-12-12 22:20:48.962  INFO 94182 --- [  restartedMain] i.s.trading.gateway.service.FixService   : Calling initiator start
2021-12-12 22:20:49.157  INFO 94182 --- [  restartedMain] quickfix.DefaultSessionSchedule          : [FIX.4.2:XXX_STAGE_UAT->YYY_XXX_STAGE_UAT] daily, 08:00:00-UTC - 08:45:00-UTC
2021-12-12 22:20:49.180  INFO 94182 --- [  restartedMain] quickfixj.event                          : FIX.4.2:XXX_STAGE_UAT->YYY_XXX_STAGE_UAT: Session FIX.4.2:XXX_STAGE_UAT->YYY_XXX_STAGE_UAT schedule is daily, 08:00:00-UTC - 08:45:00-UTC
2021-12-12 22:20:49.181  INFO 94182 --- [  restartedMain] quickfixj.event                          : FIX.4.2:XXX_STAGE_UAT->YYY_XXX_STAGE_UAT: Session state is not current; resetting FIX.4.2:XXX_STAGE_UAT->YYY_XXX_STAGE_UAT
2021-12-12 22:20:49.185  INFO 94182 --- [  restartedMain] quickfixj.event                          : FIX.4.2:XXX_STAGE_UAT->YYY_XXX_STAGE_UAT: Created session: FIX.4.2:XXX_STAGE_UAT->YYY_XXX_STAGE_UAT
2021-12-12 22:20:49.186  INFO 94182 --- [  restartedMain] i.s.t.gateway.service.FixServiceBase     : New session started: FIX.4.2:XXX_STAGE_UAT->YYY_XXX_STAGE_UAT}
2021-12-12 22:20:49.193  INFO 94182 --- [  restartedMain] quickfix.mina.NetworkingOptions          : Socket option: SocketTcpNoDelay=true
2021-12-12 22:20:49.194  INFO 94182 --- [  restartedMain] quickfix.mina.NetworkingOptions          : Socket option: SocketSynchronousWrites=false
2021-12-12 22:20:49.194  INFO 94182 --- [  restartedMain] quickfix.mina.NetworkingOptions          : Socket option: SocketSynchronousWriteTimeout=30000
2021-12-12 22:20:49.276  INFO 94182 --- [  restartedMain] quickfixj.event                          : FIX.4.2:XXX_STAGE_UAT->YYY_XXX_STAGE_UAT: Configured socket addresses for session: [localhost/127.0.0.1:10669]
2021-12-12 22:20:49.277  INFO 94182 --- [  restartedMain] quickfix.SocketInitiator                 : SessionTimer started
2021-12-12 22:20:49.280  INFO 94182 --- [  restartedMain] i.s.trading.gateway.service.FixService   : Initiator startup finished
2021-12-12 22:20:49.280  INFO 94182 --- [ssage Processor] quickfix.SocketInitiator                 : Started QFJ Message Processor

No other FIX, including quickfix, messages appear in the log. And I can see via netstat that not even an attempt is made to connect to the specified socket. I tried stopping the process in debugger to see what was going on, but couldn't see anything obvious.

As I said before, this used to work just fine a week or so ago when I last tried, that's why I'm so puzzled.

Any thoughts on how to debug the issue?

CodePudding user response：

You seem to have configured the initiator to connect to the acceptor on a daily basis, between 08:00:00-UTC and 08:45:00-UTC.

Try increasing the date range (i. e. 08:00:00 to 18:00:00) and see if you get connected.

PS: If you're using quickfixj and Spring, have a look at QuickFixJ Spring Boot starter in Github https://github.com/esanchezros/quickfixj-spring-boot-starter