JetStream Transport

Package github.com/foomo/goflux/transport/jetstream

The JetStream transport provides durable, acknowledged messaging on top of NATS JetStream. It supports both push and pull consumers through the unified Subscriber[T] interface, with auto or manual ack.

Interfaces

Interface	Implemented
Publisher[T]	Yes
Subscriber[T]	Yes
Requester[Req, Resp]	No (use NATS core)
Responder[Req, Resp]	No (use NATS core)

Publisher

func NewPublisher[T any](js jetstream.JetStream, encoder goencode.Encoder[T, []byte], opts ...Option) *Publisher[T]

Publish encodes the value, injects OTel context and goflux headers into NATS message headers, and publishes to the JetStream stream. The JetStream server acknowledges persistence.

Close is a no-op. The caller owns the jetstream.JetStream handle and the underlying *nats.Conn.

Subscriber

func NewSubscriber[T any](consumer jetstream.Consumer, decoder goencode.Decoder[T, []byte], opts ...Option) *Subscriber[T]

Subscribe starts a consumption loop using the JetStream consumer's Consume() method, which works for both push and pull consumers. It blocks until the context is cancelled, then stops the consume context. Decode failures cause the message to be terminated (msg.Term()).

Close is a no-op.

Auto-ack (default)

With the default configuration, acknowledgement is handled automatically:

• Handler returns nil -- message is acked.
• Handler returns an error -- message is naked (redelivered).

Manual ack

With WithManualAck(), the handler is responsible for calling the appropriate method on the message:

• msg.Ack() -- acknowledge successful processing.
• msg.Nak() -- negative acknowledge, triggers redelivery.
• msg.NakWithDelay(d) -- negative acknowledge with a delay before redelivery.
• msg.Term() -- terminate the message (no further redelivery).

Stream Helper

func NewStream(ctx context.Context, nc *nats.Conn, cfg jetstream.StreamConfig, opts ...jetstream.JetStreamOpt) (jetstream.JetStream, error)

NewStream is a convenience function that creates a jetstream.JetStream handle and idempotently creates the stream described by cfg. If the stream already exists, the error is suppressed. The operation has a 10-second timeout.

Options

Option	Applies to	Description
WithTelemetry(t *goflux.Telemetry)	All	Sets the OTel telemetry instance. A default is created from OTel globals if not provided.
WithManualAck()	Subscriber	Disables auto-ack. The handler must call msg.Ack(), msg.Nak(), msg.NakWithDelay(), or msg.Term() on every message.

Behavior

• Caller owns connections -- the caller is responsible for the jetstream.JetStream handle and the jetstream.Consumer. Close() on all types is a no-op.
• Stream and consumer configuration -- retention policy, delivery policy, replay policy, and other JetStream settings are configured via jetstream.StreamConfig and jetstream.ConsumerConfig directly. goflux does not abstract these.
• OTel context propagation -- uses span links (not parent-child) because async messaging is temporally decoupled. The producer's span context is extracted and attached as a link on the consumer span.
• Message ID -- if goflux.MessageID(ctx) is set, it is propagated via the X-Message-ID header.

Push Subscriber with Auto-Ack

package main

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"log"

	"github.com/foomo/goencode/json"
	"github.com/foomo/goflux"
	gofluxjs "github.com/foomo/goflux/transport/jetstream"
	"github.com/nats-io/nats.go"
	"github.com/nats-io/nats.go/jetstream"
)

type Event struct {
	ID   string `json:"id"`
	Name string `json:"name"`
}

func main() {
	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
	defer cancel()

	nc, err := nats.Connect(nats.DefaultURL)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	defer nc.Close()

	codec := json.NewCodec[Event]()

	// Create stream (idempotent).
	js, err := gofluxjs.NewStream(ctx, nc, jetstream.StreamConfig{
		Name:     "EVENTS",
		Subjects: []string{"events.>"},
	})
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

	// Create a durable consumer.
	cons, err := js.CreateOrUpdateConsumer(ctx, "EVENTS", jetstream.ConsumerConfig{
		Durable:       "event-processor",
		FilterSubject: "events.created",
	})
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

	// Publish a message.
	pub := gofluxjs.NewPublisher[Event](js, codec.Encode)
	if err := pub.Publish(ctx, "events.created", Event{ID: "1", Name: "signup"}); err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

	// Subscribe with auto-ack (default).
	sub := gofluxjs.NewSubscriber[Event](cons, codec.Decode)
	go func() {
		_ = sub.Subscribe(ctx, "events.created", func(ctx context.Context, msg goflux.Message[Event]) error {
			fmt.Printf("received: %s %s\n", msg.Payload.ID, msg.Payload.Name)
			return nil // auto-acked
		})
	}()
}

Manual Ack with NakWithDelay

sub := gofluxjs.NewSubscriber[Event](cons, codec.Decode, gofluxjs.WithManualAck())

go func() {
	_ = sub.Subscribe(ctx, "events.created", func(ctx context.Context, msg goflux.Message[Event]) error {
		if err := process(msg.Payload); err != nil {
			if isRetryable(err) {
				// Redeliver after 5 seconds.
				return msg.NakWithDelay(5 * time.Second)
			}
			// Poison message -- terminate, no further redelivery.
			return msg.Term()
		}

		return msg.Ack()
	})
}()

Pull Consumer with Subscriber

JetStream pull consumers use the same Subscriber[T] interface. Configure the JetStream consumer with AckPolicy: jetstream.AckExplicitPolicy and use WithManualAck() combined with middleware for ack control:

cons, _ := js.CreateOrUpdateConsumer(ctx, "EVENTS", jetstream.ConsumerConfig{
	Durable:   "event-puller",
	AckPolicy: jetstream.AckExplicitPolicy,
})

codec := json.NewCodec[Event]()
sub := gofluxjs.NewSubscriber[Event](cons, codec.Decode, gofluxjs.WithManualAck())

// Use ToStream + goflow for bounded concurrency.
stream := goflux.ToStream[Event](ctx, sub, "events.created", 16)

policy := middleware.NewRetryPolicy(5 * time.Second)
go func() {
	_ = stream.Process(5, func(ctx context.Context, msg goflux.Message[Event]) error {
		fmt.Printf("pulled: %s %s\n", msg.Payload.ID, msg.Payload.Name)
		err := processEvent(msg.Payload)
		if err != nil {
			d := policy(err)
			switch d.Action {
			case middleware.RetryNakWithDelay:
				return msg.NakWithDelay(d.Delay)
			case middleware.RetryTerm:
				return msg.Term()
			default:
				return msg.Nak()
			}
		}
		return msg.Ack()
	})
}()