RabbitMQ messages disappearing mysteriously - node.js

Question

I have a node worker waiting for RabbitMQ messages. Today I made some changes to it, and now when I connect the dev instance, everything works—it appears to connect—but then the consume functions don't fire. Messages still disappear though like they've been consumed.
Rabbit.queue('consume', function (q) {
q.bind('consume');
// This fires
console.log('Listening to queue...');
q.subscribe(function (message) {
// This doesn't fire but message gets removed from queue
console.log(message);
init(message);
});
});

Answer 1

I had this same behavior using the RabbitMQ client in a C# console application:
using (var connection = factory.CreateConnection())
{
using (var channel = connection.CreateModel())
{
//Various RabbitMQ client magic that doesn't work
}
}
Console.WriteLine(" Press [enter] to exit.");
Console.ReadLine();
Note those last two lines. They keep the console open and running. Otherwise the app would have instantly closed. The problem was I put those two lines of code outside the using statement. Once you step passed the closing bracket of the using statement, the "used" object is disposed. So I was closing my connection and channel almost immediately after opening them. The solution was to put the Console lines INSIDE the using brackets:
using (var connection = factory.CreateConnection())
{
using (var channel = connection.CreateModel())
{
//Various RabbitMQ client magic that astounds and amazes
Console.WriteLine(" Press [enter] to exit.");
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
Obvious and trivial once you see it, but I wasted an hour on it. I don't know if this is analogous to anything you are doing in NodeJS, but perhaps it will help some other frustrated coder.