Send/Receive Message in a Terminated Process

Question

Hi, 
 
 What happens when a message is sent (using Send Message Service) to a targeted process instance' receive message but the targeted process instance is already terminated ? 
 What happens to the message ? Does it gets stored in queue forever ? 
 I tried this but there was no error or warning in the process which sent the message and there was no change in targeted process instance or its receive message node ! 
 
 Thanks & Regards, 
 Sathish

ChristineH · Accepted Answer

Once a process instance is terminated, all active nodes are &#x27;stopped/completed&#x27;. For example, quick tasks are no longer available, timers are no longer running, and in your case receive messages are no longer listening (and you won&#x27;t get an error). 
Hope that helps.

Shashank · Answer

Hi , 
 
In case you have a chance please have a look at the following 
 docs.appian.com/.../Send_Message_Event.html 
 
There is a statement which states "If no Receive Message events are active in the destination process model, the message sent is lost." , 
 
So as per the statement above, even in your case we can infer that the message is lost . 
 
Hope this helps !!