Description of problem: Client does not respond to the max_prefetch option set at the connection level as <config-property name="connectionURL">amqp://guest:guest@client/test?max_prefetch='1000'&brokerlist='tcp://192.168.122.67:5672?sasl_mechs='PLAIN''</config-property> Please note that in case of JVM level max_prefetch, the option works as required Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): qpid-jca-0.18 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. create client on the provided connection factory with no transactions 2. read more than 500 messages Actual results: Client is able to read only 500 messages Expected results: Client reads up to 1000 messages