How to fix the Oracle error ORA-32827: Messaging Gateway agent must be shut down?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-32827: Messaging Gateway agent must be shut down with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-32827: Messaging Gateway agent must be shut down

Reason for the Error ORA-32827: Messaging Gateway agent must be shut down

An operation was attempted that requires the Messaging Gateway agent to be shut down.

How to fix the Error ORA-32827: Messaging Gateway agent must be shut down ?

You can fix this error in Oracle by following the below steps

Issue SHUTDOWN, wait for MGW_GATEWAY view to show a NOT_STARTED status, and retry the operation. CLEANUP_GATEWAY may need to be issued to reset the gateway state if the agent fails to shut down after a reasonable time period.