Message queue replication with message ownership migration

The method including receiving, at a first node of a plurality of computing nodes, a message ownership migration request for a first message. The message ownership migration request can originate from a second node of the plurality of computing nodes. The first node can be an owner of the first message in a first instance of a message queue at the first node. The first message can be published from a first publisher to the message queue at one of the nodes of the plurality of computing nodes. The first message in the first instance of the message queue at the first node can be replicated at a second instance of the message queue at the second node. A first subscriber can be subscribed to the second instance of the message queue at the second node. The method also can include designating the second node as a new owner of the first message such that the first node is no longer the owner of the first message. The method further can include sending a message ownership migration notification for the first message from the first node to each of the other nodes of the plurality of computing nodes. The message ownership migration notification can identify the second node as the new owner of the first message. Other embodiments are provided.