https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQ-2730 - test to validate there is no implicit limit on reconnects due to the task runner exceeding its iterations, if the task is not complete it re queues it, so at least on trunk, the taskrunner issue is resolved
activemq/trunk/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/failover/FailoverTransport.java