Add the async module

Every @Async behaviour that surprises people, asserted by a test and captured
to docs/output/: the self-invocation trap, what CGLIB cannot override, the
IllegalArgumentException a plain return type throws, the unbounded queue that
makes max-size decoration, spring.task.execution.propagate-context (new in
Boot 4.1.0), the two Executor beans that leave @Async on an unpooled
SimpleAsyncTaskExecutor, and JEP 491 measured on JDK 21 against JDK 25.
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package com.ankurm.async;
import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.EnableAsync;
/**
* Entry point for the @Async demonstrations.
*
* <p>{@code @EnableAsync} is what installs {@code AsyncAnnotationBeanPostProcessor}. Spring Boot
* does <em>not</em> turn it on for you: without this annotation every {@code @Async} method in
* this project runs on the caller's thread and nothing warns you. That is the first and most
* boring way to lose a day &mdash; see docs/01-what-async-actually-does.md.
*/
@SpringBootApplication
@EnableAsync
public class AsyncDemoApplication {
public static void main(String[] args) {
SpringApplication.run(AsyncDemoApplication.class, args);
}
}
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package com.ankurm.async;
import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.Async;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
/** Reports what the async thread can see of the caller's {@link RequestId}. */
@Service
public class ContextService {
@Async
public CompletableFuture<String> readRequestId() {
return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(String.valueOf(RequestId.get()));
}
}
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package com.ankurm.async;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.core.task.TaskExecutor;
import org.springframework.scheduling.concurrent.ThreadPoolTaskExecutor;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
/**
* Prints the executors that actually exist in this context, rather than the ones you believe
* exist. Runtime state here is otherwise invisible: an {@code @Async} call that silently landed
* on {@code SimpleAsyncTaskExecutor} looks exactly like one that landed on a tuned pool until
* you read a thread name under load.
*
* <p>Delete this from anything you ship &mdash; it is a diagnostic, not a feature.
*/
@Component
public class ExecutorDiagnostics {
private final ApplicationContext context;
public ExecutorDiagnostics(ApplicationContext context) {
this.context = context;
}
public String report() {
StringBuilder out = new StringBuilder();
Map<String, Executor> executors = this.context.getBeansOfType(Executor.class);
out.append("Executor beans in this context: ").append(executors.size()).append('\n');
executors.forEach((name, executor) -> {
out.append(" ").append(name)
.append(" -> ").append(executor.getClass().getName())
.append(executor instanceof TaskExecutor ? " [TaskExecutor]" : "")
.append('\n');
if (executor instanceof ThreadPoolTaskExecutor pool) {
out.append(" corePoolSize=").append(pool.getCorePoolSize())
.append(" maxPoolSize=").append(pool.getMaxPoolSize())
.append(" queueCapacity=").append(pool.getQueueCapacity())
.append(" threadNamePrefix=").append(pool.getThreadNamePrefix())
.append('\n');
}
});
out.append("Bean named 'taskExecutor' present: ")
.append(this.context.containsBean("taskExecutor")).append('\n');
out.append("Bean named 'applicationTaskExecutor' present: ")
.append(this.context.containsBean("applicationTaskExecutor")).append('\n');
return out.toString();
}
}
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package com.ankurm.async;
import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Profile;
import org.springframework.scheduling.concurrent.ThreadPoolTaskExecutor;
/**
* Three ways to have an {@code Executor} bean, with three different outcomes for {@code @Async}.
*
* <p>Boot's {@code applicationTaskExecutor} is conditional on there being no {@code Executor}
* bean already (see {@code TaskExecutorConfigurations.OnExecutorCondition}). Declaring one of
* your own therefore removes Boot's, and what {@code @Async} does next depends entirely on how
* many candidates are left.
*
* <p>See docs/07-which-executor-runs-it.md.
*/
@Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
public class ExecutorSelectionConfig {
/**
* One custom executor. Boot backs off, this is the only candidate, {@code @Async} uses it.
* Threads are named {@code mine-N}.
*/
@Bean
@Profile("ownexecutor")
public Executor myExecutor() {
return build("mine-");
}
/**
* Two custom executors and neither is called {@code taskExecutor}. Boot still backs off, and
* {@code AsyncExecutionAspectSupport} cannot pick between them: it catches the
* {@code NoUniqueBeanDefinitionException}, looks for a bean literally named
* {@code taskExecutor}, does not find one, and falls back to a plain
* {@code SimpleAsyncTaskExecutor} &mdash; a new unpooled thread for every call, forever.
*/
@Bean
@Profile("twoexecutors")
public Executor reportsExecutor() {
return build("reports-");
}
@Bean
@Profile("twoexecutors")
public Executor emailsExecutor() {
return build("emails-");
}
private static ThreadPoolTaskExecutor build(String prefix) {
ThreadPoolTaskExecutor executor = new ThreadPoolTaskExecutor();
executor.setCorePoolSize(2);
executor.setMaxPoolSize(2);
executor.setThreadNamePrefix(prefix);
executor.initialize();
return executor;
}
}
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package com.ankurm.async;
import java.time.Duration;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
/**
* Measures whether blocking inside a {@code synchronized} block pins the carrier thread.
*
* <p>Every guide written before JDK 24 tells you not to combine virtual threads with
* {@code synchronized}, because a virtual thread that blocks while holding a monitor pins its
* carrier and the carrier cannot run anything else. JEP 491 (JDK 24) removed that. This probe is
* how you check rather than believe: it runs the same 32 tasks twice, once inside a
* {@code synchronized} block on a private monitor and once without, with the scheduler limited
* to two carrier threads.
*
* <p>If pinning happens, the synchronized run takes roughly {@code tasks / carriers * sleep}.
* If it does not, both runs take roughly {@code sleep}.
*
* <p>Run it with scripts/pinning-probe.sh, which sets the carrier count. See
* docs/08-virtual-threads-and-pinning.md.
*/
public final class PinningProbe {
private static final int TASKS = 32;
private static final Duration SLEEP = Duration.ofMillis(300);
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
System.out.println("java.version : " + System.getProperty("java.version"));
System.out.println("jdk.virtualThreadScheduler.parallelism: "
+ System.getProperty("jdk.virtualThreadScheduler.parallelism", "<unset>"));
System.out.println("tasks=" + TASKS + " sleep=" + SLEEP.toMillis() + "ms");
System.out.println();
long plain = run(false);
long guarded = run(true);
System.out.printf("no monitor held : %5d ms%n", plain);
System.out.printf("blocked inside synchronized: %5d ms%n", guarded);
System.out.println();
System.out.println("Pinned would be about " + (TASKS / 2) * SLEEP.toMillis()
+ " ms for the synchronized run (32 tasks / 2 carriers x 300 ms).");
System.out.println("Not pinned is about " + SLEEP.toMillis() + " ms for both.");
}
private static long run(boolean holdMonitor) throws InterruptedException {
List<Thread> threads = new ArrayList<>();
long start = System.nanoTime();
for (int i = 0; i < TASKS; i++) {
threads.add(Thread.ofVirtual().start(() -> task(holdMonitor)));
}
for (Thread t : threads) {
t.join();
}
return Duration.ofNanos(System.nanoTime() - start).toMillis();
}
private static void task(boolean holdMonitor) {
// A monitor per task, so nothing here is contended. The question is only whether the
// carrier thread is released while this virtual thread sleeps.
Object monitor = new Object();
try {
if (holdMonitor) {
synchronized (monitor) {
Thread.sleep(SLEEP);
}
}
else {
Thread.sleep(SLEEP);
}
}
catch (InterruptedException ex) {
Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
}
}
}
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package com.ankurm.async;
import io.micrometer.context.ContextRegistry;
import io.micrometer.context.ThreadLocalAccessor;
/**
* A ThreadLocal that survives the hop onto an {@code @Async} thread &mdash; but only because it
* is registered with micrometer's {@link ContextRegistry} and only when
* {@code spring.task.execution.propagate-context} is on.
*
* <p>{@code propagate-context} is new in Spring Boot 4.1.0. It was not present in 4.0.8 (checked
* by decompiling {@code TaskExecutionProperties} from both jars). It makes Boot decorate the
* auto-configured executor with {@code ContextPropagatingTaskDecorator}, which captures whatever
* is registered here at submission time and restores it around the task.
*
* <p>See docs/06-context-propagation.md.
*/
public final class RequestId {
public static final String KEY = "requestId";
private static final ThreadLocal<String> HOLDER = new ThreadLocal<>();
static {
ContextRegistry.getInstance().registerThreadLocalAccessor(new Accessor());
}
private RequestId() {
}
public static void set(String value) {
HOLDER.set(value);
}
public static String get() {
return HOLDER.get();
}
public static void clear() {
HOLDER.remove();
}
/** Touching this class runs the static initialiser that registers the accessor. */
public static void register() {
}
private static final class Accessor implements ThreadLocalAccessor<String> {
@Override
public Object key() {
return KEY;
}
@Override
public String getValue() {
return HOLDER.get();
}
@Override
public void setValue(String value) {
HOLDER.set(value);
}
@Override
public void setValue() {
HOLDER.remove();
}
}
}
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package com.ankurm.async;
import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.Async;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
/**
* Return types {@code @Async} supports, and the one that quietly returns null.
*
* <p>{@code AsyncExecutionAspectSupport.doSubmit} branches on the declared return type.
* {@code CompletableFuture} and {@code Future} are submitted and the handle is returned;
* {@code void} is submitted and {@code null} returned. Anything else &mdash; including a plain
* {@code String} &mdash; falls into the final {@code else} and throws
* {@code IllegalArgumentException: Invalid return type for async method (only Future and void
* supported)}. It is thrown to the caller, at call time, on every invocation. The widely
* repeated claim that such a method &ldquo;returns null&rdquo; is wrong; the method body never
* runs at all.
*
* <p>See docs/04-return-types-and-exceptions.md.
*/
@Service
public class ReturnTypeService {
@Async
public CompletableFuture<String> completableFuture() {
return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(Threads.describe());
}
/**
* Compiles cleanly and throws {@code IllegalArgumentException} on every call. Nothing about
* the signature is rejected at startup, so this is a runtime failure in whichever code path
* happens to reach it first.
*/
@Async
public String plainString() {
return Threads.describe();
}
/** Exception from a void method: the caller cannot see it. */
@Async
public void voidThatThrows() {
throw new IllegalStateException("thrown from a void @Async method");
}
/** Exception from a future-returning method: the caller can see it, if it looks. */
@Async
public CompletableFuture<String> futureThatThrows() {
throw new IllegalStateException("thrown from a CompletableFuture @Async method");
}
}
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package com.ankurm.async;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentSkipListSet;
import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.Async;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
/**
* Where the pool actually grows, and where it does not.
*
* <p>{@code ThreadPoolTaskExecutor} wraps a {@code ThreadPoolExecutor}, and {@code
* ThreadPoolExecutor} only creates a thread beyond the core size when the queue refuses a task.
* Spring Boot's default queue capacity is unbounded, so it never refuses, so the pool never grows
* past {@code spring.task.execution.pool.core-size} &mdash; whatever {@code max-size} says.
*
* <p>Each method records the distinct thread names it ran on. Counting them is the measurement.
*
* <p>See docs/05-pool-sizing.md.
*/
@Service
public class SaturationService {
private final Set<String> threadsSeen = new ConcurrentSkipListSet<>();
/**
* Blocks until released, so every concurrently running task holds its thread. That is what
* makes the number of distinct threads equal to the pool's real concurrency.
*/
@Async
public void occupyAThread(CountDownLatch arrived, CountDownLatch release) {
threadsSeen.add(Threads.name());
arrived.countDown();
try {
release.await(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
}
catch (InterruptedException ex) {
Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
}
}
public Set<String> threadsSeen() {
return Set.copyOf(this.threadsSeen);
}
public void reset() {
this.threadsSeen.clear();
}
}
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package com.ankurm.async;
import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.ObjectProvider;
import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.Async;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
/**
* The self-invocation trap, and the two ways out of it.
*
* <p>{@code @Async} is implemented by a proxy that wraps this bean. Every call that arrives from
* outside goes through the proxy and gets handed to an executor. Every call that starts
* <em>inside</em> this class is a plain {@code this.method()} invocation on the target object, so
* the proxy is never consulted and the method runs on the caller's thread. Nothing is logged.
*
* <p>See docs/02-the-self-invocation-trap.md.
*/
@Service
public class SelfInvocationService {
private final ObjectProvider<SelfInvocationService> self;
/**
* An {@code ObjectProvider} rather than a constructor-injected {@code SelfInvocationService}:
* the latter is a self-reference that Spring resolves, but it hands you the proxy only
* because of a special case, and it makes the cycle explicit in a way reviewers argue about.
* {@code ObjectProvider} is lazy, so there is no cycle to resolve at construction time.
*/
public SelfInvocationService(ObjectProvider<SelfInvocationService> self) {
this.self = self;
}
/**
* The annotated method. Reached through the proxy, it runs on an executor thread.
*/
@Async
public CompletableFuture<String> annotated() {
return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(Threads.describe());
}
/**
* The trap. {@code annotated()} here is {@code this.annotated()}, which never touches the
* proxy, so the work runs on whatever thread called {@code viaSelfInvocation()} and the
* returned future is already complete.
*/
public CompletableFuture<String> viaSelfInvocation() {
return annotated();
}
/**
* The fix that keeps the code in one class: go out through the proxy deliberately.
*/
public CompletableFuture<String> viaSelfReference() {
return self.getObject().annotated();
}
}
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package com.ankurm.async;
/**
* Thread description used by every transcript in docs/output/.
*
* <p>The whole project is built on one idea: instead of asserting which executor Spring picked,
* print the name of the thread the method actually ran on. Thread names are the only honest
* evidence, because {@code @Async} failing silently and {@code @Async} working look identical
* from the outside.
*/
public final class Threads {
private Threads() {
}
/** e.g. {@code task-1 (virtual=false)} or {@code VirtualThread[#42]/runnable (virtual=true)}. */
public static String describe() {
Thread t = Thread.currentThread();
return t.getName() + " (virtual=" + t.isVirtual() + ")";
}
/** Just the name, for assertions that care about the executor's thread-name prefix. */
public static String name() {
return Thread.currentThread().getName();
}
}
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package com.ankurm.async;
import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.Async;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
/**
* What CGLIB can and cannot override.
*
* <p>Spring Boot proxies with CGLIB by default ({@code spring.aop.proxy-target-class} is true),
* which means the proxy is a generated <em>subclass</em>. A subclass can override a public or
* protected method. It cannot override a {@code final} one, and it cannot see a private one.
* Both of those {@code @Async} annotations are therefore inert, and neither produces a warning.
*
* <p>See docs/03-what-the-proxy-cannot-see.md.
*/
@Service
public class VisibilityService {
@Async
public CompletableFuture<String> publicMethod() {
return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(Threads.describe());
}
/** Cannot be overridden by the CGLIB subclass, so the advice never runs. */
@Async
public final CompletableFuture<String> finalMethod() {
return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(Threads.describe());
}
/** Protected methods <em>can</em> be overridden by a subclass, so this one is advised. */
@Async
protected CompletableFuture<String> protectedMethod() {
return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(Threads.describe());
}
/** Reachable only from inside the class, so it is a self-invocation as well as private. */
@Async
@SuppressWarnings("unused")
private CompletableFuture<String> privateMethod() {
return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(Threads.describe());
}
/** Calls the protected one from outside its own {@code this}, via the caller's proxy. */
public CompletableFuture<String> callProtectedInternally() {
return protectedMethod();
}
}
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spring:
application:
name: async
# Nothing is set here on purpose. Every number in docs/output/executor-report.txt is a Spring
# Boot default, printed from the live bean rather than copied out of the reference guide.
# The profiles that change behaviour are in src/test/resources/ and in scripts/.
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package com.ankurm.async;
import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
/** The same pool with a bounded queue. One property changes; the concurrency triples. */
@SpringBootTest(properties = {
"spring.task.execution.pool.core-size=4",
"spring.task.execution.pool.max-size=12",
"spring.task.execution.pool.queue-capacity=4" })
class BoundedQueueTest {
@Autowired
private SaturationService service;
@Test
void aBoundedQueueIsWhatLetsThePoolGrow() throws Exception {
CountDownLatch release = new CountDownLatch(1);
CountDownLatch arrived = new CountDownLatch(12);
service.reset();
for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
service.occupyAThread(arrived, release);
}
assertThat(arrived.await(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS)).isTrue();
Thread.sleep(500);
int threads = service.threadsSeen().size();
release.countDown();
assertThat(threads).isEqualTo(12);
Capture.write("pool-bounded-queue.txt",
"core-size=4, max-size=12, queue-capacity=4, 16 blocking tasks",
"distinct threads that ran a task : " + threads + "\n"
+ "thread names : " + service.threadsSeen() + "\n"
+ "4 core threads, 4 tasks queued, 8 more threads created up to max-size.\n");
}
}
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package com.ankurm.async;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;
/** Writes a transcript under docs/output/ so every number in the article has a file behind it. */
final class Capture {
private Capture() {
}
static void write(String fileName, String heading, String body) {
Path dir = Path.of(System.getProperty("user.dir"), "docs", "output");
try {
Files.createDirectories(dir);
Files.writeString(dir.resolve(fileName), "== " + heading + " ==\n\n" + body + "\n");
}
catch (IOException ex) {
throw new IllegalStateException("could not write " + fileName, ex);
}
}
}
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package com.ankurm.async;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
/** The default: a ThreadLocal set by the caller is not visible to the @Async thread. */
@SpringBootTest
class ContextNotPropagatedTest {
@Autowired
private ContextService service;
@Test
void theAsyncThreadSeesNothing() throws Exception {
RequestId.set("req-4711");
try {
assertThat(service.readRequestId().get()).isEqualTo("null");
}
finally {
RequestId.clear();
}
}
}
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package com.ankurm.async;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
/**
* {@code spring.task.execution.propagate-context=true} &mdash; new in Spring Boot 4.1.0 &mdash;
* decorates the auto-configured executor so registered ThreadLocals survive the hop.
*/
@SpringBootTest(properties = "spring.task.execution.propagate-context=true")
class ContextPropagatedTest {
@Autowired
private ContextService service;
@Test
void onePropertyCarriesTheThreadLocalAcross() throws Exception {
RequestId.register();
RequestId.set("req-4711");
try {
String seen = service.readRequestId().get();
assertThat(seen).isEqualTo("req-4711");
Capture.write("context-propagation.txt",
"spring.task.execution.propagate-context (new in Boot 4.1.0)",
"caller thread : " + Threads.describe() + "\n"
+ "RequestId set : req-4711\n"
+ "@Async thread saw: " + seen + "\n");
}
finally {
RequestId.clear();
}
}
}
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package com.ankurm.async;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
/** Prints the stock context so the article's "defaults" table has a file behind it. */
@SpringBootTest
class ExecutorReportTest {
@Autowired
private ExecutorDiagnostics diagnostics;
@Test
void printStockContext() {
Capture.write("executor-report.txt",
"Stock Spring Boot 4.1.1 context, nothing configured", this.diagnostics.report());
}
}
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package com.ankurm.async;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
import org.springframework.test.context.ActiveProfiles;
import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
/**
* The same two custom executors, plus {@code spring.task.execution.mode=force}. Boot creates
* {@code applicationTaskExecutor} anyway and marks it as the one @Async should use.
*/
@SpringBootTest(properties = "spring.task.execution.mode=force")
@ActiveProfiles("twoexecutors")
class ForceModeTest {
@Autowired
private ReturnTypeService service;
@Autowired
private ExecutorDiagnostics diagnostics;
@Test
void forceRestoresTheApplicationTaskExecutor() throws Exception {
String ranOn = service.completableFuture().get();
assertThat(ranOn).startsWith("task-");
Capture.write("executor-force-mode.txt",
"Two custom Executor beans plus spring.task.execution.mode=force",
this.diagnostics.report() + "\n@Async ran on : " + ranOn + "\n");
}
}
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package com.ankurm.async;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
import org.springframework.test.context.ActiveProfiles;
import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
/** One Executor bean of your own: Boot backs off and @Async uses yours. */
@SpringBootTest
@ActiveProfiles("ownexecutor")
class OwnExecutorTest {
@Autowired
private ReturnTypeService service;
@Autowired
private ExecutorDiagnostics diagnostics;
@Test
void yourExecutorWins() throws Exception {
String ranOn = service.completableFuture().get();
assertThat(ranOn).startsWith("mine-");
Capture.write("executor-one-custom.txt", "A single custom Executor bean",
this.diagnostics.report() + "\n@Async ran on : " + ranOn + "\n");
}
}
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package com.ankurm.async;
import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatCode;
import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
/**
* Return types, and where the exceptions go.
*
* <p>The interesting assertion is the first one. A very common claim is that an {@code @Async}
* method with a plain return type quietly returns {@code null}; on Spring Framework 7.0.9 it
* throws, at the call site, before the body has run.
*/
@SpringBootTest
class ReturnTypeTest {
@Autowired
private ReturnTypeService service;
@Test
void aPlainReturnTypeThrowsAtTheCallSite() {
assertThatThrownBy(() -> service.plainString())
.isInstanceOf(IllegalArgumentException.class)
.hasMessage("Invalid return type for async method (only Future and void supported): "
+ "class java.lang.String");
}
@Test
void aFutureCarriesTheException() {
CompletableFuture<String> future = service.futureThatThrows();
assertThatThrownBy(() -> future.get(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS))
.isInstanceOf(ExecutionException.class)
.hasCauseInstanceOf(IllegalStateException.class);
}
@Test
void aVoidMethodThrowsNothingTheCallerCanSee() {
assertThatCode(() -> service.voidThatThrows()).doesNotThrowAnyException();
}
@Test
void capture() throws Exception {
String plain;
try {
plain = String.valueOf(service.plainString());
}
catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
plain = ex.getClass().getName() + ": " + ex.getMessage();
}
String futureOutcome;
try {
service.futureThatThrows().get(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
futureOutcome = "completed normally";
}
catch (ExecutionException ex) {
futureOutcome = ex.getCause().getClass().getSimpleName() + ": " + ex.getCause().getMessage();
}
service.voidThatThrows();
String body = """
completableFuture().get() : %s
plainString() : %s
futureThatThrows().get() : %s
voidThatThrows() : returned normally. The exception went to
SimpleAsyncUncaughtExceptionHandler, which logs it at
ERROR under the logger
o.s.a.i.SimpleAsyncUncaughtExceptionHandler and
discards it. The caller is never told.
""".formatted(service.completableFuture().get(), plain, futureOutcome);
Capture.write("return-types.txt", "What each @Async return type hands back", body);
assertThat(plain).contains("IllegalArgumentException");
}
}
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package com.ankurm.async;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
/**
* Proves the self-invocation trap by thread name rather than by timing, because a task that runs
* on the caller's thread and a task that runs quickly on a pool thread are indistinguishable by
* clock.
*/
@SpringBootTest
class SelfInvocationTest {
@Autowired
private SelfInvocationService service;
@Test
void throughTheProxyItIsAsynchronous() throws Exception {
assertThat(service.annotated().get()).startsWith("task-");
}
@Test
void selfInvocationSilentlyRunsOnTheCallerThread() throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
String callerThread = Threads.name();
String ranOn = service.viaSelfInvocation().get();
assertThat(ranOn).startsWith(callerThread);
assertThat(ranOn).doesNotStartWith("task-");
}
@Test
void goingBackOutThroughTheProxyRestoresIt() throws Exception {
assertThat(service.viaSelfReference().get()).startsWith("task-");
}
@Test
void capture() throws Exception {
String body = """
caller thread : %s
service.annotated() : %s
service.viaSelfInvocation() : %s
service.viaSelfReference() : %s
""".formatted(Threads.describe(), service.annotated().get(),
service.viaSelfInvocation().get(), service.viaSelfReference().get());
Capture.write("self-invocation.txt",
"Which thread each call actually ran on (Boot 4.1.1, JDK 25)", body);
}
}
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package com.ankurm.async;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
import org.springframework.test.context.ActiveProfiles;
import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
/**
* Two Executor beans and no bean named {@code taskExecutor}. Boot's applicationTaskExecutor is
* gone, neither of yours can be chosen, and @Async falls back to an unpooled
* SimpleAsyncTaskExecutor without saying so at any log level.
*/
@SpringBootTest
@ActiveProfiles("twoexecutors")
class TwoExecutorsTest {
@Autowired
private ReturnTypeService service;
@Autowired
private ExecutorDiagnostics diagnostics;
@Test
void neitherOfYoursIsUsed() throws Exception {
String ranOn = service.completableFuture().get();
assertThat(ranOn).doesNotStartWith("reports-");
assertThat(ranOn).doesNotStartWith("emails-");
assertThat(ranOn).doesNotStartWith("task-");
Capture.write("executor-two-custom.txt", "Two custom Executor beans, no 'taskExecutor'",
this.diagnostics.report() + "\n@Async ran on : " + ranOn + "\n");
}
}
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package com.ankurm.async;
import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
/**
* core-size 4, max-size 12, and the Boot default unbounded queue. Sixteen blocking tasks are
* submitted; four threads run them, because an unbounded queue never refuses a task and
* {@code ThreadPoolExecutor} only creates a non-core thread when the queue refuses one.
*/
@SpringBootTest(properties = {
"spring.task.execution.pool.core-size=4",
"spring.task.execution.pool.max-size=12" })
class UnboundedQueueTest {
@Autowired
private SaturationService service;
@Test
void maxSizeIsIgnoredWhenTheQueueIsUnbounded() throws Exception {
CountDownLatch release = new CountDownLatch(1);
CountDownLatch arrived = new CountDownLatch(4);
service.reset();
for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
service.occupyAThread(arrived, release);
}
assertThat(arrived.await(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS)).isTrue();
Thread.sleep(500);
int threads = service.threadsSeen().size();
release.countDown();
assertThat(threads).isEqualTo(4);
Capture.write("pool-unbounded-queue.txt",
"core-size=4, max-size=12, queue-capacity=<unbounded default>, 16 blocking tasks",
"distinct threads that ran a task : " + threads + "\n"
+ "thread names : " + service.threadsSeen() + "\n"
+ "max-size had no effect: the queue never refused a task.\n");
}
}
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package com.ankurm.async;
import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
import org.springframework.core.task.SimpleAsyncTaskExecutor;
import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
/**
* With virtual threads on, {@code applicationTaskExecutor} is a {@code SimpleAsyncTaskExecutor}
* over virtual threads. Note what that costs: the pool properties are still accepted and now
* mean nothing, and a {@code SimpleAsyncTaskExecutor} has no queue and, by default, no
* concurrency limit at all.
*/
@SpringBootTest(properties = {
"spring.threads.virtual.enabled=true",
"spring.task.execution.pool.core-size=4",
"spring.task.execution.pool.max-size=12" })
class VirtualThreadsTest {
@Autowired
private ReturnTypeService service;
@Autowired
@Qualifier("applicationTaskExecutor")
private Executor applicationTaskExecutor;
@Autowired
private ExecutorDiagnostics diagnostics;
@Test
void asyncRunsOnAVirtualThread() throws Exception {
String ranOn = service.completableFuture().get();
assertThat(ranOn).contains("virtual=true");
assertThat(this.applicationTaskExecutor).isInstanceOf(SimpleAsyncTaskExecutor.class);
Capture.write("virtual-threads.txt",
"spring.threads.virtual.enabled=true, with pool properties still set",
"applicationTaskExecutor : " + this.applicationTaskExecutor.getClass().getName() + "\n"
+ "@Async ran on : " + ranOn + "\n\n"
+ this.diagnostics.report());
}
}
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package com.ankurm.async;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
import org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
/** What the CGLIB subclass can and cannot override, measured. */
@SpringBootTest
class VisibilityTest {
@Autowired
private VisibilityService service;
@Test
void theBeanIsACglibProxy() {
assertThat(AopUtils.isCglibProxy(this.service)).isTrue();
}
@Test
void publicMethodIsAdvised() throws Exception {
assertThat(service.publicMethod().get()).startsWith("task-");
}
@Test
void finalMethodIsSilentlySynchronous() throws Exception {
assertThat(service.finalMethod().get()).doesNotStartWith("task-");
}
@Test
void protectedMethodIsAdvisedWhenCalledThroughTheProxy() throws Exception {
// Same package as the service, so the test can reach a protected method on the proxy.
assertThat(service.protectedMethod().get()).startsWith("task-");
}
@Test
void capture() throws Exception {
String body = """
proxy class : %s
isCglibProxy : %s
publicMethod() : %s
finalMethod() : %s
protectedMethod() via the proxy : %s
callProtectedInternally() : %s
""".formatted(service.getClass().getName(), AopUtils.isCglibProxy(this.service),
service.publicMethod().get(), service.finalMethod().get(),
service.protectedMethod().get(), service.callProtectedInternally().get());
Capture.write("visibility.txt", "@Async against final, protected and private methods", body);
}
}