### profile: details upstream deliberately sleeping 30s per request ### demo.upstream.timeout-ms = 750, so the indicator gives up long before the stub replies $ time curl -s http://localhost:8080/actuator/health/externalApi { "details": { "error": "org.springframework.web.client.ResourceAccessException: I/O error on GET request for \"http://localhost:8080/stub/upstream/ping\": Read timed out", "url": "http://localhost:8080/stub/upstream/ping", "latencyMs": 753, "timeoutMs": 750 }, "status": "DOWN" } wall clock: 0.84 s The read timeout is what bounds this, not the endpoint. Remove setReadTimeout from ExternalApiHealthIndicator and this call blocks for the full 30 seconds, holding a Tomcat worker the whole time.