Spring Boot @Async method executing synchronously

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This is very similar to the other question here: Spring Boot @Async method in controller is executing synchronously. However my @Service method annotated with @Async is still executing synchronously. I've tried all methods from different forums to no use. Hopefully someone could help me figure out why. A simple spring boot project as below doesn't work.

AsyncConfiguration.java

@Configuration
@EnableAsync
public class AsyncConfiguration(){}

SomeService.java

@Service
public class SomeService() {
  @Async
  public void doSomething() {
    try {
      Thread.sleep(5000L);
    } catch (Exception ignore){}
  }
}

SomeController.java

@Controller
public class SomeController() {

  @Inject SomeService someService;

  @RequestMapping(value="/", method=RequestMethod.POST)
  public String doStuff() {
    someService.doSomething();
    return "mytemplate";
  }
}

you have a @Configuration on your AsyncConfiguration right? — Stephane Nicoll
– Stephane Nicoll, Commented Sep 14, 2015 at 9:47
Your configuration looks pretty legal, so probably the root of problem somewhere else. Could you share you project on github/bitbucket or create SSCCE (sscce.org)? — Slava Semushin
– Slava Semushin, Commented Sep 14, 2015 at 9:54
can you put logging (with logging of thread name) into SomeService.dosomething() and post log output? — luboskrnac
– luboskrnac, Commented Sep 14, 2015 at 9:54
If it helps, I'm using the method in @Service class to send email using JavaMailSender — vdkkj
– vdkkj, Commented Sep 14, 2015 at 9:54

Aj Tech Developer · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-11 16:00:38Z

2

Here is a simple example with @Async. Follow these steps to get @Async to work in your Spring Boot application:

Step 1: Add @EnableAsync annotation and Add TaskExecutor Bean to Application Class.

Example:

@SpringBootApplication
@EnableAsync
public class AsynchronousSpringBootApplication {

    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AsynchronousSpringBootApplication.class);

    @Bean(name="processExecutor")
    public TaskExecutor workExecutor() {
        ThreadPoolTaskExecutor threadPoolTaskExecutor = new ThreadPoolTaskExecutor();
        threadPoolTaskExecutor.setThreadNamePrefix("Async-");
        threadPoolTaskExecutor.setCorePoolSize(3);
        threadPoolTaskExecutor.setMaxPoolSize(3);
        threadPoolTaskExecutor.setQueueCapacity(600);
        threadPoolTaskExecutor.afterPropertiesSet();
        logger.info("ThreadPoolTaskExecutor set");
        return threadPoolTaskExecutor;
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
  SpringApplication.run(AsynchronousSpringBootApplication.class,args);
 }
}

Step 2: Add Method which executes an Asynchronous Process

@Service
public class ProcessServiceImpl implements ProcessService {

    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ProcessServiceImpl.class);

    @Async("processExecutor")
    @Override
    public void process() {
        logger.info("Received request to process in ProcessServiceImpl.process()");
        try {
            Thread.sleep(15 * 1000);
            logger.info("Processing complete");
        }
        catch (InterruptedException ie) {
            logger.error("Error in ProcessServiceImpl.process(): {}", ie.getMessage());
        }
    }
}

Step 3: Add an API in the Controller to execute the asynchronous processing

@Autowired
private ProcessService processService;

@RequestMapping(value = "ping/async", method = RequestMethod.GET)
    public ResponseEntity<Map<String, String>> async() {
        processService.process();
        Map<String, String> response = new HashMap<>();
        response.put("message", "Request is under process");
        return new ResponseEntity<>(response, HttpStatus.OK);
    }

I have also written a blog and a working application on GitHub with these steps. Please check: http://softwaredevelopercentral.blogspot.com/2017/07/asynchronous-processing-async-in-spring.html

answered Aug 11, 2017 at 16:00

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5 Comments

gkubed Over a year ago

That's a good example, but do you know why the @vdkkj's code didn't work?

Aj Tech Developer Over a year ago

If you see Step 1 in my answer, a TaskExecutor Bean with name processExecutor is added to Application Class. This is very important and is used in Step 2 of my answer. I don't see that in @vdkkj's code.

Jacob van Lingen Over a year ago

@AjTechDeveloper: That could not be the problem, from the official getting started blog: "If you do not define an Executor bean, Spring creates a SimpleAsyncTaskExecutor and uses that.

qleoz12 Over a year ago

hey, can you add a new url for the post now (2021 the url broke), thanks in advance

Aj Tech Developer Over a year ago

Hi @qleoz12, the blog post URL is same as above and it is working: softwaredevelopercentral.blogspot.com/2017/07/…

Jose Colmenares · Accepted Answer · 2020-08-25 21:25:51Z

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Sorry for my English. The same problem happened to me. The solution was to add

@Autowired
private SomeService someService;

In the Controller class, in this way it allows the class to contain the Beam Configurations associated with "SomeService", thus being able to execute the asynchronous method perfectly.

Here is a project with a functional asynchronous method: https://github.com/JColmenares/async-method-api-rest.git

answered Aug 25, 2020 at 21:25

Jose Colmenares

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