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How does Spring Boot manage asynchronous execution context propagation?

Updated May 17, 2026

Short answer

Spring loses thread-local context unless explicitly propagated in async execution.

Deep explanation

When using @Async or thread pools, ThreadLocal context like security or request data is lost because execution happens in a different thread. Spring Security and Sleuth use context propagation mechanisms to transfer context across threads.

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