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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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