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What is graceful shutdown in Spring Boot?
Updated May 17, 2026
Short answer
Graceful shutdown allows ongoing requests to complete before stopping application.
Deep explanation
Spring Boot waits for active requests and closes resources properly when shutdown signal is received.
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