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How does Spring Boot handle high-latency downstream services?
Updated May 17, 2026
Short answer
Spring handles high latency using timeouts, retries, circuit breakers, and async processing.
Deep explanation
High latency in downstream services can block threads and degrade system performance. Spring mitigates this using RestTemplate/WebClient timeouts, Resilience4j retries, circuit breakers, and fallback mechanisms.
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