Planning and execution of tasks

If there is no Executor bean in the context, Spring Boot automatically configures the ThreadPoolTaskExecutor with adequate default values that can be automatically associated with asynchronous task execution (the @EnableAsync annotation) and asynchronous request processing in Spring MVC.

The thread pool uses 8 main threads, the number of which can increase and decrease depending on the load. These default settings can be fine-tuned using the spring.task.execution namespace, as shown in the following example:

spring.task.execution.pool.max-size=16
spring.task.execution.pool.queue-capacity=100
spring.task.execution.pool.keep-alive=10s

spring:
  task:
    execution:
      pool:
        max-size: 16
        queue-capacity: 100
        keep-alive: "10s"

This code modifies the thread pool to use a queue with a length limit, so that if the queue becomes full (100 tasks), the thread pool is increased to a maximum of 16 threads. Pool pruning is more aggressive because threads are restored if they are idle for 10 seconds (rather than the default 60 seconds).

The Scheduler ThreadPoolTaskScheduler can also be automatically configured if it needs to be associated with the execution of scheduled tasks (for example, using the @EnableScheduling annotation). The default thread pool uses a single thread, but its settings can be fine-tuned using the spring.task.scheduling namespace, as shown in the following example:

spring.task.scheduling.thread-name-prefix=scheduling-
spring.task.scheduling.pool.size=2

spring:
  task:
    scheduling:
      thread-name-prefix: "scheduling-"
      pool:
        size: 2

The TaskExecutorBuilder and TaskSchedulerBuilder beans are available in the context if you need to create a custom executor or scheduler.