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Asked: 2026-05-13T18:09:06+00:00

I have a web application that makes use of a Spring TaskExecutor. The task

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I have a web application that makes use of a Spring TaskExecutor. The task executor is started when the web application is loaded for the first time and the thread runs the entire life of the web application. Ever since I added this thread to the application, Oracle Application Server will no longer shutdown gracefully. My guess is that OAS is not shutting down because I am not gracefully shutting down the task executor thread anywhere in the code. Where would the best place be to shutdown the task executor in a web application? I am using Java 5 with Spring 2.5.6.

Here is the task executor that I am using:

<bean id="taskExecutor" class="org.springframework.core.task.SimpleAsyncTaskExecutor"/>
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  1. Editorial Team

    Typically web aplications can react to container shutdown via a ServletContextListener. Implement one and use it to shut down your Executor. Ideally you should couple that with a proper shutdown of the whole Spring lifecycle. I vaguely remember that Spring had something ready-made for that purpose, so it’s probably a good idea to check there as well.

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