Graceful Shutdown in Spring Boot – Complete Guide with Code & Best Practices - 46

Stopping a Spring Boot app the right way isn’t just about hitting “stop” — it’s about letting your app finish what it started, clean up resources, and avoid broken connections. In this video, you’ll discover practical ways to make your shutdown process smooth and safe, whether you’re running on bare metal, in the cloud, or inside Kubernetes.

We’ll walk through different approaches, when to use each one, and share tips to avoid downtime or data loss. Perfect for developers, architects, and anyone running Spring Boot in production.

*💡 What’s Discussed:*
🔥 Why graceful shutdown matters in real-world deployments
⚙️ How to configure Spring Boot to stop accepting new requests while finishing the current ones
🛠 Ways to run custom cleanup code before your app fully stops
📨 Ensuring background and async tasks complete instead of getting killed
🖥 Using JVM shutdown hooks for non-Spring-managed resources
📡 How to trigger a safe shutdown remotely using Actuator
☸ Techniques to coordinate shutdown with Kubernetes pod lifecycle
🏆 Tips and best practices for zero-downtime updates

*⏳ Timestamps:*
00:00 – Why graceful shutdown is important
01:22 – built-in Web Server Graceful Shutdown
06:11 – Shutdown Callbacks
08:53 – Graceful Shutdown for Async Tasks
11:41 – Custom JVM Shutdown Hooks
14:43 – Using Spring Boot Actuator for Shutdown
18:12 – Code Walkthrough - Demo

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