Spring: @Async on a void method throws its exception into the void

A void @Async method has nowhere to report failure, so the exception reaches an AsyncUncaughtExceptionHandler you probably have not configured - and the default one only logs. Returning CompletableFuture makes the failure the caller's.

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Published 2026-08-25