SpringBoot Some metrics are lost when Spring Data is on the classpath

Description

Including spring-boot-starter-data-jpa to the classpath results in a lot of missing metrics for the application.

Guess: Looks like part of my configuration isn't applied - see e.g. XActuatorTest::testDisabledMetricsShouldNotBePresent and the disabled property in my application.yml.

Example

• https://github.com/knoobie/spring-boot-25-prometheus
• run XActuatorTest

The problem did not occur with Spring Boot 2.4.5 or without spring-boot-starter-data-jpa. Downgrading to 2.4.5 or removing spring-boot-starter-data-jpa changes all test from fail to success.

Edit: This problem does not only occur in test, running the application normally as well.

Comment From: little-pinecone

I'm also having this problem.

This seems to be a recurring issue, described here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/53119998/7995881

The solution below seems to fix it (from https://stackoverflow.com/a/57908577/7995881):

@Configuration
public class ActuatorMetricsConfig {

    @Bean
    InitializingBean forcePrometheusPostProcessor(BeanPostProcessor meterRegistryPostProcessor, PrometheusMeterRegistry registry) {
        return () -> meterRegistryPostProcessor.postProcessAfterInitialization(registry, "");
    }

}

Comment From: wilkinsona

Thanks for the sample, @knoobie. The problem's due to some premature initialisation of the MeterRegistry. You can see this in the logs:

2021-05-21 12:08:12.599  INFO 52357 --- [           main] trationDelegate$BeanPostProcessorChecker : Bean 'management.metrics-org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.metrics.MetricsProperties' of type [org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.metrics.MetricsProperties] is not eligible for getting processed by all BeanPostProcessors (for example: not eligible for auto-proxying)
2021-05-21 12:08:14.029  INFO 52357 --- [           main] trationDelegate$BeanPostProcessorChecker : Bean 'org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.metrics.data.RepositoryMetricsAutoConfiguration' of type [org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.metrics.data.RepositoryMetricsAutoConfiguration] is not eligible for getting processed by all BeanPostProcessors (for example: not eligible for auto-proxying)
2021-05-21 12:08:14.647  INFO 52357 --- [           main] trationDelegate$BeanPostProcessorChecker : Bean 'org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.metrics.export.prometheus.PrometheusMetricsExportAutoConfiguration' of type [org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.metrics.export.prometheus.PrometheusMetricsExportAutoConfiguration] is not eligible for getting processed by all BeanPostProcessors (for example: not eligible for auto-proxying)
2021-05-21 12:08:15.191  INFO 52357 --- [           main] trationDelegate$BeanPostProcessorChecker : Bean 'management.metrics.export.prometheus-org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.metrics.export.prometheus.PrometheusProperties' of type [org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.metrics.export.prometheus.PrometheusProperties] is not eligible for getting processed by all BeanPostProcessors (for example: not eligible for auto-proxying)
2021-05-21 12:08:15.721  INFO 52357 --- [           main] trationDelegate$BeanPostProcessorChecker : Bean 'prometheusConfig' of type [org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.metrics.export.prometheus.PrometheusPropertiesConfigAdapter] is not eligible for getting processed by all BeanPostProcessors (for example: not eligible for auto-proxying)
2021-05-21 12:08:16.205  INFO 52357 --- [           main] trationDelegate$BeanPostProcessorChecker : Bean 'collectorRegistry' of type [io.prometheus.client.CollectorRegistry] is not eligible for getting processed by all BeanPostProcessors (for example: not eligible for auto-proxying)
2021-05-21 12:08:16.732  INFO 52357 --- [           main] trationDelegate$BeanPostProcessorChecker : Bean 'org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.metrics.MetricsAutoConfiguration' of type [org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.metrics.MetricsAutoConfiguration] is not eligible for getting processed by all BeanPostProcessors (for example: not eligible for auto-proxying)
2021-05-21 12:08:17.293  INFO 52357 --- [           main] trationDelegate$BeanPostProcessorChecker : Bean 'micrometerClock' of type [io.micrometer.core.instrument.Clock$1] is not eligible for getting processed by all BeanPostProcessors (for example: not eligible for auto-proxying)
2021-05-21 12:08:17.950  INFO 52357 --- [           main] trationDelegate$BeanPostProcessorChecker : Bean 'prometheusMeterRegistry' of type [io.micrometer.prometheus.PrometheusMeterRegistry] is not eligible for getting processed by all BeanPostProcessors (for example: not eligible for auto-proxying)
2021-05-21 12:08:18.598  INFO 52357 --- [           main] trationDelegate$BeanPostProcessorChecker : Bean 'repositoryTagsProvider' of type [org.springframework.boot.actuate.metrics.data.DefaultRepositoryTagsProvider] is not eligible for getting processed by all BeanPostProcessors (for example: not eligible for auto-proxying)
2021-05-21 12:08:19.198  INFO 52357 --- [           main] trationDelegate$BeanPostProcessorChecker : Bean 'metricsRepositoryMethodInvocationListener' of type [org.springframework.boot.actuate.metrics.data.MetricsRepositoryMethodInvocationListener] is not eligible for getting processed by all BeanPostProcessors (for example: not eligible for auto-proxying)

I'd like these warnings to be more prominent. In this case they're caused by a change in Boot 2.5 which we'll fix. In the meantime, you can add the following bean to improve the situation:

@Bean
public static MetricsRepositoryMethodInvocationListener metricsRepositoryMethodInvocationListener(MetricsProperties
        metricsProperties, @Lazy MeterRegistry registry, RepositoryTagsProvider tagsProvider) {
    Repository properties = metricsProperties.getData().getRepository();
    return new MetricsRepositoryMethodInvocationListener(registry, tagsProvider, properties.getMetricName(), 
        properties.getAutotime());
}

The @Lazy on the MeterRegistry is sufficient to prevent most of the premature initialization so meters are still bound.

Comment From: knoobie

Another workaround I found while fixing our application. Excluding RepositoryMetricsAutoConfiguration.class works for us as well. We don't need the new metrics ASAP, so this a good workaround until the next boot release.

With the MetricsRepositoryMethodInvocationListener above, I had the problem that some of our tests fails, that don't have MetricsProperties - to reduce the migration effort (cleaning up) from 2.5.0 to 2.5.1 I decided to exclude the new feature for now, which is a nice one-liner.

Comment From: sanjayrawat1

@wilkinsona adding the bean suggested by you is failing the application to run. The repo beans are throwing NPE while building spring context.

Getting exception of BeanCreationException: Invocation of init method failed, nested exception is NPE: cannot read the array length because "" is null.

I am invoking the repo.findAll() method inside @PostConstruct method of a spring bean.

Comment From: snicoll

@sanjayrawat1 this issue is closed now and that NPE doesn't seem related to the task at hand. If you think you've found a bug in Spring Boot, please create a separate issue with a small sample we can run that reproduces the problem. You may also want to try 2.5.1-SNAPSHOT first.

Comment From: deanjo

Thanks for the sample, @knoobie. The problem's due to some premature initialisation of the MeterRegistry. You can see this in the logs:

2021-05-21 12:08:12.599 INFO 52357 --- [ main] trationDelegate$BeanPostProcessorChecker : Bean 'management.metrics-org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.metrics.MetricsProperties' of type [org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.metrics.MetricsProperties] is not eligible for getting processed by all BeanPostProcessors (for example: not eligible for auto-proxying) 2021-05-21 12:08:14.029 INFO 52357 --- [ main] trationDelegate$BeanPostProcessorChecker : Bean 'org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.metrics.data.RepositoryMetricsAutoConfiguration' of type [org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.metrics.data.RepositoryMetricsAutoConfiguration] is not eligible for getting processed by all BeanPostProcessors (for example: not eligible for auto-proxying) 2021-05-21 12:08:14.647 INFO 52357 --- [ main] trationDelegate$BeanPostProcessorChecker : Bean 'org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.metrics.export.prometheus.PrometheusMetricsExportAutoConfiguration' of type [org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.metrics.export.prometheus.PrometheusMetricsExportAutoConfiguration] is not eligible for getting processed by all BeanPostProcessors (for example: not eligible for auto-proxying) 2021-05-21 12:08:15.191 INFO 52357 --- [ main] trationDelegate$BeanPostProcessorChecker : Bean 'management.metrics.export.prometheus-org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.metrics.export.prometheus.PrometheusProperties' of type [org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.metrics.export.prometheus.PrometheusProperties] is not eligible for getting processed by all BeanPostProcessors (for example: not eligible for auto-proxying) 2021-05-21 12:08:15.721 INFO 52357 --- [ main] trationDelegate$BeanPostProcessorChecker : Bean 'prometheusConfig' of type [org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.metrics.export.prometheus.PrometheusPropertiesConfigAdapter] is not eligible for getting processed by all BeanPostProcessors (for example: not eligible for auto-proxying) 2021-05-21 12:08:16.205 INFO 52357 --- [ main] trationDelegate$BeanPostProcessorChecker : Bean 'collectorRegistry' of type [io.prometheus.client.CollectorRegistry] is not eligible for getting processed by all BeanPostProcessors (for example: not eligible for auto-proxying) 2021-05-21 12:08:16.732 INFO 52357 --- [ main] trationDelegate$BeanPostProcessorChecker : Bean 'org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.metrics.MetricsAutoConfiguration' of type [org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.metrics.MetricsAutoConfiguration] is not eligible for getting processed by all BeanPostProcessors (for example: not eligible for auto-proxying) 2021-05-21 12:08:17.293 INFO 52357 --- [ main] trationDelegate$BeanPostProcessorChecker : Bean 'micrometerClock' of type [io.micrometer.core.instrument.Clock$1] is not eligible for getting processed by all BeanPostProcessors (for example: not eligible for auto-proxying) 2021-05-21 12:08:17.950 INFO 52357 --- [ main] trationDelegate$BeanPostProcessorChecker : Bean 'prometheusMeterRegistry' of type [io.micrometer.prometheus.PrometheusMeterRegistry] is not eligible for getting processed by all BeanPostProcessors (for example: not eligible for auto-proxying) 2021-05-21 12:08:18.598 INFO 52357 --- [ main] trationDelegate$BeanPostProcessorChecker : Bean 'repositoryTagsProvider' of type [org.springframework.boot.actuate.metrics.data.DefaultRepositoryTagsProvider] is not eligible for getting processed by all BeanPostProcessors (for example: not eligible for auto-proxying) 2021-05-21 12:08:19.198 INFO 52357 --- [ main] trationDelegate$BeanPostProcessorChecker : Bean 'metricsRepositoryMethodInvocationListener' of type [org.springframework.boot.actuate.metrics.data.MetricsRepositoryMethodInvocationListener] is not eligible for getting processed by all BeanPostProcessors (for example: not eligible for auto-proxying)

I'd like these warnings to be more prominent. In this case they're caused by a change in Boot 2.5 which we'll fix. In the meantime, you can add the following bean to improve the situation:

@Bean public static MetricsRepositoryMethodInvocationListener metricsRepositoryMethodInvocationListener(MetricsProperties metricsProperties, @Lazy MeterRegistry registry, RepositoryTagsProvider tagsProvider) { Repository properties = metricsProperties.getData().getRepository(); return new MetricsRepositoryMethodInvocationListener(registry, tagsProvider, properties.getMetricName(), properties.getAutotime()); }

The @Lazy on the MeterRegistry is sufficient to prevent most of the premature initialization so meters are still bound.

Hello I solved the problem of missing JVM metrics using this way

@Configuration
public class ActuatorMetricsConfig {

@Bean
    InitializingBean forcePrometheusPostProcessor(BeanPostProcessor meterRegistryPostProcessor, PrometheusMeterRegistry registry) {
        return () -> meterRegistryPostProcessor.postProcessAfterInitialization(registry, "");
    }

}

The following method does not solve the problem, what is your reason?

@Bean
public static MetricsRepositoryMethodInvocationListener metricsRepositoryMethodInvocationListener(MetricsProperties
        metricsProperties, @Lazy MeterRegistry registry, RepositoryTagsProvider tagsProvider) {
    Repository properties = metricsProperties.getData().getRepository();
    return new MetricsRepositoryMethodInvocationListener(registry, tagsProvider, properties.getMetricName(), 
        properties.getAutotime());
}