SpringBoot RestTemplate builder: HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory has the setReadTimeout method marked as deprecated

Spring boot version: 3.x

Cannot instantiate RestTemplate with HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory, it raises

Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Request factory org.springframework.http.client.HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory has the setReadTimeout method marked as deprecated
    at org.springframework.util.Assert.state(Assert.java:97) ~[spring-core-6.0.9.jar:6.0.9]
    at org.springframework.boot.web.client.ClientHttpRequestFactories$Reflective.findMethod(ClientHttpRequestFactories.java:318) ~[spring-boot-3.1.0.jar:3.1.0]
    at org.springframework.boot.web.client.ClientHttpRequestFactories$Reflective.setReadTimeout(ClientHttpRequestFactories.java:303) ~[spring-boot-3.1.0.jar:3.1.0]
    at org.springframework.boot.web.client.ClientHttpRequestFactories$Reflective.lambda$configure$1(ClientHttpRequestFactories.java:276) ~[spring-boot-3.1.0.jar:3.1.0]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.properties.PropertyMapper$Source.to(PropertyMapper.java:294) ~[spring-boot-3.1.0.jar:3.1.0]
    at org.springframework.boot.web.client.ClientHttpRequestFactories$Reflective.configure(ClientHttpRequestFactories.java:276) ~[spring-boot-3.1.0.jar:3.1.0]
    at org.springframework.boot.web.client.ClientHttpRequestFactories$Reflective.get(ClientHttpRequestFactories.java:267) ~[spring-boot-3.1.0.jar:3.1.0]
    at org.springframework.boot.web.client.ClientHttpRequestFactories.get(ClientHttpRequestFactories.java:130) ~[spring-boot-3.1.0.jar:3.1.0]
    at org.springframework.boot.web.client.RestTemplateBuilder.lambda$requestFactory$1(RestTemplateBuilder.java:324) ~[spring-boot-3.1.0.jar:3.1.0]
    at org.springframework.boot.web.client.RestTemplateBuilder.buildRequestFactory(RestTemplateBuilder.java:663) ~[spring-boot-3.1.0.jar:3.1.0]
    at org.springframework.boot.web.client.RestTemplateBuilder.configure(RestTemplateBuilder.java:629) ~[spring-boot-3.1.0.jar:3.1.0]
    at org.springframework.boot.web.client.RestTemplateBuilder.build(RestTemplateBuilder.java:604) ~[spring-boot-3.1.0.jar:3.1.0]
    at com.example.demo.RestTemplateConfig.restTemplate(RestTemplateConfig.java:28) ~[classes/:na]
    at com.example.demo.RestTemplateConfig$$SpringCGLIB$$0.CGLIB$restTemplate$0(<generated>) ~[classes/:na]
    at com.example.demo.RestTemplateConfig$$SpringCGLIB$$2.invoke(<generated>) ~[classes/:na]
    at org.springframework.cglib.proxy.MethodProxy.invokeSuper(MethodProxy.java:258) ~[spring-core-6.0.9.jar:6.0.9]
    at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassEnhancer$BeanMethodInterceptor.intercept(ConfigurationClassEnhancer.java:331) ~[spring-context-6.0.9.jar:6.0.9]
    at com.example.demo.RestTemplateConfig$$SpringCGLIB$$0.restTemplate(<generated>) ~[classes/:na]
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[na:na]
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:77) ~[na:na]
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) ~[na:na]
    at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:568) ~[na:na]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java:139) ~[spring-beans-6.0.9.jar:6.0.9]
    ... 20 common frames omitted

It seems related to this ticket https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/issues/32857 but the error still occours Demo: demo.zip

Comment From: wilkinsona

You are providing the request factory which forces an attempt to configure it reflectively. The problem will not occur if you allow Spring Boot to configure things for you:

@Bean
public RestTemplate restTemplate(RestTemplateBuilder builder) {
    return builder.requestFactory(HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory.class)
        .setConnectTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(300))
        .setReadTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(300))
        .setBufferRequestBody(true)
        .build();
}

Comment From: detomarco

@wilkinsona I tried your option but when I try to log the response in an interceptor

 response.body.apply {  mark(available()) }
log.debug (response.body.reader().readText()  )
response.body.reset()

I get this error Caused by: java.io.IOException: mark/reset not supported

while they were supported in a previous version

Comment From: wilkinsona

Your sample didn't use an interceptor so I'd missed that requirement. Try this instead:

@Bean
public RestTemplate restTemplate(RestTemplateBuilder builder) {
    return builder
        .requestFactory((settings) -> new BufferingClientHttpRequestFactory(
            ClientHttpRequestFactories.get(HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory.class, settings)))
        .setConnectTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(300))
        .setReadTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(300))
        .build();
}

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