# spring-boot-resilience4j

Generates Resilience4j fault tolerance patterns for Spring Boot 3.x projects. Use it to configure circuit breakers and retry logic.

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- Author: giuseppe-trisciuoglio
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- Source: https://github.com/giuseppe-trisciuoglio/developer-kit/tree/HEAD/plugins/developer-kit-java/skills/spring-boot-resilience4j/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-10
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## What it does

The skill generates fault tolerance patterns using Resilience4j for Spring Boot 3.x microservices. It covers implementations for circuit breakers, retry handlers, rate limiters, bulkheads, and fallback routines.

Projects require `resilience4j-spring-boot3` version 2.2.0 along with `spring-boot-starter-aop` and `spring-boot-starter-actuator`. Without Spring AOP, Resilience4j annotations fail to intercept calls, leaving endpoints unprotected. Health indicators and metrics are exposed through Actuator endpoints.

Configurations in `application.yml` define sliding window sizes, failure rate thresholds, and exponential backoff multipliers. For thread isolation, the bulkhead pattern applies semaphores to synchronous tasks and thread pools to asynchronous methods.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add giuseppe-trisciuoglio/developer-kit --skill spring-boot-resilience4j -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/spring-boot-resilience4j/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/spring-boot-resilience4j/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add giuseppe-trisciuoglio/developer-kit --skill spring-boot-resilience4j -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/spring-boot-resilience4j/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add giuseppe-trisciuoglio/developer-kit --skill spring-boot-resilience4j -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/spring-boot-resilience4j/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install giuseppe-trisciuoglio/developer-kit spring-boot-resilience4j
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/spring-boot-resilience4j/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add giuseppe-trisciuoglio/developer-kit --skill spring-boot-resilience4j -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/giuseppe-trisciuoglio/developer-kit --path plugins/developer-kit-java/skills/spring-boot-resilience4j
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/spring-boot-resilience4j/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add giuseppe-trisciuoglio/developer-kit --skill spring-boot-resilience4j -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/giuseppe-trisciuoglio/developer-kit/tree/HEAD/plugins/developer-kit-java/skills/spring-boot-resilience4j/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- prevent cascading service failures using circuit breakers
- recover from transient errors with exponential backoff retries
- throttle incoming requests using rate limiters
- isolate resource execution pools with semaphore or thread-pool bulkheads

## Example prompts
- Add a `@CircuitBreaker` with a fallback method to the payment service.
- Configure retry logic with exponential backoff in `application.yml` for external calls.
- Set up a semaphore bulkhead and Actuator health checks for report generation.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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# Spring Boot Resilience4j Patterns

## Overview

Provides Resilience4j patterns (circuit breaker, retry, rate limiter, bulkhead, time limiter, fallback) for Spring Boot 3.x fault tolerance with configuration and testing workflows.

## When to Use

- Implementing fault tolerance and preventing cascading failures
- Adding circuit breakers, retry logic, or rate limiting to service calls
- Handling transient failures with exponential backoff
- Protecting services from overload and resource exhaustion
- Combining multiple patterns for comprehensive resilience

## Instructions

### 1. Setup and Dependencies

Add Resilience4j dependencies to your project. For Maven, add to `pom.xml`:

```xml
<dependency>
    <groupId>io.github.resilience4j</groupId>
    <artifactId>resilience4j-spring-boot3</artifactId>
    <version>2.2.0</version> // Use latest stable version
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-aop</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
</dependency>
```

For Gradle, add to `build.gradle`:

```gradle
implementation "io.github.resilience4j:resilience4j-spring-boot3:2.2.0"
implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-aop"
implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator"
```

Enable AOP annotation processing with `@EnableAspectJAutoProxy` (auto-configured by Spring Boot).

### 2. Circuit Breaker Pattern

Apply `@CircuitBreaker` annotation to methods calling external services:

```java
@Service
public class PaymentService {
    private final RestTemplate restTemplate;

    public PaymentService(RestTemplate restTemplate) {
        this.restTemplate = restTemplate;
    }

    @CircuitBreaker(name = "paymentService", fallbackMethod = "paymentFallback")
    public PaymentResponse processPayment(PaymentRequest request) {
        return restTemplate.postForObject("http://payment-api/process",
            request, PaymentResponse.class);
````
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