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Spring Boot Scheduling Tasks

April 5, 2026

Scheduled Jobs Cron

Background tasks and scheduled operations.

Task Scheduling

@EnableScheduling
@Component
public class ScheduledTasks {
    @Scheduled(fixedRate = 5000)
    public void cleanupTempFiles() { }
    
    @Scheduled(cron = "0 0 2 * * ?")
    public void dailyBackup() { }
    
    @Scheduled(fixedDelayString = "${cleanup.delay:60000}")
    public void cleanupExpired() { }
}

Advanced Scheduling

  • @Async with thread pools
  • TaskScheduler customization
  • Distributed locking (ShedLock)
  • Quartz integration
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