Mastering MDC in Java: Solve TraceId Loss in Multithreaded and HTTP Calls
This article explains what MDC (Mapped Diagnostic Context) is, outlines its API and advantages, demonstrates common traceId loss problems in child threads and HTTP calls, and provides practical solutions including thread‑pool wrappers, MDC utilities, and interceptors for HttpClient, OkHttp, RestTemplate, and third‑party services, plus the required log pattern.
