Huolala Tech

Mar 21, 2024 · Backend Development

How a Faulty Lazy-Loading Design Caused Thread‑Pool Exhaustion and How to Fix It

A production incident where a poorly implemented lazy‑loading mechanism for KMSClient caused repeated initialization, blocking threads, exhausting the shared thread pool, and triggering RejectedExecutionException alerts, was investigated step‑by‑step, leading to a concrete code fix, improved monitoring, and better thread‑pool isolation.