service warmup

Didi Tech

Jul 27, 2023 · Backend Development

Improving Service Startup Latency with a Warmup Mechanism for Dubbo Services

To eliminate the brief latency spike that occurs when new Dubbo services start, the authors introduce a @Warmup annotation and early‑startup listeners that generate mock traffic and trigger a forced GC before publishing, cutting initial response times from seconds to tens of milliseconds and improving reliability for latency‑sensitive applications.