Most Spring Boot applications run perfectly in development.

The APIs respond quickly, tests pass, and everything seems stable.

But once the application reaches production, things can change dramatically — slow responses, memory issues, and unexpected failures start appearing.

In many cases, the problem isn't Spring Boot itself.
It's a set of common mistakes developers unknowingly introduce into their applications.

In this article, we'll explore 7 critical mistakes that cause many Spring Boot apps to fail in production — and how to avoid them.

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