spring-boot-devtools RemoteSpringApplication start fails if failFast=true for spring-cloud-config

The spring-boot app I want to remotely debug uses spring-cloud-config, so it has a bootstrap.yml with

spring.cloud.config.uri=${vcap.services.configService.credentials.uri:http://localhost:8888}
spring.cloud.config.failFast=true

The latter failFast=true causes the startup of spring-boot-devtools SpringRemoteApplication to crash on startup, as (I guess spring-cloud-config client autoreconfiguration) tries to connect to localhost:8888 where nothing is answering as I just want to start the http tunnel to my cloudfoundry app.

Could not locate PropertySource and the fail fast property is set, failing
I/O error on GET request for "http://localhost:8888/logchange-debug/default/master":Connection refused; nested exception is java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused

I don’t know how you can determine, if SpringRemoteApplication is started or “a real” spring boot app, but developer experience is quite bad if you’d have to tweak the failFast property every time you want to start the http debug tunnel.

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2015-09-08 18:58:42.993  INFO 7808 --- [           main] .b.l.ClasspathLoggingApplicationListener : Application failed to start with classpath: [file:/Users/hoffmd9/DBs/git/remoteDebugTest/bin/, file:/Users/hoffmd9/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.springframework.boot/spring-boot-starter/1.3.0.M5/7a1b7f527145fa9def778daed5a358249ce6da8/spring-boot-starter-1.3.0.M5.jar, file:/Users/hoffmd9/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.springframework.boot/spring-boot-starter-actuator/1.3.0.M5/d78516c3e33d6936c3385333300046da3e890c20/spring-boot-starter-actuator-1.3.0.M5.jar, file:/Users/hoffmd9/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.springframework.boot/spring-boot-starter-ws/1.3.0.M5/833e225488e6febb7bd1901430d98ce585e2a893/spring-boot-starter-ws-1.3.0.M5.jar, file:/Users/hoffmd9/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.springframework.cloud/spring-cloud-starter-config/1.0.3.RELEASE/9a3aef3b6676efec6cc3e8c6964d3fc4a23512ab/spring-cloud-starter-config-1.0.3.RELEASE.jar, 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2015-09-08 18:58:42.997 ERROR 7808 --- [           main] o.s.boot.SpringApplication               : Application startup failed
java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method) ~[na:1.8.0_51]
    at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:345) ~[na:1.8.0_51]
    at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:206) ~[na:1.8.0_51]
    at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:188) ~[na:1.8.0_51]
    at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:392) ~[na:1.8.0_51]
    at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:589) ~[na:1.8.0_51]
    at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:538) ~[na:1.8.0_51]
    at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(NetworkClient.java:180) ~[na:1.8.0_51]
    at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:432) ~[na:1.8.0_51]
    at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:527) ~[na:1.8.0_51]
    at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.<init>(HttpClient.java:211) ~[na:1.8.0_51]
    at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(HttpClient.java:308) ~[na:1.8.0_51]
    at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(HttpClient.java:326) ~[na:1.8.0_51]
    at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(HttpURLConnection.java:1168) ~[na:1.8.0_51]
    at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect0(HttpURLConnection.java:1104) ~[na:1.8.0_51]
    at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(HttpURLConnection.java:998) ~[na:1.8.0_51]
    at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.connect(HttpURLConnection.java:932) ~[na:1.8.0_51]
    at org.springframework.http.client.SimpleBufferingClientHttpRequest.executeInternal(SimpleBufferingClientHttpRequest.java:80) ~[spring-web-4.2.1.RELEASE.jar:4.2.1.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.http.client.AbstractBufferingClientHttpRequest.executeInternal(AbstractBufferingClientHttpRequest.java:48) ~[spring-web-4.2.1.RELEASE.jar:4.2.1.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.http.client.AbstractClientHttpRequest.execute(AbstractClientHttpRequest.java:53) ~[spring-web-4.2.1.RELEASE.jar:4.2.1.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate.doExecute(RestTemplate.java:596) ~[spring-web-4.2.1.RELEASE.jar:4.2.1.RELEASE]
    ... 10 common frames omitted
Wrapped by: org.springframework.web.client.ResourceAccessException: I/O error on GET request for "http://localhost:8888/remoteDebugTest/default":Connection refused; nested exception is java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
    at org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate.doExecute(RestTemplate.java:607) ~[spring-web-4.2.1.RELEASE.jar:4.2.1.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate.execute(RestTemplate.java:557) ~[spring-web-4.2.1.RELEASE.jar:4.2.1.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate.exchange(RestTemplate.java:475) ~[spring-web-4.2.1.RELEASE.jar:4.2.1.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.cloud.config.client.ConfigServicePropertySourceLocator.getRemoteEnvironment(ConfigServicePropertySourceLocator.java:120) ~[spring-cloud-config-client-1.0.2.RELEASE.jar:1.0.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.cloud.config.client.ConfigServicePropertySourceLocator.locate(ConfigServicePropertySourceLocator.java:79) ~[spring-cloud-config-client-1.0.2.RELEASE.jar:1.0.2.RELEASE]
    ... 6 common frames omitted
Wrapped by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not locate PropertySource and the fail fast property is set, failing
    at org.springframework.cloud.config.client.ConfigServicePropertySourceLocator.locate(ConfigServicePropertySourceLocator.java:103) ~[spring-cloud-config-client-1.0.2.RELEASE.jar:1.0.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.cloud.bootstrap.config.PropertySourceBootstrapConfiguration.initialize(PropertySourceBootstrapConfiguration.java:85) ~[spring-cloud-context-1.0.2.RELEASE.jar:1.0.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.applyInitializers(SpringApplication.java:562) ~[spring-boot-1.3.0.M5.jar:1.3.0.M5]
    at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.doRun(SpringApplication.java:324) ~[spring-boot-1.3.0.M5.jar:1.3.0.M5]
    at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:273) ~[spring-boot-1.3.0.M5.jar:1.3.0.M5]
    at org.springframework.boot.devtools.RemoteSpringApplication.run(RemoteSpringApplication.java:47) [spring-boot-devtools-1.3.0.M5.jar:1.3.0.M5]
    at org.springframework.boot.devtools.RemoteSpringApplication.main(RemoteSpringApplication.java:73) [spring-boot-devtools-1.3.0.M5.jar:1.3.0.M5]

[marcingrzejszczak]

Is it still a problem with Finchley.RELEASE?

[spencergibb]

Closing due to lack of requested feedback. If you would like us to look at this issue, please provide the requested information and we will re-open the issue.