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Impossible to use Feign inside a InfoContributor (circular dependency)

See original GitHub issue

I’m trying to implement a info contributor which will query some data from database and one endpoint but it seems sleuth with feign client doesn’t play well inside InfoContributor.

If I remove sleuth the application works fine.

2019-04-15 17:33:03.536  INFO [-,,,] 32324 --- [           main] o.a.c.c.C.[Tomcat].[localhost].[/]       : Initializing Spring embedded WebApplicationContext
2019-04-15 17:33:03.536  INFO [-,,,] 32324 --- [           main] o.s.web.context.ContextLoader            : Root WebApplicationContext: initialization completed in 5342 ms
2019-04-15 17:33:04.696 ERROR [-,,,] 32324 --- [           main] o.s.b.web.embedded.tomcat.TomcatStarter  : Error starting Tomcat context. Exception: org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException. Message: Error creating bean with name 'traceWebFilter' defined in class path resource [org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/web/TraceWebServletAutoConfiguration.class]: Unsatisfied dependency expressed through method 'traceWebFilter' parameter 0; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'tracingFilter' defined in class path resource [org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/web/TraceWebServletAutoConfiguration.class]: Unsatisfied dependency expressed through method 'tracingFilter' parameter 0; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'httpTracing' defined in class path resource [org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/web/TraceHttpAutoConfiguration.class]: Bean instantiation via factory method failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [brave.http.HttpTracing]: Factory method 'httpTracing' threw exception; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'infoEndpoint' defined in class path resource [org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/info/InfoEndpointAutoConfiguration.class]: Bean instantiation via factory method failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [org.springframework.boot.actuate.info.InfoEndpoint]: Factory method 'infoEndpoint' threw exception; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'pendingReservationInfoContributor' defined in file [D:\work\workspaces\relocation-service\target\classes\com\zooplus\logistics\relocation\actuator\PendingReservationInfoContributor.class]: Unsatisfied dependency expressed through constructor parameter 1; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'com.zooplus.logistics.relocation.client.ConfigurationClient': FactoryBean threw exception on object creation; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'feignBuilder' defined in class path resource [org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/web/client/feign/TraceFeignClientAutoConfiguration.class]: Bean instantiation via factory method failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [feign.Feign$Builder]: Factory method 'feignBuilder' threw exception; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCurrentlyInCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'httpTracing': Requested bean is currently in creation: Is there an unresolvable circular reference?
2019-04-15 17:33:04.710  INFO [-,,,] 32324 --- [           main] o.apache.catalina.core.StandardService   : Stopping service [Tomcat]
2019-04-15 17:33:04.715  WARN [-,,,] 32324 --- [           main] ConfigServletWebServerApplicationContext : Exception encountered during context initialization - cancelling refresh attempt: org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextException: Unable to start web server; nested exception is org.springframework.boot.web.server.WebServerException: Unable to start embedded Tomcat
2019-04-15 17:33:04.731  INFO [-,,,] 32324 --- [           main] ConditionEvaluationReportLoggingListener : 

Error starting ApplicationContext. To display the conditions report re-run your application with 'debug' enabled.
2019-04-15 17:33:04.734 ERROR [-,,,] 32324 --- [           main] o.s.b.d.LoggingFailureAnalysisReporter   : 

***************************
APPLICATION FAILED TO START
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The dependencies of some of the beans in the application context form a cycle:

   traceWebFilter defined in class path resource [org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/web/TraceWebServletAutoConfiguration.class]
      ↓
   tracingFilter defined in class path resource [org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/web/TraceWebServletAutoConfiguration.class]
┌─────┐
|  httpTracing defined in class path resource [org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/web/TraceHttpAutoConfiguration.class]
↑     ↓
|  infoEndpoint defined in class path resource [org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/info/InfoEndpointAutoConfiguration.class]
↑     ↓
|  pendingReservationInfoContributor defined in file [D:\work\workspaces\relocation-service\target\classes\com\zooplus\logistics\relocation\actuator\PendingReservationInfoContributor.class]
↑     ↓
|  com.zooplus.logistics.relocation.client.ConfigurationClient
↑     ↓
|  feignBuilder defined in class path resource [org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/web/client/feign/TraceFeignClientAutoConfiguration.class]
└─────┘

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