reactor / reactor/BlockHound

Future: detect blocking calls in methods that return Futures

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Description

Motivation

https://twitter.com/leventov/status/1209782345756270592
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-286%3A+producer.send%28%29+should+not+block+on+metadata+update

Desired solution

It should print an error or raise an exception if a blocking call is executed from a method that returns Future.

Considered alternatives

Inspect code manually

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Research direction

Start with the issue's linked motivation and KIP-286, then review how BlockHound currently detects blocking calls. Define how methods returning Future should be identified and whether the result should be an error or exception; done requires a concrete design and tests for the behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
devtools
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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