Unresolvable circular reference with #RefreshScope on #Configuration or #SpringBootApplication - spring

Question

I'm trying to get the refreshed value of my property apiKey, after modifying it and requesting the /refresh endpoint.
For some reason my bean is unable to get the refreshed value even when annotated with #RefreshScope. I added #RefreshScope on my class as I did for my DatasourceConfig but in this case I'm getting this error :
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'scopedTarget.application': Initialization of bean failed;
nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'scopedTarget.application.initTimestamp.transformer.handler': Invocation of init method failed;
nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCurrentlyInCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'scopedTarget.application': Requested bean is currently in creation: Is there an unresolvable circular reference?
Description:
The dependencies of some of the beans in the application context form a cycle:
┌─────┐
| scopedTarget.application
└─────┘
Here is my Application.java :
#SpringBootApplication
#EnableConfigServer
#EnableSwagger2
#RefreshScope
public class Application{
#Value("${api.key}")
private String apiKey;
public static void main(String[] args) {
SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
}
#Autowired
private IMonitoringsService monitoringsService;
#Bean
public MessageChannel initTimestampChannel() {
return new DirectChannel();
}
#RefreshScope
#Bean
#InboundChannelAdapter(value = "initTimestampChannel", poller = #Poller(fixedRate = "${start.task.rate}"))
public MessageSource<?> buildRequestMessageSource() {
MethodInvokingMessageSource source = new MethodInvokingMessageSource();
source.setObject(tasksService);
source.setMethodName("requestAllTasks");
System.out.println(apiKey);
return source;
}
}
Yet it's working for my DatasourceConfig :
#RefreshScope
#Configuration
public class DatasourceConfig {
#Value("${spring.datasource.tomcat.max-active}")
private int maxActive;
#RefreshScope
#ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "spring.datasource")
#Bean
public DataSource dataSource() {
DataSource dataSource = DataSourceBuilder.create().build();
org.apache.tomcat.jdbc.pool.DataSource ds = (org.apache.tomcat.jdbc.pool.DataSource) dataSource;
ds.setMaxActive(maxActive);
return ds;
}
}
I'm using :
<spring-cloud.version>Edgware.SR2</spring-cloud.version>
<spring-boot-version>1.5.9.RELEASE</spring-boot-version>

Answer 1

As spencergibb suggested, you shouldn't put #SpringBootApplication and #RefreshScope on the same class. Remove #RefreshScope from Application and move the configuration that needs #RefreshScope to a separate class.