Spring HttpServletRequest unaccessible in HystrixCommand - spring

Question

Inside a Javanica annotated #HystrixCommand we are checking if the request was in an actual HTTP servlet request by checking:
RequestContextHolder.getRequestAttributes() != null;
However invoked from a #HystrixCommand this condition is always false, even if the request came from a Spring MVC request.
If I remove the #HystrixCommand annotation everything works fine.
We also tried to use the HttpServletRequest directly, this works fine (without #HystrixCommand):
LOGGER.info(request.getHeader("X-Client"));
With annotated #HystrixCommand we are facing exception indicating I am not in an valid HttpServletRequest. I know it is due to Hystrix running commands in separate Threads from its own ThreadPool and tried to do this, but doesn't work either:
public class RequestServletFilter implements Filter {
#Override
public void init(FilterConfig filterConfig) throws ServletException {
// No Impl
}
#Override
public void doFilter(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response, FilterChain chain)
throws IOException, ServletException {
HystrixRequestContext context = HystrixRequestContext.initializeContext();
try {
chain.doFilter(request, response);
} finally {
context.shutdown();
}
}
#Override
public void destroy() {
// No Impl
}
Does someone have a clue how to delegate the Spring HttpServletRequest into HystrixCommands?
Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

When using the RequestContextHolder by default it parameters are not shared (for good reasons!).
Assuming that you are using a DispatcherServlet to handle your request you can set its [threadContextInheritable] to true to have the RequestContext and LocaleContext shared between requests.
The same applies for the RequestContextFilter, it isn't possible with the RequestContextListener.
Note: I would consider sharing the HttpServletRequest between threads as something you shouldn't be doing and should be done with great care!