Concurrency basics · interview question
Why can using CompletableFuture with a large number of tasks in a high-load scenario become a problem in practice?
Multiple choiceHardchapter-15-curatedpremiumconcurrencycompletablefuture
Answer and explanation
Correct answer
B. Thread starvation due to too many tasks
Why
In a high-load scenario, using CompletableFuture with many tasks can lead to thread starvation because the default common ForkJoinPool may not have enough threads to handle all tasks simultaneously, causing delays.
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