Most Spring Boot applications run perfectly in development.
The APIs respond quickly, tests pass, and everything seems stable.
But once the application reaches production, things can change dramatically â slow responses, memory issues, and unexpected failures start appearing.
In many cases, the problem isn't Spring Boot itself.
It's a set of common mistakes developers unknowingly introduce into their applications.
In this article, we'll explore 7 critical mistakes that cause many Spring Boot apps to fail in production â and how to avoid them.