ConfigClient not honoring spring.profiles.active from config server

[bgiaccio]

Describe the bug
If I use spring-boot-starter-parent = 2.4.8 vs 2.5.2 then I can't read spring.profiles.active from the Config Server's files
When running with application.properties with a value of spring.profiles.default=local it connects to the config server and reads both properties files:

==> src/main/resources/config/config-client-local.properties <==
readProfile=ConfigServerReadActiveProfile-Local

==> src/main/resources/config/config-client.properties <==
readProfile=ConfigServerReadActiveProfile
spring.profiles.active=${readProfile}

And the client outputs
The following profiles are active: ConfigServerReadActiveProfile-Local
But if I switch to 2.5.2 (or 2.5.0, 2.5.1) I get
No active profile set, falling back to default profiles: local

Was this an intended change?

Example
config-server-client-active-profile.zip

Run first the server mvn spring-boot:run -f config-server/pom.xml then the client mvn spring-boot:run -f config-client/pom.xml
As packaged you will see the No active profile set message, if you edit the spring-boot-starter-parent version in the root pom and run the client again, you will get the The following profiles are active message

[jaganm2018]

Can you please try with this
spring.config.activate.on-profile=default

[bgiaccio]

I tried adding spring.config.activate.on-profile=default in 2 places. First in config-client/src/main/resources/application.properties, it fails quickly never connecting to the config server with this error

[main] ERROR org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication - Application run failed
org.springframework.boot.context.config.InactiveConfigDataAccessException: Inactive property source 'Config resource 'class path resource [application.properties]' via location 'optional:classpath:/'' imported from location 'class path resource [application.properties]' cannot contain property 'spring.profiles.default' [origin: class path resource [application.properties] - 2:25]
	at org.springframework.boot.context.config.InactiveConfigDataAccessException.throwIfPropertyFound(InactiveConfigDataAccessException.java:126)
	at org.springframework.boot.context.config.ConfigDataEnvironmentContributors$InactiveSourceChecker.onSuccess(ConfigDataEnvironmentContributors.java:315)
	at org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.Binder.handleBindResult(Binder.java:351)
	at org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.Binder.bind(Binder.java:341)
	at org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.Binder.bind(Binder.java:329)
	at org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.Binder.bind(Binder.java:259)
	at org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.Binder.bind(Binder.java:220)
	at org.springframework.boot.context.config.Profiles.getProfiles(Profiles.java:101)
	at org.springframework.boot.context.config.Profiles.getDefaultProfiles(Profiles.java:92)
	at org.springframework.boot.context.config.Profiles.<init>(Profiles.java:83)
	at org.springframework.boot.context.config.ConfigDataEnvironment.withProfiles(ConfigDataEnvironment.java:275)
	at org.springframework.boot.context.config.ConfigDataEnvironment.processAndApply(ConfigDataEnvironment.java:231)
	at org.springframework.boot.context.config.ConfigDataEnvironmentPostProcessor.postProcessEnvironment(ConfigDataEnvironmentPostProcessor.java:102)
	at org.springframework.boot.context.config.ConfigDataEnvironmentPostProcessor.postProcessEnvironment(ConfigDataEnvironmentPostProcessor.java:94)
	at org.springframework.boot.env.EnvironmentPostProcessorApplicationListener.onApplicationEnvironmentPreparedEvent(EnvironmentPostProcessorApplicationListener.java:102)
	at org.springframework.boot.env.EnvironmentPostProcessorApplicationListener.onApplicationEvent(EnvironmentPostProcessorApplicationListener.java:87)
	at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.doInvokeListener(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:176)
	at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.invokeListener(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:169)
	at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.multicastEvent(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:143)
	at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.multicastEvent(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:131)
	at org.springframework.boot.context.event.EventPublishingRunListener.environmentPrepared(EventPublishingRunListener.java:82)
	at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplicationRunListeners.lambda$environmentPrepared$2(SpringApplicationRunListeners.java:63)
	at java.base/java.util.ArrayList.forEach(ArrayList.java:1510)
	at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplicationRunListeners.doWithListeners(SpringApplicationRunListeners.java:117)
	at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplicationRunListeners.doWithListeners(SpringApplicationRunListeners.java:111)
	at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplicationRunListeners.environmentPrepared(SpringApplicationRunListeners.java:62)
	at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.prepareEnvironment(SpringApplication.java:374)
	at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:332)
	at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1343)
	at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1332)
	at org.example.config.client.ConfigClientApplication.main(ConfigClientApplication.java:10)

So I removed it from there and tried putting it in config-server/src/main/resources/config/config-client.properties, then in the config-server logs I see this when the client connects:

2021-06-29 08:34:55.441  WARN 27657 --- [nio-8888-exec-1] o.s.c.c.s.e.EnvironmentController        : Error getting the Environment with name=config-client profiles=local label=null includeOrigin=true

org.springframework.cloud.config.server.environment.FailedToConstructEnvironmentException: Could not construct context for config=config-client profile=local label=null includeOrigin=true; nested exception is org.springframework.boot.context.config.InactiveConfigDataAccessException: Inactive property source 'Config resource 'class path resource [config/config-client.properties]' via location 'classpath:/config/'' imported from location 'class path resource [config/config-client.properties]' cannot contain property 'spring.profiles.active' [origin: class path resource [config/config-client.properties] - 2:24]
	at org.springframework.cloud.config.server.environment.NativeEnvironmentRepository.findOne(NativeEnvironmentRepository.java:158) ~[spring-cloud-config-server-3.0.4.jar:3.0.4]
	at org.springframework.cloud.config.server.environment.CompositeEnvironmentRepository.findOne(CompositeEnvironmentRepository.java:64) ~[spring-cloud-config-server-3.0.4.jar:3.0.4]
	at org.springframework.cloud.config.server.environment.EnvironmentEncryptorEnvironmentRepository.findOne(EnvironmentEncryptorEnvironmentRepository.java:61) ~[spring-cloud-config-server-3.0.4.jar:3.0.4]
	at org.springframework.cloud.config.server.environment.EnvironmentController.getEnvironment(EnvironmentController.java:131) ~[spring-cloud-config-server-3.0.4.jar:3.0.4]
	at org.springframework.cloud.config.server.environment.EnvironmentController.defaultLabelIncludeOrigin(EnvironmentController.java:113) ~[spring-cloud-config-server-3.0.4.jar:3.0.4]

Same errors if I use 2.4.8 or 2.5.2

[suniram]

I'm experiencing the same issue, the spring.profiles.active is not loaded from config server. This worked perfectly on 2.4.6

[nayestaran]

I'm experiencing the same issue. I've tried defining the active profile using the env variable SPRING_PROFILES_ACTIVE but does not work either. The SPRING_PROFILES_ACTIVE variable worked perfectly on 2.4.2

[aleytonredwood]

I'm experiencing the same issue. It work on 2.5.1 but when upgrade to 2.5.2 or 2.5.3 fail even if set the property as VM arg or ENV arg

[oliver-schwab]

Same issue here after upgrading von 2.4.9 to 2.5.x. Anyone found a solution yet?

[kishorejannarapu]

I am also facing the same issue on spring-boot 2.5.x. But it is working on 2.4.x.
Without this option, we have to duplicate the profile activation codes on each client, which is painful.

[sabyasachi10]

Hi,
In Springboot 2.5.X version, it doesn't activate the active profile.
As a solution, I have added below code in springboot application main class and it got resolved.

@ Override
public void onStartup(ServletContext servletContext) throws ServletException {
System.setProperty(AbstractEnvironment.ACTIVE_PROFILES_PROPERTY_NAME, "profile");
super.onStartup(servletContext);
}

[mehiel]

Same. Isn't this pretty huge to be ignored?

[infa-annus]

@mehiel I agree. My team has been waiting on this to be resolved for a couple of months now.

[malan-malanowski]

can we get any update regarding this issue?

[dineshosharma]

Setting below profile property did not work for 2.5.X, 2.6.6 and 2.6.7 version of spring boot.

@ Override
public void onStartup(ServletContext servletContext) throws ServletException {
System.setProperty(AbstractEnvironment.ACTIVE_PROFILES_PROPERTY_NAME, "profile");
super.onStartup(servletContext);
}

This issue can be fixed by adding active profile during startup or using conditional property as below.

1. Interject active profile during startup e.g

mvn spring-boot:run -f config-client/pom.xml -Dspring-boot.run.profiles=ConfigServerReadActiveProfile-Local

2. Or, update bean profile to use conditional property.

From: @Profile(value="ConfigServerReadActiveProfile-Local")

To: @ConditionalOnProperty(name="readProfile", havingValue="ConfigServerReadActiveProfile-Local")

[mstarodubtsev]

I faced with the same issue as well. Any idea when this might be fixed? spring-boot 2.7.7.

[ryanjbaxter]

@mstarodubtsev could you provide an updated sample?