zalando/problem-spring-web

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Java library that produces RFC 7807/9457 application/problem+ error responses from Spring MVC and Spring WebFlux applications. It provides composable 'advice traits' — reusable @ExceptionHandler default methods — that can be mixed into @ControllerAdvice classes without a common base class.

Use cases

• return rfc7807 problem+ error responses in spring boot
• standardize exception handling across spring mvc controllers
• handle spring webflux errors with problem details
• integrate spring security exceptions into problem responses
• compose reusable exception handlers without base classes
• make microservice error responses consistent

When to choose

• you maintain an existing Spring app already using the Problem library
• you need fine-grained, composable exception handling traits on older Spring versions lacking RFC 9457 support
• you want consistent problem+ errors across MVC and WebFlux

When to avoid

• you use a recent Spring Framework version with built-in Error Responses (RFC 9457) support
• you are starting a new project and can rely on Spring's native exception handling
• you need error handling outside the Spring ecosystem

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

middleware serialization error-handling web-framework web-development backend apis developer-tools jvm rfc7807 rfc9457 spring-boot spring-webflux exception-handling problem- advice-traits rest-api-errors spring

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