advancedSpring Internals — Bean Lifecycle & Proxies
What happens when two auto-configurations define the same bean with conflicting conditions?
Spring Boot evaluates auto-configuration classes in a defined order (via @AutoConfigureBefore/@AutoConfigureAfter and @ConditionalOnMissingBean); the first one whose conditions pass typically wins, and later ones back off. Running with --debug shows the exact Conditions Evaluation Report explaining which configuration was applied and why.
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