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Why can a poorly written OncePerRequestFilter execute multiple times for a single request?

OncePerRequestFilter guards against re-execution using a request attribute flag — but internal dispatches (forward, include, async dispatch, error dispatch) with a DIFFERENT request object, or a filter registered under multiple filter-chain matches, can each re-trigger it since the 'already filtered' marker doesn't always carry over.

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Why can a poorly written OncePerRequestFilter execute multiple times for a single request?

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