Monitoring Scheduled Functions Without Endpoint Invocation

[vishalkadam18]

Hi Team,

I have a use case where certain applications use scheduled jobs (e.g., @scheduled methods in Spring Boot) that execute internally without exposing any HTTP endpoints.

Since these functions don't involve endpoint hits, I would like to know:

How can we monitor and trace the execution of these scheduled tasks using SkyWalking?

Is there a recommended approach, such as manually creating spans, using annotations, or any plugin/agent configurations that SkyWalking supports for such internal execution flows?

Looking forward to your guidance on the best practices for this scenario.

Thanks,
vishal kadam.

[wu-sheng]

Spring @scheduled 3.1.x -> 6.1.x are in the supported. They are traced.

[vishalkadam18]

I am working on an application that contains scheduled tasks using @scheduled (e.g., Spring Boot scheduler).

This method does not expose any HTTP endpoints — it runs internally on a fixed schedule.
However, when I check the SkyWalking UI, I do not see any traces related to this scheduled function.

[wu-sheng]

It doesn't not, I think. If you need that, you need logic endpoint concept. Because logically, endpoint is something exposed for outside, too many in-code endpoints would cost more resources at the OAP end.

1. You need to learn to use manual API, https://skywalking.apache.org/docs/skywalking-java/latest/en/setup/service-agent/java-agent/application-toolkit-trace-annotation/
2. You should understand logic endpoint, and add these tags through <1>, https://skywalking.apache.org/docs/main/latest/en/guides/backend-oal-scripts/#logic-endpoint