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HardPrep Room Coding #2798

Parallel stream blocks common pool

On-callConcurrencyDistributed systemsSenior–Staff~40 min

A Java service handles most requests fine, but a subset of requests that fan out work using `list.parallelStream()...` intermittently hang for many seconds across the WHOLE service — even simple requests that don't use parallel streams slow down at the same time. CPU is moderate. A thread dump shows the JVM's ForkJoinPool.commonPool worker threads all parked/blocked inside network or DB calls. A recent change added a blocking remote call inside the lambda passed to a `parallelStream()`. How do you triage and mitigate?

What a strong answer looks like

Stop the bleeding first (mitigate), then form hypotheses from real signals. Separate root cause from symptom, communicate status as you go, and close with what prevents a repeat.

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