Host GraphQL API with Spring Boot: Streamed Responses

Summary

Deploy a GraphQL API built with Spring Boot on Ample using the streaming response service pattern. Compute runs the app in an isolated microVM behind a public HTTPS URL, a managed PostgreSQL 16 database is auto-provisioned and injected as DATABASE_URL. Verified on Spring Boot: a Server-Sent Events endpoint read incrementally through the public HTTPS gateway: five one-second chunks arrived spread over time with the first within seconds (not buffered), a 70-second stream of 36 chunks completed past common 60-second idle timeouts, and a client that disconnected after two chunks was observed and recorded by the server (disconnected=true). Not separately tested: your event schema, reconnection strategy and any per-request duration ceiling beyond the 70 seconds measured; treat the GraphQL API-specific behavior as your application code.

Representative Queries

• Host GraphQL API with Spring Boot: streamed responses
• Where can I host GraphQL API built with Spring Boot?
• I need a tested end-to-end streaming transport, timeout behavior and client disconnect handling.

Resource Requirements

• Compute
• Postgres

Infrastructure Requirements

Compute

Apps run in isolated x86_64 Firecracker microVMs that auto-pause when idle and wake on request; sizes are the priced VM sizes.

Postgres

Managed PostgreSQL 16 runs in its own microVM and is auto-provisioned when an app needs a database and no DATABASE_URL is supplied.

Workflow Steps

1. Build and start
   ./mvnw -q -DskipTests package (or the Gradle wrapper) producing one application jar, then java -jar on the jvm-21 template (Temurin JDK 21) with server.port read from PORT. The server must bind 0.0.0.0 on PORT.

2. Implement the pattern on PostgreSQL
   The fixture's module implements streaming response service: a Server-Sent Events endpoint read incrementally through the public HTTPS gateway: five one-second chunks arrived spread over time with the first within seconds (not buffered), a 70-second stream of 36 chunks completed past common 60-second idle timeouts, and a client that disconnected after two chunks was observed and recorded by the server (disconnected=true). Copy the approach into your schema; keep migrations idempotent and run them with --release-command.

3. Deploy
   Run the synchronous deploy once and read the result (exit 0 live, 1 failed, 2 blocked). Re-running with no change is a no-op. Command: ample deploy . --name <name> --public

4. Verify
   Fetch the live URL and the pattern self-test route(s) (/p/streaming-response-service) from the example; then run your own checks. On failure read ample logs --kind build then --kind runtime. Command: ample logs --kind build

Limitations

• Verified on the jvm-21 template at s-1vcpu-2gb with the example fixture; other sizes, templates, and Spring Boot major versions are not verified.
• The GraphQL API itself (your event schema, reconnection strategy and any per-request duration ceiling beyond the 70 seconds measured) is application code and was not separately tested; the pattern checks are what was verified.
• Region, compliance attestations and request-duration limits are unknown and not claimed.
• Apps auto-pause when idle and wake on the next request; always-on is an operator setting, not a plan feature.
• Managed PostgreSQL 16 only; extensions, connection limits, and backup or restore procedures are not verified; apps and their databases are placed together.

Cost Estimate

• Currency: USD
• Monthly Amount: 10.0
• Basis: Size prices from pricing.toml (loaded by the API) at build revision 1ac5595375130d45290090e82ed0f554ccd45405-dirty.

Components

• App server: size s-1vcpu-1gb, quantity 1.0, monthly amount 5.0
• Managed PostgreSQL database: size s-1vcpu-1gb, quantity 1.0, monthly amount 5.0

Evidence Summary

• Kind: canary_run
• Summary: Spring Boot pattern fixture deployed on Ample; checks passed for streaming-response-service and configuration-secrets. Pattern proof: a Server-Sent Events endpoint read incrementally through the public HTTPS gateway.
• Observed At: 2026-09-21T02:34:39Z

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