we have a aspect to log time taken by a method. Currently it is failing with NullPointerException due to aspect is passing null to ExecutorService.

Is something i miss here , why null is passed to ExecutorService ? Is there any way to handle or to exclude this method from calling Aspect?

[Edit] - Added code and complete log stack trace.

Dependencies -

<parent>
  <groupId>.springframework.boot</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
  <version>3.4.3</version>
</parent>

<dependency>
  <groupId>.springframework.boot</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-aop</artifactId>
</dependency>

@Log4j2
@Service
@RequiredArgsConstructor
public class MessageProcessorService {
    
    @Qualifier("asyncpoolexecutor")
    private final ThreadPoolTaskExecutor threadPoolTaskExecutor;
    private final ParsingAndValidationSteps steps;

    public void processMessage() throws Exception {

        try {
            Future<String> populateClientIdTask = threadPoolTaskExecutor.submit(steps.populateClientIdTask);
            populateClientIdTask.get();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        }

    }
}

@Service
@Scope(value = "prototype")
public class ParsingAndValidationSteps {

    @Autowired
    ApplicationContext ctx;
    
    public Callable<String> populateClientIdTask = () -> ctx.getBean(ClientServiceBean.class).getClientId();
}

@Service
public class ClientServiceBean {
    public String getClientId() {
        try {
            Thread.sleep(1000);
        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        }
        return String.valueOf(System.currentTimeMillis());
    }
}

@Around("execution(* com.*.*.*.*(..))")
public Object allMethodsInApplicationPackage(ProceedingJoinPoint proceedingJoinPoint) throws Throwable {

        long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
        Object proceed = proceedingJoinPoint.proceed();
        logger.info("[Metrics] {} executed in {} ms", proceedingJoinPoint.getSignature(), System.currentTimeMillis() - start);
        return proceed;
    } 

Exception trace -

java.lang.NullPointerException
    at java.base/java.util.concurrent.AbstractExecutorService.submit(AbstractExecutorService.java:143)
    at .springframework.scheduling.concurrent.ThreadPoolTaskExecutor.submit(ThreadPoolTaskExecutor.java:410)
    at com.parsingandvalidationservice.service.MessageProcessorService.processMessage(MessageProcessorService.java:75)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:103)
    at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:580)
    at .springframework.aop.support.AopUtils.invokeJoinpointUsingReflection(AopUtils.java:359)
    at .springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.invokeJoinpoint(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:196)
    at .springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:163)
    at .springframework.aop.aspectj.MethodInvocationProceedingJoinPoint.proceed(MethodInvocationProceedingJoinPoint.java:89)
    at com.aspect.Metrics.allMethodsInApplicationPackage(Metrics.java:36)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:103)
    at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:580)
    at .springframework.aop.aspectj.AbstractAspectJAdvice.invokeAdviceMethodWithGivenArgs(AbstractAspectJAdvice.java:642)
    at .springframework.aop.aspectj.AbstractAspectJAdvice.invokeAdviceMethod(AbstractAspectJAdvice.java:632)
    at .springframework.aop.aspectj.AspectJAroundAdvice.invoke(AspectJAroundAdvice.java:71)
    at .springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:184)
    at .springframework.aop.interceptor.ExposeInvocationInterceptor.invoke(ExposeInvocationInterceptor.java:97)
    at .springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:184)
    at .springframework.aop.framework.CglibAopProxy$DynamicAdvisedInterceptor.intercept(CglibAopProxy.java:727)
    at com.parsingandvalidationservice.service.MessageProcessorService$$SpringCGLIB$$0.processMessage(<generated>)
    at com.parsingandvalidationservice.listener.ParsingValidationServiceListenerDelegator.delegate(ParsingValidationServiceListenerDelegator.java:57)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:103)
    at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:580)
    at .springframework.aop.support.AopUtils.invokeJoinpointUsingReflection(AopUtils.java:359)
    at .springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.invokeJoinpoint(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:196)
    at .springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:163)
    at .springframework.aop.aspectj.MethodInvocationProceedingJoinPoint.proceed(MethodInvocationProceedingJoinPoint.java:89)
    at com.aspect.Metrics.allMethodsInApplicationPackage(Metrics.java:36)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:103)
    at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:580)
    at .springframework.aop.aspectj.AbstractAspectJAdvice.invokeAdviceMethodWithGivenArgs(AbstractAspectJAdvice.java:642)
    at .springframework.aop.aspectj.AbstractAspectJAdvice.invokeAdviceMethod(AbstractAspectJAdvice.java:632)
    at .springframework.aop.aspectj.AspectJAroundAdvice.invoke(AspectJAroundAdvice.java:71)
    at .springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:184)
    at .springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionAspectSupport.invokeWithinTransaction(TransactionAspectSupport.java:380)
    at .springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor.invoke(TransactionInterceptor.java:119)
    at .springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:184)
    at .springframework.aop.interceptor.ExposeInvocationInterceptor.invoke(ExposeInvocationInterceptor.java:97)
    at .springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:184)
    at .springframework.aop.framework.CglibAopProxy$DynamicAdvisedInterceptor.intercept(CglibAopProxy.java:727)
    at com.parsingandvalidationservice.listener.ParsingValidationServiceListenerDelegator$$SpringCGLIB$$0.delegate(<generated>)
    at com.parsingandvalidationservice.listener.ParsingValidationServiceListener.listen(ParsingValidationServiceListener.java:50)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:103)
    at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:580)
    at .springframework.aop.support.AopUtils.invokeJoinpointUsingReflection(AopUtils.java:359)
    at .springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.invokeJoinpoint(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:196)
    at .springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:163)
    at .springframework.aop.aspectj.MethodInvocationProceedingJoinPoint.proceed(MethodInvocationProceedingJoinPoint.java:89)
    at com.aspect.Metrics.allMethodsInApplicationPackage(Metrics.java:36)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:103)
    at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:580)
    at .springframework.aop.aspectj.AbstractAspectJAdvice.invokeAdviceMethodWithGivenArgs(AbstractAspectJAdvice.java:642)
    at .springframework.aop.aspectj.AbstractAspectJAdvice.invokeAdviceMethod(AbstractAspectJAdvice.java:632)
    at .springframework.aop.aspectj.AspectJAroundAdvice.invoke(AspectJAroundAdvice.java:71)
    at .springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:184)
    at .springframework.aop.interceptor.ExposeInvocationInterceptor.invoke(ExposeInvocationInterceptor.java:97)
    at .springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:184)
    at .springframework.aop.framework.CglibAopProxy$DynamicAdvisedInterceptor.intercept(CglibAopProxy.java:727)
    at com.parsingandvalidationservice.listener.ParsingValidationServiceListener$$SpringCGLIB$$0.listen(<generated>)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:103)
    at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:580)
    at .springframework.messaging.handler.invocation.InvocableHandlerMethod.doInvoke(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:169)
    at .springframework.kafka.listener.adapter.KotlinAwareInvocableHandlerMethod.doInvoke(KotlinAwareInvocableHandlerMethod.java:45)
    at .springframework.messaging.handler.invocation.InvocableHandlerMethod.invoke(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:119)
    at .springframework.kafka.listener.adapter.HandlerAdapter.invoke(HandlerAdapter.java:78)
    at .springframework.kafka.listener.adapter.MessagingMessageListenerAdapter.invokeHandler(MessagingMessageListenerAdapter.java:474)
    at .springframework.kafka.listener.adapter.MessagingMessageListenerAdapter.invoke(MessagingMessageListenerAdapter.java:421)
    at .springframework.kafka.listener.adapter.RecordMessagingMessageListenerAdapter.onMessage(RecordMessagingMessageListenerAdapter.java:85)
    at .springframework.kafka.listener.adapter.RecordMessagingMessageListenerAdapter.onMessage(RecordMessagingMessageListenerAdapter.java:50)
    at .springframework.kafka.listener.KafkaMessageListenerContainer$ListenerConsumer.doInvokeOnMessage(KafkaMessageListenerContainer.java:2889)
    at .springframework.kafka.listener.KafkaMessageListenerContainer$ListenerConsumer.invokeOnMessage(KafkaMessageListenerContainer.java:2867)
    at .springframework.kafka.listener.KafkaMessageListenerContainer$ListenerConsumer.doInvokeRecordListener(KafkaMessageListenerContainer.java:2779)
    at .springframework.kafka.listener.KafkaMessageListenerContainer$ListenerConsumer.doInvokeWithRecords(KafkaMessageListenerContainer.java:2616)
    at .springframework.kafka.listener.KafkaMessageListenerContainer$ListenerConsumer.invokeRecordListener(KafkaMessageListenerContainer.java:2505)
    at .springframework.kafka.listener.KafkaMessageListenerContainer$ListenerConsumer.invokeListener(KafkaMessageListenerContainer.java:2151)
    at .springframework.kafka.listener.KafkaMessageListenerContainer$ListenerConsumer.invokeIfHaveRecords(KafkaMessageListenerContainer.java:1527)
    at .springframework.kafka.listener.KafkaMessageListenerContainer$ListenerConsumer.pollAndInvoke(KafkaMessageListenerContainer.java:1465)
    at .springframework.kafka.listener.KafkaMessageListenerContainer$ListenerConsumer.run(KafkaMessageListenerContainer.java:1334)
    at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$AsyncRun.run$$$capture(CompletableFuture.java:1804)
    at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$AsyncRun.run(CompletableFuture.java)
    at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1583)*