See for more info: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/77955301/how-to-reply-to-a-gateway-from-an-error-channel-so-it-does-not-hang Related issue is: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-integration/issues/3984 See also: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/77955301/how-to-reply-to-a-gateway-from-an-error-channel-so-it-does-not-hang