Add the ability to trigger a Quartz job on-demand through an Actuator endpoint

Before this commit, triggering a Quartz job on demand was not possible.
This commit introduces a new @WriteOperation endpoint
at /actuator/quartz/jobs/{groupName}/{jobName},
allowing a job to be triggered by specifying the jobName and groupName

See gh-42530

Signed-off-by: Dmytro Nosan <[email protected]>

Author: nosan

spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/docs/antora/modules/api/pages/rest/actuator/quartz.adoc

@@ -156,6 +156,39 @@ The following table describes the structure of the response:
 include::partial$rest/actuator/quartz/job-details/response-fields.adoc[]
 
 
+[[quartz.trigger-job]]
+== Trigger Quartz Job On Demand
+
+To trigger a particular Quartz job, make a `POST` request to `/actuator/quartz/jobs/\{groupName}/\{jobName}`, as shown in the following curl-based example:
+
+include::partial$rest/actuator/quartz/trigger-job/curl-request.adoc[]
+
+The preceding example demonstrates how to trigger a job that belongs to the `samples` group and is named `jobOne`.
+
+The response will look similar to the following:
+
+include::partial$rest/actuator/quartz/trigger-job/http-response.adoc[]
+
+
+[[quartz.trigger-job.request-structure]]
+=== Request Structure
+
+The request specifies a desired `state` associated with a particular job.
+Sending an HTTP Request with a  `"state": "running"` body indicates that the job should be run now.
+The following table describes the structure of the request:
+
+[cols="2,1,3"]
+include::partial$rest/actuator/quartz/trigger-job/request-fields.adoc[]
+
+[[quartz.trigger-job.response-structure]]
+=== Response Structure
+
+The response contains the details of a triggered job.
+The following table describes the structure of the response:
+
+[cols="2,1,3"]
+include::partial$rest/actuator/quartz/trigger-job/response-fields.adoc[]
+
 
 [[quartz.trigger]]
 == Retrieving Details of a Trigger

spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/endpoint/web/documentation/QuartzEndpointDocumentationTests.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2024 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2025 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
 import java.util.TimeZone;
 
@@ -54,9 +55,11 @@
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.endpoint.Show;
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.quartz.QuartzEndpoint;
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.quartz.QuartzEndpointWebExtension;
+import org.springframework.boot.json.JsonWriter;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
+import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.restdocs.payload.FieldDescriptor;
 import org.springframework.restdocs.payload.JsonFieldType;
 import org.springframework.scheduling.quartz.DelegatingJob;
@@ -68,8 +71,12 @@
 import static org.mockito.BDDMockito.given;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.springframework.restdocs.mockmvc.MockMvcRestDocumentation.document;
+import static org.springframework.restdocs.operation.preprocess.Preprocessors.preprocessRequest;
+import static org.springframework.restdocs.operation.preprocess.Preprocessors.preprocessResponse;
+import static org.springframework.restdocs.operation.preprocess.Preprocessors.prettyPrint;
 import static org.springframework.restdocs.payload.PayloadDocumentation.fieldWithPath;
 import static org.springframework.restdocs.payload.PayloadDocumentation.relaxedResponseFields;
+import static org.springframework.restdocs.payload.PayloadDocumentation.requestFields;
 import static org.springframework.restdocs.payload.PayloadDocumentation.responseFields;
 import static org.springframework.restdocs.payload.PayloadDocumentation.subsectionWithPath;
 
@@ -385,6 +392,23 @@ void quartzTriggerCustom() throws Exception {
 						.andWithPrefix("custom.", customTriggerSummary)));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void quartzTriggerJob() throws Exception {
+		mockJobs(jobOne);
+		String json = JsonWriter.standard().writeToString(Map.of("state", "running"));
+		assertThat(this.mvc.post()
+			.content(json)
+			.contentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+			.uri("/actuator/quartz/jobs/samples/jobOne"))
+			.hasStatusOk()
+			.apply(document("quartz/trigger-job", preprocessRequest(), preprocessResponse(prettyPrint()),
+					requestFields(fieldWithPath("state").description("The desired state of the job.")),
+					responseFields(fieldWithPath("group").description("Name of the group."),
+							fieldWithPath("name").description("Name of the job."),
+							fieldWithPath("className").description("Fully qualified name of the job implementation."),
+							fieldWithPath("triggerTime").description("Time the job is triggered."))));
+	}
+
 	private <T extends Trigger> void setupTriggerDetails(TriggerBuilder<T> builder, TriggerState state)
 			throws SchedulerException {
 		T trigger = builder.withIdentity("example", "samples")

spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/quartz/QuartzEndpoint.java

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.boot.actuate.quartz;
 
 import java.time.Duration;
+import java.time.Instant;
 import java.time.LocalTime;
 import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
 import java.time.temporal.TemporalUnit;
@@ -212,6 +213,26 @@ public QuartzJobDetailsDescriptor quartzJob(String groupName, String jobName, bo
 		return null;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Triggers (execute it now) a Quartz job by its group and job name.
+	 * @param groupName the name of the job's group
+	 * @param jobName the name of the job
+	 * @return a description of the triggered job or {@code null} if the job does not
+	 * exist
+	 * @throws SchedulerException if there is an error triggering the job
+	 * @since 3.5.0
+	 */
+	public QuartzJobTriggerDescriptor triggerQuartzJob(String groupName, String jobName) throws SchedulerException {
+		JobKey jobKey = JobKey.jobKey(jobName, groupName);
+		JobDetail jobDetail = this.scheduler.getJobDetail(jobKey);
+		if (jobDetail == null) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		this.scheduler.triggerJob(jobKey);
+		return new QuartzJobTriggerDescriptor(jobDetail.getKey().getGroup(), jobDetail.getKey().getName(),
+				jobDetail.getJobClass().getName(), Instant.now());
+	}
+
 	private static List<Map<String, Object>> extractTriggersSummary(List<? extends Trigger> triggers) {
 		List<Trigger> triggersToSort = new ArrayList<>(triggers);
 		triggersToSort.sort(TRIGGER_COMPARATOR);
@@ -387,6 +408,44 @@ public String getClassName() {
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Description of a triggered on demand {@link Job Quartz Job}.
+	 */
+	public static final class QuartzJobTriggerDescriptor {
+
+		private final String group;
+
+		private final String name;
+
+		private final String className;
+
+		private final Instant triggerTime;
+
+		private QuartzJobTriggerDescriptor(String group, String name, String className, Instant triggerTime) {
+			this.group = group;
+			this.name = name;
+			this.className = className;
+			this.triggerTime = triggerTime;
+		}
+
+		public String getGroup() {
+			return this.group;
+		}
+
+		public String getName() {
+			return this.name;
+		}
+
+		public String getClassName() {
+			return this.className;
+		}
+
+		public Instant getTriggerTime() {
+			return this.triggerTime;
+		}
+
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Description of a {@link Job Quartz Job}.
 	 */

spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/quartz/QuartzEndpointWebExtension.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2022 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2025 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.endpoint.Show;
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.endpoint.annotation.ReadOperation;
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.endpoint.annotation.Selector;
+import org.springframework.boot.actuate.endpoint.annotation.WriteOperation;
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.endpoint.web.WebEndpointResponse;
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.endpoint.web.annotation.EndpointWebExtension;
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.quartz.QuartzEndpoint.QuartzGroupsDescriptor;
@@ -79,6 +80,18 @@ public WebEndpointResponse<Object> quartzJobOrTrigger(SecurityContext securityCo
 				() -> this.delegate.quartzTrigger(group, name, showUnsanitized));
 	}
 
+	@WriteOperation
+	public WebEndpointResponse<Object> triggerQuartzJob(@Selector String jobs, @Selector String group,
+			@Selector String name, String state) throws SchedulerException {
+		if (!"jobs".equals(jobs)) {
+			return new WebEndpointResponse<>(WebEndpointResponse.STATUS_BAD_REQUEST);
+		}
+		if (!"running".equals(state)) {
+			return new WebEndpointResponse<>(WebEndpointResponse.STATUS_BAD_REQUEST);
+		}
+		return handleNull(this.delegate.triggerQuartzJob(group, name));
+	}
+
 	private <T> WebEndpointResponse<T> handle(String jobsOrTriggers, ResponseSupplier<T> jobAction,
 			ResponseSupplier<T> triggerAction) throws SchedulerException {
 		if ("jobs".equals(jobsOrTriggers)) {

spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/quartz/QuartzEndpointTests.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2025 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -66,16 +66,20 @@
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.quartz.QuartzEndpoint.QuartzJobDetailsDescriptor;
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.quartz.QuartzEndpoint.QuartzJobGroupSummaryDescriptor;
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.quartz.QuartzEndpoint.QuartzJobSummaryDescriptor;
+import org.springframework.boot.actuate.quartz.QuartzEndpoint.QuartzJobTriggerDescriptor;
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.quartz.QuartzEndpoint.QuartzTriggerGroupSummaryDescriptor;
 import org.springframework.scheduling.quartz.DelegatingJob;
 import org.springframework.util.LinkedMultiValueMap;
 import org.springframework.util.MultiValueMap;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.entry;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.within;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.BDDMockito.given;
 import static org.mockito.BDDMockito.then;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
 
 /**
  * Tests for {@link QuartzEndpoint}.
@@ -755,6 +759,31 @@ void quartzJobWithDataMapAndShowUnsanitizedFalse() throws SchedulerException {
 				entry("url", "******"));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void quartzJobShouldBeTriggered() throws SchedulerException {
+		JobDetail job = JobBuilder.newJob(Job.class)
+			.withIdentity("hello", "samples")
+			.withDescription("A sample job")
+			.storeDurably()
+			.requestRecovery(false)
+			.build();
+		mockJobs(job);
+		QuartzJobTriggerDescriptor quartzJobTriggerDescriptor = this.endpoint.triggerQuartzJob("samples", "hello");
+		assertThat(quartzJobTriggerDescriptor).isNotNull();
+		assertThat(quartzJobTriggerDescriptor.getName()).isEqualTo("hello");
+		assertThat(quartzJobTriggerDescriptor.getGroup()).isEqualTo("samples");
+		assertThat(quartzJobTriggerDescriptor.getClassName()).isEqualTo("org.quartz.Job");
+		assertThat(quartzJobTriggerDescriptor.getTriggerTime()).isCloseTo(Instant.now(), within(5, ChronoUnit.SECONDS));
+		then(this.scheduler).should().triggerJob(new JobKey("hello", "samples"));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void quartzJobShouldNotBeTriggeredJobDoesNotExist() throws SchedulerException {
+		QuartzJobTriggerDescriptor quartzJobTriggerDescriptor = this.endpoint.triggerQuartzJob("samples", "hello");
+		assertThat(quartzJobTriggerDescriptor).isNull();
+		then(this.scheduler).should(never()).triggerJob(any());
+	}
+
 	private void mockJobs(JobDetail... jobs) throws SchedulerException {
 		MultiValueMap<String, JobKey> jobKeys = new LinkedMultiValueMap<>();
 		for (JobDetail jobDetail : jobs) {