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ScopedValue vs ThreadLocal for request context in Java 21+?

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ScopedValue vs ThreadLocal

ThreadLocal carries per-thread context but is expensive at millions of virtual threads and easy to leak in pools. ScopedValue binds immutable context for a dynamic scope—cheap to share across…