This is only during the class initialisation. If you want to get past an automated check with blockhound, you'll have to move the `NetUtil` initialisation forward, and out of any event loop. > This is only during the class initialisation. If you want to get past an automated check with blockhound, you'll have to move the `NetUtil` initialisation forward, and out of any event loop.

How could i do that? Can you please share code line? Read any of the public static fields in `NetUtil` before your event loop starts. > Read any of the public static fields in `NetUtil` before your event loop starts.

I am sorry but i dont understand How are you running Blockhound, though? We have a [Blockhound integration](https://github.com/netty/netty/blob/4.1/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/internal/Hidden.java#L39) that should tell it to allow those calls.
That should be [service loaded](https://github.com/netty/netty/blob/4.1/common/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/reactor.blockhound.integration.BlockHoundIntegration). > How are you running Blockhound, though? We have a [Blockhound integration](https://github.com/netty/netty/blob/4.1/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/internal/Hidden.java#L39) that should tell it to allow those calls. That should be [service loaded](https://github.com/netty/netty/blob/4.1/common/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/reactor.blockhound.integration.BlockHoundIntegration).

I guess there is a typo line 138 
it says NetUil instead of NetUtil A-ha! Well spotted. I'll put up a PR soon with the fix.
BlockHound detects blocking call with webflux webclient for simple http calling
I am on spring boot 2.6.7

Calling
```
webClient
                .get()
                .uri("/me", queryString)
                .exchangeToMono(clientResponse -> {
                    if (clientResponse.statusCode().equals(HttpStatus.OK)) {
                        return clientResponse.bodyToMono(FacebookAuthResponse.class);
                    }
                    return Mono.empty();
                })
                .filter(facebookAuthResponse ->
                        StringUtils.hasLength(facebookAuthResponse.getId())
                                && StringUtils.hasLength(facebookAuthResponse.getName())
                                && StringUtils.hasLength(facebookAuthResponse.getEmail())
                )
                .switchIfEmpty(Mono.error(new Exception()))
                .onErrorResume((ex) -> {ex.printStackTrace(); return Mono.empty();})
                ;
```

```
Caused by: reactor.blockhound.BlockingOperationError: Blocking call! java.io.FileInputStream#readBytes
	at java.base/java.io.FileInputStream.readBytes(FileInputStream.java)
	at java.base/java.io.FileInputStream.read(FileInputStream.java:276)
	at java.base/sun.nio.cs.StreamDecoder.readBytes(StreamDecoder.java:270)
	at java.base/sun.nio.cs.StreamDecoder.implRead(StreamDecoder.java:313)
	at java.base/sun.nio.cs.StreamDecoder.read(StreamDecoder.java:188)
	at java.base/java.io.InputStreamReader.read(InputStreamReader.java:177)
	at java.base/java.io.BufferedReader.fill(BufferedReader.java:162)
	at java.base/java.io.BufferedReader.readLine(BufferedReader.java:329)
	at java.base/java.io.BufferedReader.readLine(BufferedReader.java:396)
	at io.netty.util.NetUtil$SoMaxConnAction.run(NetUtil.java:171)
	at io.netty.util.NetUtil$SoMaxConnAction.run(NetUtil.java:155)
	at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:318)
	at io.netty.util.NetUtil.<clinit>(NetUtil.java:152)
	at reactor.netty.transport.AddressUtils.attemptParsingIpString(AddressUtils.java:238)
	at reactor.netty.transport.AddressUtils.createForIpString(AddressUtils.java:259)
	at reactor.netty.transport.AddressUtils.createInetSocketAddress(AddressUtils.java:56)
	at reactor.netty.transport.AddressUtils.createUnresolved(AddressUtils.java:86)
	at reactor.netty.http.client.UriEndpointFactory.lambda$createUriEndpoint$0(UriEndpointFactory.java:64)
	at reactor.netty.http.client.UriEndpoint.toExternalForm(UriEndpoint.java:63)
	at reactor.netty.http.client.HttpClientConnect$HttpClientHandler.<init>(HttpClientConnect.java:510)
	at reactor.netty.http.client.HttpClientConnect$MonoHttpConnect.subscribe(HttpClientConnect.java:208)
	at reactor.core.publisher.InternalMonoOperator.subscribe(InternalMonoOperator.java:64)
	at reactor.core.publisher.MonoDefer.subscribe(MonoDefer.java:52)
	at reactor.core.publisher.InternalMonoOperator.subscribe(InternalMonoOperator.java:64)
	at reactor.core.publisher.MonoFlatMap$FlatMapMain.onNext(MonoFlatMap.java:157)
	at reactor.core.publisher.Operators$MonoSubscriber.complete(Operators.java:1816)
	at reactor.core.publisher.MonoFlatMap$FlatMapInner.onNext(MonoFlatMap.java:249)
	at reactor.core.publisher.Operators$ScalarSubscription.request(Operators.java:2398)
	at reactor.core.publisher.MonoFlatMap$FlatMapInner.onSubscribe(MonoFlatMap.java:238)
	at reactor.core.publisher.MonoJust.subscribe(MonoJust.java:55)
	at reactor.core.publisher.MonoDeferContextual.subscribe(MonoDeferContextual.java:55)
	at reactor.core.publisher.MonoFlatMap$FlatMapMain.onNext(MonoFlatMap.java:157)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxSwitchIfEmpty$SwitchIfEmptySubscriber.onNext(FluxSwitchIfEmpty.java:74)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxFilter$FilterSubscriber.onNext(FluxFilter.java:113)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxSwitchIfEmpty$SwitchIfEmptySubscriber.onNext(FluxSwitchIfEmpty.java:74)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxOnErrorResume$ResumeSubscriber.onNext(FluxOnErrorResume.java:79)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxOnErrorResume$ResumeSubscriber.onNext(FluxOnErrorResume.java:79)
	at reactor.core.publisher.Operators$MonoSubscriber.complete(Operators.java:1816)
	at reactor.core.publisher.MonoFlatMap$FlatMapMain.onNext(MonoFlatMap.java:151)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxContextWrite$ContextWriteSubscriber.onNext(FluxContextWrite.java:107)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxMapFuseable$MapFuseableConditionalSubscriber.onNext(FluxMapFuseable.java:295)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxFilterFuseable$FilterFuseableConditionalSubscriber.onNext(FluxFilterFuseable.java:337)
	at reactor.core.publisher.Operators$MonoSubscriber.complete(Operators.java:1816)
	at reactor.core.publisher.MonoCollect$CollectSubscriber.onComplete(MonoCollect.java:159)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxPeekFuseable$PeekFuseableSubscriber.onComplete(FluxPeekFuseable.java:277)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxPeekFuseable$PeekFuseableSubscriber.onComplete(FluxPeekFuseable.java:277)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxPeekFuseable$PeekFuseableSubscriber.onComplete(FluxPeekFuseable.java:277)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxPeekFuseable$PeekFuseableSubscriber.onComplete(FluxPeekFuseable.java:277)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxPeekFuseable$PeekFuseableSubscriber.onComplete(FluxPeekFuseable.java:277)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxContextWrite$ContextWriteSubscriber.onComplete(FluxContextWrite.java:126)
	at reactor.core.publisher.Operators$ScalarSubscription.request(Operators.java:2400)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxContextWrite$ContextWriteSubscriber.request(FluxContextWrite.java:136)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxPeekFuseable$PeekFuseableSubscriber.request(FluxPeekFuseable.java:144)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxPeekFuseable$PeekFuseableSubscriber.request(FluxPeekFuseable.java:144)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxPeekFuseable$PeekFuseableSubscriber.request(FluxPeekFuseable.java:144)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxPeekFuseable$PeekFuseableSubscriber.request(FluxPeekFuseable.java:144)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxPeekFuseable$PeekFuseableSubscriber.request(FluxPeekFuseable.java:144)
	at reactor.core.publisher.MonoCollect$CollectSubscriber.onSubscribe(MonoCollect.java:103)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxPeekFuseable$PeekFuseableSubscriber.onSubscribe(FluxPeekFuseable.java:178)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxPeekFuseable$PeekFuseableSubscriber.onSubscribe(FluxPeekFuseable.java:178)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxPeekFuseable$PeekFuseableSubscriber.onSubscribe(FluxPeekFuseable.java:178)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxPeekFuseable$PeekFuseableSubscriber.onSubscribe(FluxPeekFuseable.java:178)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxPeekFuseable$PeekFuseableSubscriber.onSubscribe(FluxPeekFuseable.java:178)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxContextWrite$ContextWriteSubscriber.onSubscribe(FluxContextWrite.java:101)
	at reactor.core.publisher.MonoJust.subscribe(MonoJust.java:55)
	at reactor.core.publisher.Mono.subscribe(Mono.java:4400)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxFlatMap.trySubscribeScalarMap(FluxFlatMap.java:200)
	at reactor.core.publisher.MonoFlatMap.subscribeOrReturn(MonoFlatMap.java:53)
	at reactor.core.publisher.InternalMonoOperator.subscribe(InternalMonoOperator.java:57)
	at reactor.core.publisher.MonoFlatMap$FlatMapMain.onNext(MonoFlatMap.java:157)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxSwitchIfEmpty$SwitchIfEmptySubscriber.onNext(FluxSwitchIfEmpty.java:74)
	at reactor.core.publisher.MonoNext$NextSubscriber.onNext(MonoNext.java:82)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxConcatMap$ConcatMapImmediate.innerNext(FluxConcatMap.java:282)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxConcatMap$ConcatMapInner.onNext(FluxConcatMap.java:863)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxMap$MapSubscriber.onNext(FluxMap.java:120)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxPeek$PeekSubscriber.onNext(FluxPeek.java:200)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxPeek$PeekSubscriber.onNext(FluxPeek.java:200)
	at reactor.core.publisher.MonoNext$NextSubscriber.onNext(MonoNext.java:82)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxConcatArray$ConcatArraySubscriber.onNext(FluxConcatArray.java:201)
	at reactor.core.publisher.Operators$ScalarSubscription.request(Operators.java:2398)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxConcatArray$ConcatArraySubscriber.onSubscribe(FluxConcatArray.java:193)
	at reactor.core.publisher.MonoJust.subscribe(MonoJust.java:55)
	at reactor.core.publisher.MonoDefer.subscribe(MonoDefer.java:52)
	at reactor.core.publisher.Mono.subscribe(Mono.java:4400)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxConcatArray$ConcatArraySubscriber.onComplete(FluxConcatArray.java:258)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxConcatArray.subscribe(FluxConcatArray.java:78)
	at reactor.core.publisher.Mono.subscribe(Mono.java:4400)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxConcatMap$ConcatMapImmediate.drain(FluxConcatMap.java:451)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxConcatMap$ConcatMapImmediate.onSubscribe(FluxConcatMap.java:219)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxIterable.subscribe(FluxIterable.java:165)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxIterable.subscribe(FluxIterable.java:87)
	at reactor.core.publisher.InternalMonoOperator.subscribe(InternalMonoOperator.java:64)
	at reactor.core.publisher.MonoDefer.subscribe(MonoDefer.java:52)
	at reactor.core.publisher.Mono.subscribe(Mono.java:4400)
	at reactor.core.publisher.MonoIgnoreThen$ThenIgnoreMain.subscribeNext(MonoIgnoreThen.java:263)
	at reactor.core.publisher.MonoIgnoreThen.subscribe(MonoIgnoreThen.java:51)
	at reactor.core.publisher.Mono.subscribe(Mono.java:4400)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxSwitchIfEmpty$SwitchIfEmptySubscriber.onComplete(FluxSwitchIfEmpty.java:82)
	at reactor.core.publisher.MonoNext$NextSubscriber.onComplete(MonoNext.java:102)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxFilterWhen$FluxFilterWhenSubscriber.drain(FluxFilterWhen.java:236)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxFilterWhen$FluxFilterWhenSubscriber.onComplete(FluxFilterWhen.java:153)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxIterable$IterableSubscription.slowPath(FluxIterable.java:294)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxIterable$IterableSubscription.request(FluxIterable.java:230)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxFilterWhen$FluxFilterWhenSubscriber.onSubscribe(FluxFilterWhen.java:200)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxIterable.subscribe(FluxIterable.java:165)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxIterable.subscribe(FluxIterable.java:87)
	at reactor.core.publisher.InternalMonoOperator.subscribe(InternalMonoOperator.java:64)
	at reactor.core.publisher.MonoDefer.subscribe(MonoDefer.java:52)
	at reactor.core.publisher.Mono.subscribe(Mono.java:4400)
	at reactor.core.publisher.MonoIgnoreThen$ThenIgnoreMain.subscribeNext(MonoIgnoreThen.java:263)
	at reactor.core.publisher.MonoIgnoreThen.subscribe(MonoIgnoreThen.java:51)
	at reactor.core.publisher.Mono.subscribe(Mono.java:4400)
	at reactor.core.publisher.Mono.subscribeWith(Mono.java:4515)
	at reactor.core.publisher.Mono.subscribe(Mono.java:4371)
	at reactor.core.publisher.Mono.subscribe(Mono.java:4307)
	at org.springframework.test.web.reactive.server.HttpHandlerConnector.lambda$doConnect$2(HttpHandlerConnector.java:98)
	at org.springframework.mock.http.client.reactive.MockClientHttpRequest.lambda$null$2(MockClientHttpRequest.java:124)
	at reactor.core.publisher.MonoDefer.subscribe(MonoDefer.java:44)
	at reactor.core.publisher.Mono.subscribe(Mono.java:4400)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxConcatIterable$ConcatIterableSubscriber.onComplete(FluxConcatIterable.java:147)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxConcatIterable.subscribe(FluxConcatIterable.java:60)
	at reactor.core.publisher.MonoFromFluxOperator.subscribe(MonoFromFluxOperator.java:81)
	at reactor.core.publisher.MonoFlatMap$FlatMapMain.onNext(MonoFlatMap.java:157)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxSwitchIfEmpty$SwitchIfEmptySubscriber.onNext(FluxSwitchIfEmpty.java:74)
	at reactor.core.publisher.Operators$MonoInnerProducerBase.complete(Operators.java:2664)
	at reactor.core.publisher.MonoSingle$SingleSubscriber.onComplete(MonoSingle.java:180)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxMapFuseable$MapFuseableSubscriber.onComplete(FluxMapFuseable.java:150)
	at reactor.core.publisher.Operators$ScalarSubscription.request(Operators.java:2400)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxMapFuseable$MapFuseableSubscriber.request(FluxMapFuseable.java:169)
	at reactor.core.publisher.MonoSingle$SingleSubscriber.doOnRequest(MonoSingle.java:103)
	at reactor.core.publisher.Operators$MonoInnerProducerBase.request(Operators.java:2731)
	at reactor.core.publisher.Operators$MultiSubscriptionSubscriber.set(Operators.java:2194)
	at reactor.core.publisher.Operators$MultiSubscriptionSubscriber.onSubscribe(Operators.java:2068)
	at reactor.core.publisher.MonoSingle$SingleSubscriber.onSubscribe(MonoSingle.java:115)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxMapFuseable$MapFuseableSubscriber.onSubscribe(FluxMapFuseable.java:96)
	at reactor.core.publisher.MonoJust.subscribe(MonoJust.java:55)
	at reactor.core.publisher.Mono.subscribe(Mono.java:4400)
	at reactor.core.publisher.Mono.subscribeWith(Mono.java:4515)
	at reactor.core.publisher.Mono.subscribe(Mono.java:4371)
	at reactor.core.publisher.Mono.subscribe(Mono.java:4307)
	at org.springframework.test.web.reactive.server.HttpHandlerConnector.doConnect(HttpHandlerConnector.java:112)
	at org.springframework.test.web.reactive.server.HttpHandlerConnector.lambda$connect$0(HttpHandlerConnector.java:79)
	at reactor.core.publisher.MonoDefer.subscribe(MonoDefer.java:44)
	at reactor.core.publisher.Mono.subscribe(Mono.java:4400)
	at reactor.core.publisher.MonoSubscribeOn$SubscribeOnSubscriber.run(MonoSubscribeOn.java:126)
	at reactor.core.scheduler.WorkerTask.call(WorkerTask.java:84)
	at reactor.core.scheduler.WorkerTask.call(WorkerTask.java:37)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:304)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1136)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:635)
	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:833)
```
common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/internal/Hidden.java
common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/internal/Hidden.java
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/internal/Hidden.java b/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/internal/Hidden.java
index c233acdb2c4..78c45f715db 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/internal/Hidden.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/internal/Hidden.java
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ public void applyTo(BlockHound.Builder builder) {
                     "parse");
 
             builder.allowBlockingCallsInside(
-                    "io.netty.util.NetUil$SoMaxConnAction",
+                    "io.netty.util.NetUtil$SoMaxConnAction",
                     "run");
 
             builder.nonBlockingThreadPredicate(new Function<Predicate<Thread>, Predicate<Thread>>() {
