Looking for a working example of Pact contract tests with Feign Client (consumer side) Hi everyone! 👋 I’m currently working on setting up Pact contract tests for a consumer using Feign Client and was wondering if anyone has a recent, working example to share. I’ve found a few examples online, but many seem outdated or don’t quite match our setup. If you’ve implemented this recently or know of a good reference, I’d really appreciate any pointers! Thanks in advance! 🙏

HI Katrin, As a feign user and wannabe pact user, I'm wondering why you'd need pacts in this case ? With Feign the provider exposes an API to the consumer and a client implementing this API is created at runtime. So the contract is enforced and cannot be broken on either sides, in my understanding. Am I missing something important here ?

Feign gives you a convenient, declarative client based on an expected contract. Pact ensures both sides actually agree on that contract and alerts you when they don’t — which is critical in evolving microservice systems. When you define a Feign client, you’re essentially saying “I expect the provider to have an endpoint that behaves like this.” But Feign doesn’t verify that the provider actually does.