Following the documentation (using Spring Boot 2.3.0 and Spring Cloud Hoxton.SR5) does not yield the described output if that annotation is missing. I saw it being used in several videos of M. Minella, so I think it is a glitch.
Adding the annotation to my code showed the log output where `TaskExecution` is created and updated in the repository. Without the annotation that does not show (and probably does not happen either).
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