Index: lams_common/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/commonContext.xml
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diff -u -r7ff6d4b34cd71ac45741cb7c8d0c3ef6909eadf4 -r6f882ba0d7f059ee34d43fbfc532fb2f8b30e481
--- lams_common/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/commonContext.xml	(.../commonContext.xml)	(revision 7ff6d4b34cd71ac45741cb7c8d0c3ef6909eadf4)
+++ lams_common/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/commonContext.xml	(.../commonContext.xml)	(revision 6f882ba0d7f059ee34d43fbfc532fb2f8b30e481)
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
 		<property name="suffix" value=".jsp" />
 	</bean>
 	
+	<!-- Existing WildFly task executor for Spring async request processing. It is fetched by JNDI from JEE7+ platform. -->
+	<bean id="serverTaskExecutor" class="org.springframework.scheduling.concurrent.DefaultManagedTaskExecutor" />
+	
+	
 	<!-- ========================= RESOURCE DEFINITIONS ========================= -->
 	
 	
Index: lams_tool_assessment/web/WEB-INF/spring-servlet.xml
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diff -u -r7ff6d4b34cd71ac45741cb7c8d0c3ef6909eadf4 -r6f882ba0d7f059ee34d43fbfc532fb2f8b30e481
--- lams_tool_assessment/web/WEB-INF/spring-servlet.xml	(.../spring-servlet.xml)	(revision 7ff6d4b34cd71ac45741cb7c8d0c3ef6909eadf4)
+++ lams_tool_assessment/web/WEB-INF/spring-servlet.xml	(.../spring-servlet.xml)	(revision 6f882ba0d7f059ee34d43fbfc532fb2f8b30e481)
@@ -11,11 +11,13 @@
    						   http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc
         				   http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc.xsd">
 
-	<!-- Initialise Spring MVC. Enforce path suffix use otherwise /start will be recognised but /start.do will not. -->
+	<!-- Initialise Spring MVC. Enforce path suffix use otherwise /start will be recognised but /start.do will not. 
+		 Task executor is defined in commonContext.xml and is fetched from underlying JEE7+ platform (WildFly) -->
 	<mvc:annotation-driven>
+		<mvc:async-support default-timeout="10000" task-executor="serverTaskExecutor" />	
 		<mvc:path-matching suffix-pattern="true" />
 	</mvc:annotation-driven>
-
+	
 	<context:component-scan
 		base-package="org.lamsfoundation.lams.tool.assessment.web.controller" />
 </beans>
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