I don't, but the when exceptions become the norm it makes debugging much more difficult. I'm not an expert on the subject, but it seems to have a negative impac

I don't, but the when exceptions become the norm it makes debugging much more difficult. I'm not an expert on the subject, but it seems to have a negative impact on performance as well. And in the case of a simple web app, it just shouldn't be necessary. Maybe it makes sense for Spring to do it, but that would indicate that it's more complex than it needs to be.