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package source;

import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
import org.springframework.cloud.stream.annotation.EnableModule;
import org.springframework.cloud.stream.annotation.Source;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import org.springframework.integration.annotation.InboundChannelAdapter;
import org.springframework.integration.annotation.Poller;
import org.springframework.integration.core.MessageSource;
import org.springframework.messaging.support.GenericMessage;

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

/**
 * @author Dave Syer
 * @author Glenn Renfro
 *
 */
@EnableModule(Source.class)
@EnableConfigurationProperties(TimeSourceOptionsMetadata.class)
public class TimeSource {

	@Autowired
	private TimeSourceOptionsMetadata options;

	@Bean
	@InboundChannelAdapter(value = Source.OUTPUT, poller = @Poller(fixedDelay = "${fixedDelay}", maxMessagesPerPoll = "1"))
	public MessageSource<String> timerMessageSource() {
		return () -> new GenericMessage<>(new SimpleDateFormat(this.options.getFormat()).format(new Date()));
	}

}

@@ -1544,16 +1544,39 @@
 .OUTPUT,
+ autoStartup = %22false%22,
  poller 

Set autoStartup to false on the TimeSource