SSCCE.java

import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Scope;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
import org.springframework.test.context.web.WebAppConfiguration;
import org.springframework.web.context.WebApplicationContext;


@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
@ContextConfiguration(classes = SSCCE.ContextConfig.class)
@WebAppConfiguration
public class SSCCE {
	
	@Autowired
	private SingletonBean singletonBean;
	
	@Configuration
	@ComponentScan(basePackageClasses=SSCCE.class)
	public static class ContextConfig {
		
	}
	
	@Component
	public static class SingletonBean {
		
		@Autowired
		private RequestBean bean;
		
	}
	
	@Component
	@Scope(WebApplicationContext.SCOPE_REQUEST)
	public static class RequestBean {
		
	}
	
	@Test
	public void testInstantiation() {
		
	}

}

This gist fails during application context initialization with a:

BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'SSCCE.RequestBean': Scope 'request' is not active for the current thread; consider defining a scoped proxy for this bean…