Counter-intuitive behavior of CompleteableFuture

With following code:

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public static void main(String[] args) {
    CompletableFuture<String> initial = new CompletableFuture<>();

    CompletableFuture<String> withSteps = initial
            .thenApply(s -> {
                System.out.println("STEP1: " + s);
                return s;
            })
            .thenApply(s -> {
                System.out.println("STEP2: " + s);
                return s;
            });

    CompletableFuture<String> timeout = withSteps;

    timeout.whenComplete((s, throwable) ->
System.out.println("TIMEOUT: " + throwable));

    timeout.completeExceptionally(new RuntimeException("TIMEOUT"));
    initial.complete("SUCCESS");
}
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I got output like this:

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TIMEOUT: java.lang.RuntimeException: TIMEOUT
STEP1: SUCCESS
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I don't understand why "STEP2" is not executed in this case. Is this expected?
For me this API is confusing and may create issues like this:
https://github.com/resilience4j/resilience4j/issues/1427

Thanks,
Michał Górniewski
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