⭐ New Features

• Cache method annotations in MethodParameter and AnnotatedMethod #36307
• Consistently support @Lazy as a meta-annotation at arbitrary depths #36306
• Consistently support @Validated as a meta-annotation at arbitrary depths #36305
• Let developers disable default registrations in HttpMessageConverters #36303
• Log which HandlerInterceptor threw the exception #36281
• Improve performance of hashcode calculations for request mappings #36279
• Improve performance of HandlerMethod bean lookup #36278
• Improve performance of version mapping #36276
• Improve performance of single pattern request mappings #36275
• Improve performance of validation groups determination #36274
• Add setPackagesToScan configuration method to LocalEntityManagerFactoryBean #36270
• Remove outdated GraalVM substitution #36257
• Introduce beforeRetry callback with RetryState argument #36245
• Optimize NamedParameterUtils#buildValueArray by lazily fetching SqlParameter #36230
• Allow customization of the ProxyFactory in HttpServiceProxyFactory used to create HTTP service proxies #36225
• Consistently close streams through try-with-resources in FileCopyUtils #36223
• Use Java Files utilities in FileCopyUtils #36221
• SqlBinaryValue and SqlCharacterValue should support InputStream content with undetermined length #36219
• Support JtaTransactionManager and SpringBeanContainer configuration on HibernateJpaVendorAdapter #36216
• Add TaskCallback/Callable/Runnable wrapper for retryable tasks #36208
• Refine YamlProcessor to allow different empty values #36207
• Anticipate fixing Kotlin 2.3 compilation warning #36203
• Allow YAML processors to create a flattened map with nulls included #36197
• Use Reader.transferTo in FileCopyUtils #36196
• DataBufferUtils.write() with NettyDataBuffer on JDK 25 hangs indefinitely #36184
• Make SendToMethodReturnValueHandler and SubscriptionMethodReturnValueHandler customizable, to allow for pass-through of message headers #36179
• Introduce RestClient.ResponseSpec#requiredBody #36173
• Make scope fully configurable in BeanRegistry/BeanRegistrar #36171
• ConcurrencyThrottleSupport and thread interruption #36167
• Add overloaded sendAndReceive methods to JmsTemplate to use explicit response queue #36162
• WebClient (Reactor) attributes on Netty channel do not clear after connection release #36158
• Support HttpEntity on ContentRequestMatchers.multipartData #36154
• Reintroduce WebLogicJtaTransactionManager in Spring Framework 6.2.x #36151
• Back-off for DefaultMessageListenerContainer is not applied consistently in case of listener setup failure #36143
• Early support for JPA 4.0 EntityAgent (autowiring a shared proxy) #36025
• Early compatibility with JPA 4.0 and Hibernate ORM 8.0 #35705

🐞 Bug Fixes

• Resolved HttpEntity Controller argument does not reflect mutated HTTP headers #36298
• Avoid lock congestion in ConcurrentReferenceHashMap #36293
• AbstractMessageConverter does not support wildcards in supported MIME types #36285
• Make LocalEntityManagerFactoryBean#setDataSource work on Hibernate as well as EclipseLink #36271
• StompBrokerRelayMessageHandler fails to restart due to test context pausing #36266
• Deadlock might occur when calling System.exit on startup (against multiple shutdown hooks) #36260
• Missing resource hint for BeanRegistrar implementing ImportAware #36242
• Inconsistent behavior with @Retryable on annotated interfaces #36233
• Netty4HeadersAdapter.remove returns empty list instead of null for non-existing key #36226
• Generic type in AsyncTaskExecutor.submit(Callable) should be @Nullable #36191
• EclipseLinkConnectionHandle can fail against transaction isolation race condition #36165

📔 Documentation

• Remove obsolete code in Redirecting to a resource section #36284
• Fix formatting in Web MVC HTTP Message Conversion documentation #36250
• Remove obsolete doc for spring.context.annotated-bean-reader.create #36241
• Document @SpringExtensionConfig in the reference manual #36240
• Fix JSON syntax in STOMP overview documentation #36229
• Revise documentation on JSR-330 support in the reference manual #36222
• Fix links to JUnit User Guide #36217
• Corrected the definition of coroutines #36209
• Fix LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean#setPersistenceUnitName javadoc #36205
• Update documentation on trailing slash handling where type-level @GetMapping("/base") is combined with method level @GetMapping("/") #36198
• Update documentation on the MediaType used for ProblemDetail #36192
• Extract DispatcherServlet snippets #36175
• Replace getErrors() with getBindingResult() in examples #36170
• Refine CORS documentation to match latest changes #36156

🔨 Dependency Upgrades

• Upgrade to Apache POI 5.5 #36174
• Upgrade to ASM 9.9.1 and Objenesis 3.5 #36243
• Upgrade to Micrometer 1.6.3 #36287
• Upgrade to Reactor 2025.0.3 #36288

❤️ Contributors

Thank you to all the contributors who worked on this release:

@Ivarz, @catturtle123, @chschu, @deejay1, @dingqianwen, @dungdm93, @furaizi, @izeye, @kchung1995, @kilink, @msridhar, @ngocnhan-tran1996, @pgoslatara, @philwebb, @pisek, and @shub-est

⭐ New Features

• Improve performance of hashcode calculations for request mappings #36297
• Improve performance of HandlerMethod bean lookup #36296
• Improve performance of validation groups determination #36295
• Improve performance of single pattern request mappings #36294
• Optimize NamedParameterUtils#buildValueArray by lazily fetching SqlParameter #36232
• Consistently close streams through try-with-resources in FileCopyUtils #36224
• SqlBinaryValue and SqlCharacterValue should support InputStream content with undetermined length #36220
• DataBufferUtils.write() with NettyDataBuffer on JDK 25 hangs indefinitely #36189
• WebClient (Reactor) attributes on Netty channel do not clear after connection release #36163
• Reintroduce WebLogicJtaTransactionManager in Spring Framework 6.2.x #36152
• DisconnectedClientHelper should detect presence of RestClientException and WebClientException separately #36150
• Add DataAccessException and MessagingException to the excluded outermost exceptions in DisconnectedClientHelper #36135
• Improve user check in TransportHandlingSockJsService #36129

🐞 Bug Fixes

• Avoid lock congestion in ConcurrentReferenceHashMap #36308
• Resolved HttpEntity Controller argument does not reflect mutated HTTP headers #36301
• AbstractMessageConverter does not support wildcards in supported MIME types #36286
• Make LocalEntityManagerFactoryBean#setDataSource work on Hibernate as well as EclipseLink #36272
• Deadlock might occur when calling System.exit on startup (against multiple shutdown hooks) #36268
• Netty4HeadersAdapter.remove returns empty list instead of null for non-existing key #36227
• EclipseLinkConnectionHandle can fail against transaction isolation race condition #36166
• WiretapConnector leaks data buffers when response body not consumed #36051
• UriComponentsBuilder loses the fragment when it consists of only a single character #36035
• SimpleBeanInfoFactory fails to reliably resolve read/write methods in type hierarchies with unresolved generics #36026

📔 Documentation

• Fix links to JUnit User Guide #36218
• Fix LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean#setPersistenceUnitName javadoc #36206
• Update documentation on trailing slash handling where type-level @GetMapping("/base") is combined with method level @GetMapping("/") #36200
• Update documentation on the MediaType used for ProblemDetail #36193
• Replace getErrors() with getBindingResult() in examples #36172
• Upgrade Antora dependencies #36106
• Fix typos and grammar #36023

🔨 Dependency Upgrades

• Bump fast-xml-parser from 4.5.2 to 5.3.4 in /framework-docs #36239
• Upgrade to ASM 9.9.1 and Objenesis 3.5 #36244
• Upgrade to JUnit 5.14.2 #36148
• Upgrade to Micrometer 1.15.9 #36290
• Upgrade to Reactor 2024.0.15 #36289

⚠️ Attention Required

• Introduce Spring property to disable context pausing for tests #36117
• Avoid unnecessary pausing of application contexts in the TestContext framework #36044

⭐ New Features

• DisconnectedClientHelper should detect presence of RestClientException and WebClientException separately #36141
• Deprecate PagedListHolder and PropertyComparator for removal #36139
• Add DataAccessException and MessagingException to the excluded outermost exceptions in DisconnectedClientHelper #36134
• Support property placeholders in HTTP service registry #36126
• Retain original requested bean class for SpringContainedBean #36116
• Add task rejection support to SyncTaskExecutor's concurrency throttle #36114
• Precompute PropertyDescriptor array in SimpleBeanInfoFactory #36112
• Add option for @ConcurrencyLimit to throw rejection exception #36109
• Support HttpComponents 5.6 #36100
• Fix double encoding in DefaultApiVersionInserter #36097
• Optimize single-char wildcard path matching performance #36095
• Allow WebFlux ApiVersionResolver to return a Mono #36084
• Configure HttpMessageConverters as a list #36083
• HTTP Interface with an @RequestBody Object method parameter should use class of actual value #36078
• Consistently declare @Nullable on parameter in equals() implementations #36075
• Support listener registration for @Transactional triggered method rollbacks #36073
• Introduce generalized MethodFailureEvent for use in EventPublicationInterceptor #36072
• Avoid duplicate flushes in StringHttpMessageConverter #36065
• When no API version is provided, static resources fail to load #36059
• When no API version is provided, /error requests also fail. #36058
• Declare TaskCallback return value as potentially nullable #36057
• Fix case-insensitive semantics for LinkedCaseInsensitiveMap entrySet #36056
• Update to NullAway 0.12.15 and fix new warnings #36054
• Provide alternative to execute(Retryable) which avoids RetryException in favor of rethrowing the last original RuntimeException #36052
• Simplify TransactionalOperator.executeAndAwait by removing Optional #36039
• Deprecated MockMvcClientHttpRequestFactory is required for tests with HTTP service interface proxy #35989
• Introduce Jackson XML codecs #35752
• Support listener registration for @Retryable triggered retry executions #35382

🐞 Bug Fixes

• Fix SmartFactoryBean type matching for ResolvableType.NONE #36123
• AbstractMessageSendingTemplate ignores headers in convertAndSend() variant #36120
• JmsClient.sendAndReceive() fails if headers are included #36118
• PropertyDescriptorUtils does not reliably resolve overloaded write methods #36113
• Fix context class resolution for nested types in AbstractJacksonHttpMessageConverter #36111
• DefaultApiVersionInserter encodes already encoded URI #36080
• ConverterFactory nullness mismatch with Converter #36063
• WiretapConnector leaks data buffers when response body not consumed #36050
• CompilationException should not use -1 for line or column numbers when they are unknown #36041
• org.springframework.core.test.tools.TestCompiler.Errors should handle case where warnings are turned into errors #36037
• UriComponentsBuilder loses the fragment when it consists of only a single character #36029
• Parameter names of the handler method are null in HandlerInterceptor::preHandle during first invocation of an endpoint #36024
• PropertyDescriptorUtils does not reliably resolve read/write methods in type hierarchies with generics #36019
• Illegal reflection use against Hibernate Validator 9 on module path #36012

📔 Documentation

• Clarify unversioned handler matching precedence #36125
• Clarify meaning of maxAttempts in FixedBackOff vs. maxRetries in RetryPolicy #36119
• Polishing AOT cache documentation #36108
• Upgrade Antora dependencies #36105
• Modernize the DispatcherServlet Locale documentation #36099
• Fix Kotlin example in Multipart Content #36094
• Remove @EnableWebFlux from documentation code snippets #36091
• Fix Kotlin example in CORS and Functional Endpoints references #36089
• Extract remaining WebMVC configuration snippets #36088
• Remove the "Other Web Frameworks" documentation #36086
• Fix reference links in Configuration page #36079
• Document HttpHeaders#toSingleValueMap() case-sensitive behavior #36070
• Correct encode Javadoc for UriComponents and UriComponentsBuilder #36040
• Fix typos and grammar #36022
• Custom @ExceptionHandler silently ignored when spring.mvc.problemdetails.enabled=true without @Order #35982
• Document how to discard response body with WebTestClient #35953
• Modernize the view technologies section #35450
• Remove JavaScript/Kotlin from ScriptEngine documentation #27919

🔨 Dependency Upgrades

• Upgrade to Micrometer 1.16.2 #36145
• Upgrade to Reactor 2025.0.2 #36144

❤️ Contributors

Thank you to all the contributors who worked on this release:

@JKaplanEmpty-Nes, @MukjepScarlet, @TerryTaoYY, @haydenrear, @jhan0121, @jher235, @marcphilipp, @mipo256, @msridhar, @ngocnhan-tran1996, @parkhojeong, @philipbolting, @playous, @quaff, @thelightway24, and @xyraclius

⭐ New Features

• Avoid unnecessary list creation and processing in AbstractTestContextBootstrapper #35995
• AbstractTestContextBootstrapper should resolve ContextLoader only once #35994
• Log RetryException for @Retryable methods #35983
• Consistently stop already started Lifecycle beans on cancelled refresh #35964
• Support timeouts in @Retryable and RetryPolicy #35963
• Use == instead of instanceof for primitive array type checks #35962
• Introduce MultiValueMapCollector for use with streams #35958
• Avoid package cycle caused by use of UriComponentsBuilder in ServletServerHttpRequest #35952
• Target type in Converter interface should be @Nullable #35947
• Provide access to attempt count in RetryListener as well as callbacks for the initial attempt #35940
• DefaultHandshakeHandler should not log client faults on error level #35930
• Log warning when meta-annotation is ignored due to types not present in classpath #35927
• Revise ApplicationContext#getId() nullability to non-null #35925
• Use concurrent set behind reactive TransactionSynchronizationManager#registerSynchronization #35921
• Refine AbstractKotlinSerializationHttpMessageConverter#canWrite #35920
• Register bean dependency for Optional injection point as well #35919
• Change canRead/canWrite overrides to Class ones in AbstractSmartHttpMessageConverter #35916
• Do not make HttpHeaders read-only in HttpEntity #35888
• Add WebFlux SSE support with GSON #35884
• Different ReactorNettyWebSocketSession call getId() may return the same value #35883
• Refine nullability of Assert#noNullElements #35868
• Allow configuring default maxIdleTime on InMemoryWebSessionStore. #35866
• Refine BindingReflectionHintsRegistrar with ObjectToObjectConverter hints #35847
• Add resetCaches() method to general CacheManager interface #35845
• Enhance handleTypeMismatch error message in ResponseEntityExceptionHandler #35837
• Add support for package-private BeanRegistrar in Spring AOT generated code #35803
• Use ExtendedServletRequestDataBinder/ExtendedWebExchangeDataBinder for functional request binding #35800
• Expose Collection on FragmentsRendering to facilitate Unit Tests #35775
• Improve i18n-support for NoResourceFoundException #35758
• Cache resolved singleton beans in injected Provider instance #35373

🐞 Bug Fixes

• ContextConfigurationAttributes(Class) constructor incorrectly sets inheritLocations to false #36000
• NullPointerException thrown from JdkClientHttpRequestFactory for null request header value #35996
• State inconsistency in LazyConnectionDataSourceProxy when connection settings fail #35980
• SubscriberInputStream#resume misuses parked thread reference #35978
• Shared EntityManager returned by AbstractEntityManagerFactoryBean cannot be advised by AspectJ interceptor #35974
• RestClient cannot make HEAD requests when the response declares gzip Content-Encoding #35966
• ServerRequestObservationContext(s) miss Propagator.Getter method implementation #35965
• Jackson used instead of kotlinx.serialization for more complex types #35960
• Strong locking in ConcurrentReferenceHashMap#computeIfAbsent may cause context initialisation deadlock #35944
• BridgeMethodResolver change in 6.2.13 breaks Spring Data entity introspection #35936
• DefaultMessageListenerContainer does not clear Session and MessageConsumer for paused invokers #35932
• Tighten cacheable decision behind @Lazy injection point #35917
• AOT-generated bean definition does not consider name of RuntimeBeanReference using name and type #35913
• Accidental fallback match for Collection-type beans due to @Bean-level qualifier annotation #35908
• SingletonSupplier should be defensive against singletonInstance/initialized visibility mismatch #35905
• SortedResourcesFactoryBean does not accept non-existent resources anymore #35895
• Support reading unresolvable types in AbstractJacksonHttpMessageConverter #35889
• Refine Kotlin Serialization codec type checks #35885
• UrlHandlerFilter also removes query parameters and fragment when using HTTP redirect #35873
• Fix handling of ServerSentEvent with Jackson encoder #35872
• @EnableResilientMethods does not participate in globally enforced target class proxying #35863
• RestTestClient can leak HTTP connections when no body expectations are performed #35784
• Use provided ReactiveAdapterRegistry in BindingContext constructor #35771
• PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver fails with URI in JAR manifest Class-Path entries #35682

📔 Documentation

• Correct link to Reactive Libraries in reference docs #35970
• Document that annotations are ignored if attributes reference types not present in the classpath #35959
• Remove JUnit 4 based meta-annotation example #35903
• Refer to "Spring Tools" instead of "Spring Tools for Eclipse" in reference manual #35901
• Document that SpringExtension requires JUnit Jupiter 6.0 or higher #35900
• Fix broken Javadoc links to methods #35899
• Clarify JMS sessionTransacted flag for local versus global transaction #35897
• Reference docs should not use obsolete "junit5" links #35892
• Testing chapter references nonexistent Dependency Management documentation #35890
• Wrong interface in WebFlux Documentation page for API Version #35887
• Update reference documentation to use Jackson 3 #35886

🔨 Dependency Upgrades

• Upgrade to json-path 2.10.0 #35924
• Upgrade to Micrometer 1.16.1 [#3...

⭐ New Features

• Avoid package cycle caused by use of UriComponentsBuilder in ServletServerHttpRequest #35954
• DefaultHandshakeHandler should not log client faults on error level #35948
• Use concurrent set behind reactive TransactionSynchronizationManager#registerSynchronization #35922
• Expose Collection on FragmentsRendering to facilitate Unit Tests #35912
• Different ReactorNettyWebSocketSession call getId() may return the same value #35911
• Enhance handleTypeMismatch error message in ResponseEntityExceptionHandler #35878

🐞 Bug Fixes

• NullPointerException thrown from JdkClientHttpRequestFactory for null request header value #35998
• State inconsistency in LazyConnectionDataSourceProxy when connection settings fail #35981
• SubscriberInputStream#resume misuses parked thread reference #35979
• PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver fails with URI in JAR manifest Class-Path entries #35967
• Strong locking in ConcurrentReferenceHashMap#computeIfAbsent may cause context initialisation deadlock #35945
• BridgeMethodResolver change in 6.2.13 breaks Spring Data entity introspection #35941
• DefaultMessageListenerContainer does not clear Session and MessageConsumer for paused invokers #35935
• Tighten cacheable decision behind @Lazy injection point #35918
• Use provided ReactiveAdapterRegistry in BindingContext constructor #35914
• Accidental fallback match for Collection-type beans due to @Bean-level qualifier annotation #35909
• SortedResourcesFactoryBean does not accept non-existent resources anymore #35896

📔 Documentation

• Document that annotations are ignored if attributes reference types not present in the classpath #35973
• Fix broken Javadoc links to methods #35904
• Refer to "Spring Tools" instead of "Spring Tools for Eclipse" in reference manual #35902
• Clarify JMS sessionTransacted flag for local versus global transaction #35898
• Reference docs should not use obsolete "junit5" links #35893
• Testing chapter references nonexistent Dependency Management documentation #35891

🔨 Dependency Upgrades

• Upgrade to json-path 2.10.0 #35937
• Upgrade to Micrometer 1.14.14 #35986
• Upgrade to Reactor 2024.0.13 #35987

⭐ New Features

• Align RestOperations Kotlin extensions nullability with Java one #35852
• Add resetCaches() method to Caffeine/ConcurrentMapCacheManager #35840
• Fix single-check idiom in UnmodifiableMultiValueMap #35822
• Fix Spliterator characteristics in ConcurrentReferenceHashMap #35817
• RestTestClient does not configure JsonPathAssertions in the same way as WebTestClient #35793

🐞 Bug Fixes

• Fix JdbcOperations Kotlin extensions #35846
• Fix getCacheNames() concurrent access in NoOpCacheManager #35842
• Annotation discovery regression for interfaces extending BeanNameAware and co. #35835
• MissingPathVariableException produces wrong status code in ProblemDetail #35829
• Refine ParameterizedPreparedStatementSetter nullability #35749
• Fix HtmlUtils unescape for supplementary chars #35477

📔 Documentation

• Fix cross-reference links in HtmlUnit sections #35853
• Remove @see Javadoc references to deprecated PropertiesBeanDefinitionReader #35836
• Replace kotlin-issues attribute reference #35820
• Document semantics and behavior of SpringExtension.getApplicationContext() #35764

❤️ Contributors

Thank you to all the contributors who worked on this release:

@juntae6942, @kilink, @ngocnhan-tran1996, and @quaff

⭐ New Features

• Add resetCaches() method to Caffeine/ConcurrentMapCacheManager #35841
• Fix single-check idiom in UnmodifiableMultiValueMap #35831
• Fix Spliterator characteristics in ConcurrentReferenceHashMap #35828

🐞 Bug Fixes

• MissingPathVariableException produces wrong status code in ProblemDetail #35856
• Fix getCacheNames() concurrent access in NoOpCacheManager #35844
• Annotation discovery regression for interfaces extending BeanNameAware and co. #35838
• Fix HtmlUtils unescape for supplementary chars #35832

📔 Documentation

• Fix cross-reference links in HtmlUnit sections #35857
• Remove @see Javadoc references to deprecated PropertiesBeanDefinitionReader #35854

🍃 Please read the official release notes and upgrade guide

⭐ New Features

• Make SessionHolder publicly accessible for external resource management #35799
• RouterFunctions Builders do not support ServerResponse subtypes #35791
• Configure Jackson CBOR codecs by default if present #35787
• Rename maxAttempts to maxRetries in @Retryable and RetryPolicy #35772
• Prevent Kotlin Serialization side effects #35761
• Add default API version to the list of supported versions #35755
• Improve user check in TransportHandlingSockJsService #35753
• Update ApiVersionDeprecationHandler to provide access to handler #35750
• Use dedicated classes for ApiVersionResolver implementations #35747
• Provide AOT support for @Nested classes in a @ParameterizedClass #35744
• AssertJ support for WebTestClient #35737
• Reject attempt to use @MockitoSpyBean with a scoped proxy #35722
• Provide a way to supply the client builder for an HttpServiceGroup #35707
• Review HttpMessageConverters.Builder to improve readability of code using the API #35704
• Configure custom Kotlin Serialization converter on HttpMessageConverters #35733

🐞 Bug Fixes

• Missing support for UnprocessableContent in WebClientResponseException.create(HttpStatusCode, ..) methods #35802
• Relax media type checks in HttpMessageConverters #35801
• Fix HttpHeaders and WebSocketHttpHeaders interop issues #35792
• @ConcurrencyLimit weird behavior when combined with @Async and @Transactional #35788
• buildSrc:test failing on JDKs before JDK 25 #35777
• Add jar validation and fix multi-release jar #35768
• Upgrade to JUnit 6.0.1 and prevent AOT test scanning failure for JUnit 4 tests #35740
• Fix port handling in HtmlUnitRequestBuilder #35709
• RestTestClient.mutate() should not have side effects #35698

📔 Documentation

• Document workaround for @PersistenceContext and @PersistenceUnit in test classes in AOT #31442

🔨 Dependency Upgrades

• Upgrade to Jetty 12.1.4 #35805
• Upgrade to Micrometer 1.16.0 #35811
• Upgrade to Reactor 2025.0.0 #35779

❤️ Contributors

Thank you to all the contributors who worked on this release:

@Sineaggi and @UpStreamThomas

⭐ New Features

• Support response encoding in select and options JSP form tags #35783
• Preserve Connection readOnly state for DataSource with defaultReadOnly configuration #35743
• Optimize resource URL resolution in SortedResourcesFactoryBean #35687
• Relax multiple segment matching constraints in PathPattern #35686
• Support wildcard path elements at the start of path patterns #35679
• Validating byte[]s may produce OutOfMemoryError #35675
• Update in FragmentsRendering to names of static methods #33974

🐞 Bug Fixes

• ConcurrentReferenceHashMap misses dedicated computeIfAbsent, computeIfPresent, compute, merge implementations #35794
• Avoid unnecessary bridge method resolution around getMostSpecificMethod #35780
• Fix multi-release JAR issue with VirtualThreadDelegate #35773
• ContentNegotiationManager not finding media type when request includes quality parameter #35754
• Race condition in BufferingClientHttpResponseWrapper.getBody() #35745
• Deprecate setConnectTimeout on HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory #35748
• Fix PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver to handle absolute paths in JAR manifests #35732
• BeanDefinitionBuilder.addAutowiredProperty causes error during AOT processing #35731
• Improve HttpServiceMethod support for Kotlin suspending functions returning Flow #35718
• Exception translation does not expose original BatchUpdateException anymore #35717
• Add hints for entities package-private methods #35711
• Fix concurrency permit leak causing deadlock in SimpleAsyncTaskExecutor #35708
• Remove jibx-marshaller element from spring-oxm.xsd #35699
• NullPointerException When Handling 407 with JdkClientHttpConnector in WebClient #35692
• Method-based Map injection fails against target Map with incomplete generics despite bean name or qualifier match #35690
• JUnit Jupiter TEST_METHOD ExtensionContextScope is not fully supported #35680
• Introduce isAutowirableConstructor(Executable, PropertyProvider) in TestConstructorUtils and deprecate existing variants #35676
• Reflection on java.sql.Types without runtime hints #35674
• getPubliclyAccessibleMethodIfPossible() returns hidden static method #35667
• RestClient hangs during upload with ReactorClientHttpRequestFactory #34707

📔 Documentation

• Correct formatting for Mono type #35786
• Improve Java Bean Validation documentation for controller methods #35759
• Fix typo in @NumberFormat Javadoc #35742
• Javadoc of AsyncConfigurer does not match runtime behavior #35736
• Document PathPattern behavior difference between */{name} and **/{*path} #35727
• Fix minor typo in RestClient documentation #35723
• Document test-method scoped TestContext semantics #35716
• Improve docs on AbstractStreamingClientHttpRequest for streaming vs buffering mode #35700
• Fix minor typo in JDBC Core Classes documentation #35684
• Fix typos #35656
• Improve spring-web filter documentation #30454

🔨 Dependency Upgrades

• Upgrade to ASM 9.9 plus lenient version check patch #35763
• Upgrade to Jetty 12.0.30 #35806
• Upgrade to Micrometer 1.14.13 #35810
• Upgrade to Reactor 2024.0.12 #35809

❤️ Contributors

Thank you to all the contributors who worked on this release:

@Anxton, @Artur-, @HJC96, @MoadElfatihi, @NYgomets, @cbsingh1, @dmitrysulman, @ekcom, and @scordio

⭐ New Features

• Deprecate the BeanShell scripting support #35720
• Deprecate the lang XML namespace #35719
• Deprecate Hamcrest methods in WebTestClient #35703
• Remove Hamcrest dependency from RestTestClient #35702
• AssertJ support for RestTestClient #35701
• Use test-method scoped ExtensionContext in the SpringExtension #35697
• Remove support for callable references in BeanRegistrarDsl #35694
• Make Protobuf support extensible for gRPC #35403
• Fix CRaC potential hangup after restoring #34372

🐞 Bug Fixes

• Add support for Spring AOT with BeanRegistrar for attribute AutoProxyUtils.originalTargetClass #35645
• SingletonSupplier is not singleton if null is returned on first supplier call #35380

📔 Documentation

• Remove outdated Portlet mentions #35726
• Move the "Groovy Bean Definition DSL" section to the Groovy page #35721
• Remove outdated Spring version mentions #35696
• Document automatic context propagation #35689
• Refine documentation of BeanRegistrarDsl with RouterFunctionDsl #35549

🔨 Dependency Upgrades

• Upgrade to Kotlin 2.2.21 #35714

❤️ Contributors

Thank you to all the contributors who worked on this release:

@YaSuenag, @dmitrysulman, and @nosan