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This PR contains the following updates:

Package Change Age Adoption Passing Confidence
org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-dependencies (source) 3.5.14 → 4.0.6 age adoption passing confidence
org.springframework.boot 3.5.14 → 4.0.6 age adoption passing confidence

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spring-projects/spring-boot (org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-dependencies)

v4.0.6

🐞 Bug Fixes

  • Default security is misconfigured when spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure is present and spring-boot-health is not #​50188
  • Elasticsearch Rest5Client auto-configuration misconfigures underlying HTTP client #​50187
  • ApplicationPidFileWriter does not handle symlinks correctly #​50185
  • RandomValuePropertySource is not suitable for secrets #​50183
  • Cassandra auto-configuration misconfigures CqlSessionBuilder #​50180
  • ApplicationTemp does not handle symlinks correctly #​50178
  • Remote DevTools performs comparison incorrectly #​50176
  • spring.rabbitmq.ssl.verify-hostname is applied inconsistently #​50174
  • Whole number values are ignored when configuring min and max expected values and SLO boundaries for a distribution summary meter #​50077
  • Classic starters are missing several modules #​50071
  • Module spring-boot-resttestclient is missing from spring-boot-starter-test-classic #​50069
  • Annotations like @Ssl don't work on @Bean methods when using @ServiceConnection #​50064
  • EnversRevisionRepositoriesRegistrar should reuse @EnableEnversRepositories rather than configuring the JPA counterpart #​50039
  • WebFlux Cloud Foundry links endpoint includes query string from received request in resolved links #​50017
  • Imports on a containing test class are ignored when a nested class has imports #​50012
  • With spring.jackson.use-jackson2-defaults set to true, FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES is enabled #​49951
  • 500 response from env endpoint when supplied pattern is invalid #​49946
  • Reactive MongoDB starter has a transitive dependency on the synchronous MongoDB driver #​49945
  • HTTP method is lost when configuring excludes in EndpointRequest #​49943
  • Honor HttpMethod for reactive additional endpoint paths #​49880
  • Docker Compose support doesn't work with apache/artemis image #​49869
  • Docker Compose support doesn't work with apache/activemq image #​49866
  • Spring Security's PathPatternRequestMatcher.Builder is not auto-configured when using WebMvcTest and spring-boot-security-test #​49854
  • API versioning path strategy should be applied path last as it is not meant to yield #​49800

📔 Documentation

  • Update docs to encourage Java fundamentals for beginners that prefer to learn that way #​50146
  • HTTP Service Interface Clients still document that API versioning can be configured via properties #​50126
  • Link to the observability section of the Lettuce documentation is broken #​50097
  • Javadoc for StaticResourceLocation.FAVICON doesn't describe icons location #​50085
  • MySamlRelyingPartyConfiguration is missing a Kotlin sample #​50024
  • Incorrect default value for management.httpexchanges.recording.include in configuration metadata #​50019
  • Link to the Kubernetes documentation when discussing startup probes #​50015
  • Typo in JdbcSessionAutoConfiguration Javadoc #​49873
  • Clarify that configuration property default values are not available through the Environment #​49851
  • Document the need for Liquibase and Flyway starters #​49839
  • Kafka documentation refers to deprecated JSON serializer and deserializer classes #​49826

🔨 Dependency Upgrades

❤️ Contributors

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

@​GollapudiSrikanth, @​MohammedGhallab, @​bachhs, @​dlwldnjs1009, @​edwardsre, @​kodama-kcc, @​kwondh5217, @​ppapaj, @​quaff, @​refeccd, @​scordio, and @​xxxxxxjun

v4.0.5

🐞 Bug Fixes

  • Test starter for Spring Integration does not include Spring Integration test module #​49784
  • Some sliced tests that import TransactionAutoConfiguration do not import TransactionManagerCustomizationAutoConfiguration #​49782
  • WebSocket messaging's task executors are only auto-configured and stompWebSocketHandlerMapping is only forced to be eager when using Jackson #​49753
  • WebSocket app fails to start when Jackson is on the classpath but there's no JsonMapper bean #​49749
  • Metadata annotation processor ignores method-level @NestedConfigurationProperty when using constructor binding #​49738
  • Override of property in external 'application.properties' or 'application.yaml' is ignored #​49731
  • NativeImageResourceProvider does not find Flyway migration scripts in subdirectories #​49706
  • Add @ConditionalOnWebApplication to NettyReactiveWebServerAutoConfiguration #​49695
  • @GraphQlTest does not include @ControllerAdvice #​49672

📔 Documentation

  • Fix incorrect indefinite articles in Javadoc #​49727
  • Add some more Kotlin examples and trivial style fixes #​49714
  • Overhaul Spring Session documentation following modularization #​49704

🔨 Dependency Upgrades

❤️ Contributors

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

@​Joowon-Seo, @​deejay1, @​dlwldnjs1009, @​kwondh5217, @​ljrmorgan, and @​quaff

v4.0.4

⚠️ Attention Required

  • OpenTelemetry's ZipkinSpanExporter has been deprecated and its support will be removed in Spring Boot 4.2. #​49453
  • Jackson 2 has been upgraded to 2.21.1 in response to the Jackson team ending support for Jackson 2.20.x. #​49389
  • Jackson has been upgraded to 3.1.0 in response to the Jackson team ending support for Jackson 3.0.x. #​49383
  • The default value for server.tomcat.max-part-count has been increased from 10 to 50. This aligns it with Tomcat's own default and the default in Spring Boot 3.x. #​49311

🐞 Bug Fixes

  • EndpointRequest request matcher for health groups is too complex #​49649
  • "/cloudfoundryapplication" web path is not limited to Actuator #​49646
  • Fix EndpointRequest.toLinks() when base-path is '/' #​49617
  • Docker fails when a 'tcp://' address ends with a slash (for example 'tcp://docker:2375/') #​49596
  • RSocket exposes duplicate endpoint for websocket setups #​49593
  • Failure analysis for a missing mail sender is misleading #​49582
  • SpringBootContextLoader mentions class that no longer exists in message for classes or locations assertion #​49535
  • Ordering of 'spring.config.import' is inconsistent when defined in environment or system properties #​49482
  • "spring.main.cloud-platform=none" does not disable cloud features #​49479
  • SSL support with Docker Compose does not work as documented #​49385
  • Auto-configuration overrides authorization server configuration applied by Customizer beans #​49367
  • Using @AutoConfigureWebTestClient prevents separate configuration of spring.test.webtestclient.timeout from taking effect #​49344
  • NoSuchMethodException when forcing the use of Log4J2LoggingSystem using org.springframework.boot.logging.LoggingSystem system property #​49343
  • RouterFunctions descriptions in Actuator do not support nesting #​49302
  • Maven plugin does not set '-parameters' option when processing AOT code #​49295
  • HTTP Service Interface Client doesn't work in a native image due to missing property binding #​49274
  • ErrorPageRegistrarBeanPostProcessor is not auto-configured in war deployments and the ErrorPageCustomizer is not applied #​49176
  • Missing starter for spring-boot-restdocs #​48289

📔 Documentation

  • Document support for Java 26 #​49604
  • List all supported colors when describing color-coded log output #​49562
  • Improve EndpointRequest matcher documentation #​49520
  • Clarify that running is the only supported input state when triggering a Quartz job through the Actuator endpoint #​49514
  • Document security considerations for forwarded headers in cloud deployments #​49507
  • Tutorial in the reference guide has outdated instructions #​49429
  • Document additional repositories required for shibboleth.net #​49392
  • Javadoc of JettyHttpClientBuilder refers to the wrong type #​49387
  • Example spring-devtools.properties file is shown in the wrong format #​49362
  • Clarify inferred relationships between OAuth 2 registrations and providers #​49327
  • Mention using org.springframework.boot.aot Gradle plugin directly for AOT processing with the JVM #​49321
  • Remove superfluous semi-colon from read timeout configuration example for HTTP service interface clients #​49306
  • Update CLI's INSTALL.txt to reflect Groovy no longer being bundled #​49298
  • JDK requirement for the CLI still refers to Java 8 #​49293
  • Java and Kotlin samples of an environment post processor are inconsistent #​49287

🔨 Dependency Upgrades

❤️ Contributors

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

@​FBibonne, @​answndud, @​bbbbooo, @​chandanv89, @​giyeon95, @​itsmevichu, @​jayychoi, @​l2yujw, @​ngocnhan-tran1996, @​qnnn, @​quaff, and @​sbrannen

v4.0.3

⭐ New Features

  • Add TWENTY_SIX to JavaVersion enum #​49193

🐞 Bug Fixes

  • Jackson properties may not be applied correctly to RestClients #​49223
  • ClassNotFoundException when using Actuator without spring-boot-health #​49196
  • Using the OTel and Zipkin starters together creates invalid configuration #​49183
  • Whitespace can be incorrectly removed when spring-boot-configuration-processor runs on multi-line javadoc #​49060
  • Jackson2HttpMessageConvertersConfiguration uses ConditionOn Jackson3 XMLMapper class #​49015
  • server.jetty.threads.max is ignored when using virtual threads #​48989
  • Slice test includes fail to load when using spring-boot-starter-test-classic #​48981
  • Docker credential helpers with file extensions cannot be executed on Windows #​48979
  • Java version requirement check for native image is confusing if AOT didn't run #​48963
  • TestPropertyValues.Pair.fromMapEntry(Entry<String, String>) does not comply with its nullability contract #​48948

📔 Documentation

  • Couchbase and Kafka are incorrectly listed as supporting SSL with Docker Compose #​49212
  • Document that use of non idiomatic format for '@Value' still apply for environment variables #​49109
  • Document naming convention for custom test-scoped starters #​49017
  • Delay removal of Jackson 2 support until 4.3 at the earliest #​49010
  • LICENSE.txt and NOTICE.txt files have the wrong content in the latest releases #​49003
  • ApplicationContextAssert documents a non-existent assertion in getFailure() #​48977
  • Highlight the importance of the preStop hook when configuring Kubernetes probes #​48946

🔨 Dependency Upgrades

❤️ Contributors

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

@​GaetanoCerciello, @​dsyer, @​linkian209, @​nosan, @​quaff, @​scordio, and @​srt

v4.0.2

⚠️ Noteworthy Changes

  • The dependency on org.eclipse.jetty.ee11:jetty-ee11-servlets has been removed from spring-boot-jetty as it was unnecessary and unused. If your application code depends on a class from jetty-ee11-servlets, declare a dependency on it in your build configuration. #​48677

🐞 Bug Fixes

  • No TransactionAutoConfiguration with spring-boot-starter-kafka for Spring Boot 4 #​48880
  • Evaluation of bean conditions unnecessarily queries the bean factory for types that are not present #​48840
  • When a bean condition references a type that is not present, it appears as ? in the condition evaluation report #​48838
  • SessionAutoConfiguration creates a DefaultCookieSerializer with a default SameSite of null instead of Lax #​48830
  • Setting graphql schema location to "classpath*:graphql/**/" causes failure due to incorrectly packaged test resource #​48829
  • Message interpolation by MVC and WebFlux's Validators does not work correctly in a native image #​48828
  • CloudFoundry integration fails in Servlet-based web app without a dependency on spring-boot-starter-restclient #​48826
  • RestTestClientAutoConfiguration and TestRestTemplateAutoConfiguration should be package-private #​48820
  • SSL metrics are no longer auto-configured #​48819
  • Actuator /info endpoint fails in Java 25 Native Image (VirtualThreadSchedulerMXBean support) #​48812
  • DataSourceBuilder cannot create oracle.ucp.jdbc.PoolDataSourceImpl in a native image #​48703
  • The spring-boot-cloudfoundry module should only have an optional dependency on spring-boot-security #​48685
  • Application JAR created by extract command is not reproductible #​48678
  • AOT processing of tests should not be disabled when 'skipTests' is set #​48662
  • @SpringBootTest(webEnvironment = WebEnvironment.RANDOM_PORT) is no longer applied to the management server #​48653
  • Fix zero-length byte buffer in InspectedContent #​48650
  • Can no longer override JacksonJsonHttpMessageConverter with ServerHttpMessageConvertersCustomizer #​48635
  • HttpServiceClientProperties incorrectly uses the @ConfigurationProperties annotation on a LinkedHashMap class #​48616
  • spring-boot-micrometer-tracing-opentelemetry fails if spring-boot-opentelemetry isn't there #​48585
  • App fails to start with starter-webmvc and starter-zipkin #​48581
  • Micrometer test modules should have an api dependency on micrometer-observation-test #​48386

📔 Documentation

  • Fix typo in REST client documentation #​48907
  • Remove duplicate word #​48874
  • Document support for configuring arguments passed to Docker Compose #​48806
  • The documentation related to EnvironmentPostProcessor links to deprecated interface #​48803
  • Update documentation for Buildpack's AOT Cache support #​48769
  • Correct docs to use new location for error handling configuration properties #​48767
  • Document spring-boot-starter-cloudfoundry on Cloud Foundry Support Page #​48675
  • Clarify javadoc to make it clear that HazelcastConfigCustomizer beans are only applied if Hazelcast is configured via a config file #​48659
  • Example using excludeDevtools property should document that optional dependencies should be enabled #​48641
  • Fix grammar and typos in the reference guide #​48601
  • Update Tracing section for Spring Boot 4's modularity #​48576

🔨 Dependency Upgrades

❤️ Contributors

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

@​GaoSSR, @​ShaunHaldane, @​Zuohuang-Cai, @​izeye, @​mspiess, @​ngocnhan-tran1996, and @​philipbolting

v4.0.1

⚠️ Noteworthy Changes

  • Hibernate has been upgraded to 7.2.0.Final in response to Hibernate 7.1 moving to limited support
  • spring-boot-starter-kotlin-serialization has been renamed to to spring-boot-starter-kotlinx-serialization-json and spring-boot-starter-kotlin-serialization-test has been renamed to spring-boot-starter-kotlinx-serialization-json-test. This change aligns the starters' names with those of their respective modules
  • Using TestRestTemplate now requires a dependency on spring-boot-restclient

🐞 Bug Fixes

  • JsonMixinModuleEntriesBeanRegistrationAotProcessor does not handle deprecated code #​48564
  • JdbcSessionAutoConfiguration may not match when using the auto-configured DataSource #​48552
  • @ServiceConnection for LgtmStackContainer fails when logging endpoint is configured due to multiple OtlpLoggingConnectionDetails beans #​48536
  • WebApplicationType does not consider modules when deduced from classpath #​48517
  • Spring Session auto-configuration fails in a war deployment as ServerProperties is not available #​48493
  • Opentelemetry logging export requires actuator module #​48488
  • RabbitHealthIndicator reports an error when version is missing from the connection's server properties #​48487
  • Actuator Info class has inconsistent nullability annotations and cannot be built with null value #​48480
  • Profiles retained during AOT processing are not configured in a native image #​48476
  • Security matchers and WebServerNamespace resolution can fail with NoClassDefFoundError when used in a traditional WAR deployment #​48388
  • HealthEndpointGroupMembershipValidator does not consider reactive health indicators causing NoSuchHealthContributorException to be thrown #​48387
  • spring.jackson.default-property-inclusion is not applied to content inclusion #​48343
  • TestRestTemplate.getRootUri() returns empty string #​48330
  • Redis health check reports an error when redis_version is missing from the INFO response #​48328
  • Parent's MeterRegistry beans are closed when child context closes #​48325
  • HttpMessageConverters picks up converter beans for both client and server #​48310
  • Conditions to auto-configure a RestClient are outdated with the modularization #​48308
  • A custom JwtTypeValidator that replaces the default can no longer be configured #​48301
  • PropertiesRestClientHttpServiceGroupConfigurer has highest precedence, preventing other configurers from being ordered ahead of it #​48296
  • SpringBootTest.UseMainMethod.WHEN_AVAILABLE and ALWAYS are incompatible with package-private or parameter-less main method #​48275
  • Conditions to auto-configure RestClient-based HTTP service clients are outdated with the modularization #​48274
  • Starter for Kotlinx Serialization Json is misnamed #​48262
  • ApplicationServletEnvironment is no longer configured in war deployments #​48254
  • RestClient.Builder bean present in @SpringBootTest due to spring-boot-starter-webmvc-test, but missing at runtime without restclient starter #​48253
  • ProblemDetail is rendered to XML incorrectly #​48222

📔 Documentation

  • Harmonize Kotlin example for HTTP Service client support #​48577
  • Document HttpMessageConverters detection changes in 4.0.1 #​48574
  • Improve javadoc for when to use class names rather than class references #​48569
  • Documentation has an outdated reference to the Jackson Kotlin Module #​48534
  • Caching documentation should clarify how to use a no-op implementation to run a test suite #​48532
  • Document that the default rolling policy for Log4j2 requires logging.file.path to be set #​48527
  • Review documentation and migration guide about changes in @AutoConfigureCache #​48522
  • License header in build samples is displayed in the reference documentation #​48478
  • Configuring Two DataSources How-To code sample is inconsistent #​48449
  • Fix links to source files on GitHub #​48398
  • Documentation contains broken links to GitHub source files #​48394
  • Document that org.aspectj.weaver.Advice must be on the classpath to enable support for Micrometer's annotations #​48360
  • Correct the annotation in the Kotlin @ConfigurationPropertiesSource example #​48357
  • Polish TestRestTemplate examples in the reference guide #​48336
  • Documentation missing for LocalTestWebServer #​48333
  • Update "Creating Your Own Starter" following modularisation #​48317
  • Fix links to javadoc in the reference documentation #​48300
  • Update references for RestTemplateCustomizer and RestTemplateBuilder classes in documentation #​48295
  • Remove modules section of the README following modularisation #​48291
  • Wrong number in Graceful Shutdown chapter #​48284
  • Mention new spring-boot-h2console module when describing how to use H2 Console #​48278
  • Clarify that @EnableBatchProcessing turns off all batch auto-configuration, including schema initialization #​48266
  • Documented replacements for spring.jackson.generator and spring.jackson.parser are inverted #​48255
  • Document the need for a JdbcDialect bean when using Spring Data JDBC and AOT #​48240
  • Update reference documentation as Spring Batch's resourceless infrastructure means that it no longer always requires a DataSource #​48233
  • Kotlin auto-configuration examples are not annotated with @AutoConfiguration #​48228
  • Revise "Use Liquibase for test-only migrations" section in reference manual #​48219
  • Infinispan Cache Documentation is outdated #​48218
  • Removed max-attempts properties metadata don't have replacement #​48206
  • Polish documentation on testing web applications and the various testing clients that are available #​47948

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