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Release notes

:star: New Features

Improve SpringValidatorAdapter and MethodValidationAdapter performance #36621
Support JSON array decoding to Flux in KotlinSerializationJsonDecoder #36597
Deprecate methodIdentification() in CacheAspectSupport for removal #36575
Add MockRestServiceServer#createServer variant for RestClient #36572
Create RestClientXhrTransport variant replacing RestTemplateXhrTransport #36566
Improve error handling in multipart codecs #36563
Make ApplicationListenerMethodAdapter#getTargetMethod() public #36558
ApiVersionConfigurer.setSupportedVersionPredicate() returns void instead of ApiVersionConfigurer #36551
LazyConnectionDataSourceProxy does not work well with Hibernate's multi-tenancy by schema strategy #36527
Add registerManagedResource variant with bean key argument to MBeanExporter #36520
Handle blank Accept-Language header in AcceptHeaderLocaleResolver #36513
Make AbstractStreamingClientHttpRequest and AbstractBufferingClientHttpRequest public #36501
MySQL Error 149 (Galera/WSREP conflict) not translated to ConcurrencyFailureException in Spring JDBC/ORM #36499
Add PreFlightRequestFilter #36482
Support configuration of extension context scope for SpringExtension via Spring or JUnit properties #36460
Lower log level of "Cache miss for REQUEST dispatch" in HandlerMappingIntrospector #36309

:lady_beetle: Bug Fixes

WebDataBinder unnecessarily instantiates collections when using the "!" and "_" prefixes #36625
Cache pollution from high-cardinality FieldError default messages in MessageSourceSupport #36609
MergedAnnotation does not use ClassLoader for method or field #36606
@Sql fails if DataSource is wrapped in a TransactionAwareDataSourceProxy #36611
AnnotatedTypeMetadata no longer retains source declaration order on Java 24+ #36598
MergedAnnotation.asMap() fails when an attribute references a non-existent class #36586
FileSystemResource does not strictly follow the Resource#isReadable() contract #36584
Converter overrides in HttpMessageConverters only apply when defaults are registered #36579
Invalid method return type metadata for ClassFile variant on JDK 24+ #36577
Fix Writer lifecycle for AbstractJsonHttpMessageConverter.writeInternal(Object, Type, Writer) #36565
Flushing-related regression in SseServerResponse #36537
LazyConnectionDataSourceProxy does not pass on holdability to target Connection #36528
AnnotationBeanNameGenerator fails when an annotation references a non-existent class #36524
Perserve default API version in RestClientAdapter #36514
Inconsistent codings resolution in resource resolvers #36507
DefaultJmsListenerContainer may hang in an endless loop in doShutdown #36506
Query not hidden in DefaultClientResponse checkpoint #36502
RestClient closes stream for ResponseEntity responses #36492
IllegalStateException when using websocket handshake headers with Tomcat #36486
Invalid nullness information for ParameterizedTypeReference #36477
WebTestClient cannot assert null list elements #36476
Handle Kotlin nullable value class param correctly in CoroutineUtils #36449
Remove RFC 2047 encoding from Content-Disposition filename #36328
Parent traceId is not reused when calling WebClient.awaitExchange function #36182

:notebook_with_decorative_cover: Documentation

Clarify semantics of HttpMethod.valueOf() #36652
Document whitespace semantics in SpEL expressions #36628
Document that spring.profiles.active is ignored by @ActiveProfiles #36600
MergedAnnotation.asAnnotationAttributes() Javadoc incorrectly states that it creates an immutable map #36567
Fix incorrect Javadoc in HandlerMethodReturnValueHandlerComposite regarding caching #36555
Fix incorrect method name in TypeDescriptor.array() Javadoc #36549
Introduce Kotlin examples for Bean Overrides (@MockitoBean, etc.) #36541
Fix incorrect cross-reference links in AbstractEnvironment Javadoc #36516
Document RetryTemplate#invoke variants in reference manual #36452
Link observability section to Micrometer Observation Handler docs #34994

:hammer: Dependency Upgrades

Upgrade to Micrometer 1.16.5 #36659
Upgrade to Reactor 2025.0.5 #36658

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