Release notes from spring-framework

v7.0.6

2026-03-13T08:27:38Z

⚠️ Attention Required

Log warning when default context configuration is ignored within test class hierarchies #36390
Ignore flush calls on ServletServerHttpResponse body outputstream #36385

⭐ New Features

Leverage ResourceHandlerUtils in ScriptTemplateView #36458
Restore ScriptTemplateViewTests #36456
Fix log message in ConfigurationClassBeanDefinitionReader #36453
DefaultResponseErrorHandler - setMessageConverters() not called via RestClient #36434
Resolve context initializers only once in AbstractTestContextBootstrapper #36430
Invoke resolveContextLoader() only once in AbstractTestContextBootstrapper #36425
Further align synthesized annotation toString() with modern JDKs #36417
Introduce setDefaultCharset() in AbstractResourceBasedMessageSource #36413
Support for JPA 4.0 flush mode "explicit" #36401
Support application-wide defaultHtmlEscape setting in WebFlux RequestContext #36400
Support Predicate<RequestPath>> in path API version resolver #36398
Avoid duplicate flushes in HttpMessageConverter implementations #36383
Add support for non-flushing OutputStream to StreamUtils #36382
Make it easier to get InputStream from RestClient #36380
RuntimeHintsWriter should comply with reachability-metadata-schema-v1.2.0.json #36379
Make it easier to create custom HttpExchangeAdapter #36374
Improve ResourceHttpMessageConverter target type support #36368
org.springframework.test.web.servlet.assertj.AbstractHttpServletResponseAssert#headers case sensitivity #36349
Allow registering serialized lambda metadata through RuntimeHints #36339
Refactor calculateHashCode in RequestMappingInfo #36325

🐞 Bug Fixes

MetadataReader misses enclosing class name for Kotlin nested classes with Java 24+ #36451
Guard against invalid id/event values in Server Sent Events #36440
Component scanning fails against non-loadable annotation type with enum array on Java 25 #36432
Duplicate ServletServerHttpRequest headers #36418
Incomplete debug message in ConfigurationClassBeanDefinitionReader #36410
Inconsistent ApplicationEventMulticaster state after removing ApplicationListener implemented by FactoryBean #36404
Propagate max frame length to WebSocket session #36370
Graceful shutdown of SimpleAsyncTaskExecutor #36362
Duplicate response headers with ResponseEntity<Mono<T>> (or Kotlin suspend function) controller method #36357
HttpServiceProxyFactory returns LinkedHashMap instead of target type for method with generic return type #36326
HttpMediaTypeException thrown when calculating compatible media types #36300

📔 Documentation

Document FullyQualifiedConfigurationBeanNameGenerator in Javadoc and reference docs #36455
Document @Fallback alongside Primary in the reference manual and @Bean Javadoc #36439
Fix links to UriComponentsBuilder and polish examples #36403
Emphasize @Configuration classes over XML and Groovy in testing chapter #36393
Document tips to avoid issues with ignored default context configuration in tests #36392
Polish SpEL operator examples in reference docs #36367
Add programmatic configuration tabs in the transactional refdoc #36323
Document registration recommendations for BeanPostProcessor and BeanFactoryPostProcessor #34964

🔨 Dependency Upgrades

Upgrade to JUnit 6.0.3 #36389
Upgrade to Micrometer 1.16.4 #36444
Upgrade to Reactor 2025.0.4 #36443

❤️ Contributors

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

@AgilAghamirzayev, @aavoronin93, @cetf9h, @froggy0m0, @gbouwen, @husseinvr97, @jisub-dev, @ngocnhan-tran1996, @siom79, and @xxxxxxjun

v6.2.17

2026-03-13T08:15:26Z

⭐ New Features

Leverage ResourceHandlerUtils in ScriptTemplateView #36459
Restore ScriptTemplateViewTests #36457
Fix log message in ConfigurationClassBeanDefinitionReader #36454
Resolve context initializers only once in AbstractTestContextBootstrapper #36431
Exclude legacy @javax.validation.Constraint from convention-based annotation attribute override check #36412
Optimize MediaType(MediaType, Charset) constructor #36351
Optimize the addition of a charset to the MediaType in AbstractHttpMessageConverter #36350
Consistent adaptation of HTTP headers on Servlet responses #36345
Improve performance of validation groups determination in WebFlux #36337
Detect all common size exceptions from Tomcat and Commons FileUpload 2.x #36324

🐞 Bug Fixes

Guard against invalid id/event values in Server Sent Events #36442
Incomplete debug message in ConfigurationClassBeanDefinitionReader #36411
Inconsistent ApplicationEventMulticaster state after removing ApplicationListener implemented by FactoryBean #36405
Graceful shutdown of SimpleAsyncTaskExecutor #36384
HttpMediaTypeException thrown when calculating compatible media types #36363
ResolvableType#getGenerics() breaks serialization #36347
Multipart upload leak on client abort (ByteBuf.release() not called) #36327

📔 Documentation

Document @Fallback alongside Primary in the reference manual and @Bean Javadoc #36441
Document registration recommendations for BeanPostProcessor and BeanFactoryPostProcessor #36436
Fix links to UriComponentsBuilder and polish examples #36406
Emphasize @Configuration classes over XML and Groovy in testing chapter #36394
Polish SpEL operator examples in reference docs #36375

🔨 Dependency Upgrades

Upgrade to JUnit 5.14.3 #36388
Upgrade to Micrometer 1.15.10 #36446
Upgrade to Reactor 2024.0.16 #36445

v7.0.5

2026-02-18T13:03:16Z

⚠️ Attention Required

Optimize request and response header handling in Spring MVC #36334

⭐ New Features

Consistent adaptation of HTTP headers on Servlet responses #36343
Copy methodAnnotations in MethodParameter copy constructor #36342
Improve performance of validation groups determination in WebFlux #36336
Reuse AnnotatedMethod annotation cache in derived instances #36322
Optimize the addition of a charset to the MediaType in AbstractHttpMessageConverter #36320
Optimize MediaType(MediaType, Charset) constructor #36318
Detect all common size exceptions from Tomcat and Commons FileUpload 2.x #36317
Consistently support @Autowired as a meta-annotation #36315
Avoid duplicate required attribute lookup for @Autowired annotations #36314
Cache @ResponseBody presence per controller class in RequestResponseBodyMethodProcessor #36311

🐞 Bug Fixes

ResolvableType#getGenerics() breaks serialization #36346
DefaultHttpMessageConverters not adding provided configurer #36332
Restore early MessageConsumer creation for temporary queue #36321
Multipart upload leak on client abort (ByteBuf.release() not called) #36262

📔 Documentation

Document that SpEL expressions using Optional with null-safe and Elvis operators are not compilable #36331
Improve documentation of baseline API version to emphasize version must be supported #36316
Stop referring to obsolete ListenableFuture in documentation #36313
Stop referring to standard Java features as "Java 8" features in documentation #36310

❤️ Contributors

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

@Niravil and @TAKETODAY

v7.0.4

2026-02-12T09:33:45Z

⭐ 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

v6.2.16

2026-02-12T09:03:17Z

⭐ 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

v7.0.3

2026-02-04T10:55:39Z

⚠️ 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

v7.0.2

2025-12-11T16:27:40Z

⭐ 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 #35984
Upgrade to Reactor 2025.0.1 #35985

❤️ Contributors

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

@JohnNiang, @Pankraz76, @florianhof, @ivonaest, @izeye, @jnizet, @ngocnhan-tran1996, @remeio, and @zamzterz

v6.2.15

2025-12-13T14:54:44Z

⭐ 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

v7.0.1

2025-11-20T09:25:42Z

⭐ 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

v6.2.14

2025-11-20T08:45:19Z

⭐ 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