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org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-parent (source) 3.5.6 → 4.0.2 age confidence

Release Notes

spring-projects/spring-boot (org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-parent)

v4.0.2

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⚠️ 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

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⚠️ 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

🔨 Dependency Upgrades

❤️ Contributors

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

@​Nhahan, @​arey, @​banseok1216, @​berry120, @​candrews, @​dmitrysulman, @​geopark021, @​hktechn0, @​igslznev, @​jwalter, @​kzander91, @​michaldo, @​mzeijen, @​ngocnhan-tran1996, @​noojung, @​scottfrederick, @​vpavic, and @​youngledo

v4.0.0

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Full release notes for Spring Boot 4.0 are available on the wiki. There is also a migration guide to help you upgrade from Spring Boot 3.5.

⭐ New Features

  • Change tomcat and jetty runtime modules to starters #​48175
  • Rename spring-boot-kotlin-serialization to align with the name of the Kotlinx module that it pulls in #​48076

🐞 Bug Fixes

  • Error properties are a general web concern and should not be located beneath server.* #​48201
  • With both Jackson 2 and 3 on the classpath, @JsonTest fails due to duplicate jacksonTesterFactoryBean #​48198
  • Gradle war task does not exclude starter POMs from lib-provided #​48197
  • spring.test.webclient.mockrestserviceserver.enabled is not aligned with its module's name #​48193
  • SslMeterBinder doesn't register metrics for dynamically added bundles if no bundles exist at bind time #​48182
  • Properties bound in the child management context ignore the parent's environment prefix #​48177
  • ssl.chain.expiry metrics doesn't update for dynamically registered SSL bundles #​48171
  • Starter for spring-boot-micrometer-metrics is missing #​48161
  • Elasticsearch client's sniffer functionality should not be enabled by default #​48155
  • spring-boot-starter-elasticsearch should depend on elasticsearch-java #​48141
  • Auto-configuration exclusions are checked using a different class loader to the one that loads auto-configuration classes #​48132
  • New arm64 macbooks fail to bootBuildImage due to incorrect platform image #​48128
  • Properties for configuring an isolated JsonMapper or ObjectMapper are incorrectly named #​48116
  • Buildpack fails with recent Docker installs due to hardcoded version in URL #​48103
  • Image building may fail when specifying a platform if an image has already been built with a different platform #​48099
  • Default values of Kotlinx Serialization JSON configuration properties are not documented #​48097
  • Custom XML converters should override defaults in HttpMessageConverters #​48096
  • Kotlin serialization is used too aggressively when other JSON libraries are available #​48070
  • PortInUseException incorrectly thrown on failure to bind port due to Netty IP misconfiguration #​48059
  • Auto-configured JCacheMetrics cannot be customized #​48057
  • WebSecurityCustomizer beans are excluded by WebMvcTest #​48055
  • Deprecated EnvironmentPostProcessor does not resolve arguments #​48047
  • RetryPolicySettings should refer to maxRetries, not maxAttempts #​48023
  • Devtools Restarter does not work with a parameterless main method #​47996
  • Dependency management for Kafka should not manage Scala 2.12 libraries #​47991
  • spring-boot-mail should depend on jakarta.mail:jakarta.mail-api and org.eclipse.angus:angus-mail instead of org.eclipse.angus:jakarta.mail #​47983
  • spring-boot-starter-data-mongodb-reactive has dependency on reactor-test #​47982
  • Support for ReactiveElasticsearchClient is in the wrong module #​47848

📔 Documentation

  • Removed property spring.test.webclient.register-rest-template is still documented #​48199
  • Mention support for detecting AWS ECS in "Deploying to the Cloud" #​48170
  • Revise AWS section of "Deploying to the Cloud" in reference manual #​48163
  • Fix typo in PortInUseException Javadoc #​48134
  • Correct section about required setters in "Type-safe Configuration Properties" #​48131
  • Use since attribute in configuration properties deprecation consistently #​48122
  • Document EndpointJsonMapper and management.endpoints.jackson.isolated-json-mapper #​48115
  • Document support for configuring servlet context init parameters using properties #​48112
  • Some configuration properties are not documented in the appendix #​48095
  • Clarify how warnings about soon-to-expire SSL certificates are reported #​48063
  • Document how to use ContextPropagatingTaskDecorator for propagating trace context over thread boundaries #​48053
  • Document the level of support for the OpenTelemetry APIs #​47960
  • Document that you need to build with Java 25 for buildpack build-image Graal support #​45501

🔨 Dependency Upgrades

❤️ Contributors

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

@​K-jun98, @​TerryTaoYY, @​filiphr, @​hojooo, @​linw-bai, @​nosan, @​scottfrederick, @​stevearmstrong-dev, @​stewue, and @​vpavic

v3.5.10

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🐞 Bug Fixes
  • Evaluation of bean conditions unnecessarily queries the bean factory for types that are not present #​48836
  • When a bean condition references a type that is not present, it appears as ? in the condition evaluation report #​48835
  • Actuator /info endpoint fails in Java 25 Native Image (VirtualThreadSchedulerMXBean support) #​48810
  • DataSourceBuilder cannot create oracle.ucp.jdbc.PoolDataSourceImpl in a native image #​48702
  • Application JAR created by extract command is not reproductible #​48664
  • AOT processing of tests should not be disabled when 'skipTests' is set #​48661
  • Fix zero-length byte buffer in InspectedContent #​48649
📔 Documentation
  • Update documentation for Buildpack's AOT Cache support #​48768
  • Document support for configuring arguments passed to Docker Compose #​48657
  • Clarify javadoc to make it clear that HazelcastConfigCustomizer beans are only applied if Hazelcast is configured via a config file #​48634
  • Fix grammar and typos in the reference guide #​48596
🔨 Dependency Upgrades
❤️ Contributors

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

@​GaoSSR, @​izeye, and @​ngocnhan-tran1996

v3.5.9

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🐞 Bug Fixes
  • RabbitHealthIndicator reports an error when version is missing from the connection's server properties #​48486
  • Profiles retained during AOT processing are not configured in a native image #​48475
  • NullPointerException in UndertowWebServer.destroy() when using @DirtiesContext and Citrus Spring Boot Simulator #​48450
  • Redis health check reports an error when redis_version is missing from the INFO response #​48326
  • Parent's MeterRegistry beans are closed when child context closes #​48324
  • SpringBootTest.UseMainMethod.WHEN_AVAILABLE and ALWAYS are incompatible with package-private or parameter-less main method #​48271
📔 Documentation
  • Documentation has an outdated reference to the Jackson Kotlin Module #​48533
  • Caching documentation should clarify how to use a no-op implementation to run a test suite #​48531
  • Document that the default rolling policy for Log4j2 requires logging.file.path to be set #​48526
  • License header in build samples is displayed in the reference documentation #​48477
  • Configuring Two DataSources How-To code sample is inconsistent #​48448
  • Improve javadoc for when to use class names rather than class references #​48395
  • Document that org.aspectj.weaver.Advice must be on the classpath to enable support for Micrometer's annotations #​48359
  • Polish TestRestTemplate examples in the reference guide #​48335
  • Fix links to javadoc in the reference documentation #​48299
  • Clarify that @EnableBatchProcessing turns off all batch auto-configuration, including schema initialization #​48265
  • Kotlin auto-configuration examples are not annotated with @AutoConfiguration #​48227
  • Infinispan Cache Documentation is outdated #​48217
  • Revise "Use Liquibase for test-only migrations" section in reference manual #​48169
🔨 Dependency Upgrades
❤️ Contributors

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

@​banseok1216, @​berry120, @​dmitrysulman, @​geopark021, @​noojung, @​scottfrederick, @​vpavic, and @​youngledo

v3.5.8

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⚠️ Noteworthy changes

🐞 Bug Fixes

  • Gradle war task does not exclude starter POMs from lib-provided #​48196
  • Testcontainers integration fails on Docker 29.0.0 #​48192
  • SslMeterBinder doesn't register metrics for dynamically added bundles if no bundles exist at bind time #​48180
  • Properties bound in the child management context ignore the parent's environment prefix #​48176
  • ssl.chain.expiry metrics doesn't update for dynamically registered SSL bundles #​48153
  • Auto-configuration exclusions are checked using a different class loader to the one that loads auto-configuration classes #​48129
  • New arm64 macbooks fail to bootBuildImage due to incorrect platform image #​48127
  • NullPointerException when using @ConditionalOnSingleCandidate with multiple manually registered singletons #​48123
  • Buildpack fails with recent Docker installs due to hardcoded version in URL #​48102
  • Image building may fail when specifying a platform if an image has already been built with a different platform #​48098
  • Undertow's ServletContext is destroy too early, making it unusable in @PreDestroy methods #​48061
  • PortInUseException incorrectly thrown on failure to bind port due to Netty IP misconfiguration #​48058
  • Auto-configured JCacheMetrics cannot be customized #​48056
  • WebSecurityCustomizer beans are excluded by WebMvcTest #​48054
  • Devtools Restarter does not work with a parameterless main method #​47987
  • Setting 'max-uri-tags' does not prevent unlimited meter growth on any AutoConfiguredCompositeMeterRegistry #​47923
  • Docker response 407 is not handled correctly resulting in no error message #​47900
  • spring-boot-maven-plugin process-aot goal does not find package-private main method #​47780

📔 Documentation

  • Revise AWS section of "Deploying to the Cloud" in reference manual #​48156
  • Fix typo in PortInUseException Javadoc #​48133
  • Correct section about required setters in "Type-safe Configuration Properties" #​48130
  • Document EndpointObjectMapper and management.endpoints.jackson.isolated-object-mapper #​48114
  • Document support for configuring servlet context init parameters using properties #​48111
  • Clarify how warnings about soon-to-expire SSL certificates are reported #​48062
  • Document how to use ContextPropagatingTaskDecorator for propagating trace context over thread boundaries #​48052
  • Use since attribute in configuration properties deprecation consistently #​47980
  • BootstrapContext#getOrElseThrow has incorrect reference to IllegalStateException #​47905
  • Clarify when BootstrapContext get methods may return null rather than throwing an exception or calling the fallback supplier #​47898
  • Document that Actuator endpoint may have at most one extension of each type #​47873
  • Limit Kotlin API documentation to Kotlin-specific APIs #​47859
  • Adapt AOTCache documentation to JEP 514 #​47274

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