🐞 Bug fixes

Missing AOT Hint for JobOperator in Batch 5.0.0 #4248
Missing AOT hints for for types associated with remote chunking #4307
@StepScope not working when XML namespace activated #3936
Incorrect API contract of JobRepository.deleteJobInstance #4250
SimpleJobRepository.deleteJobExecution does not follow API contract #4249
Inconsistent state validation rules between RepositoryItemReader and RepositoryItemReaderBuilder #4276
ClassCastException in RepositoryItemReader when using Slice instead of Page #4115
Disable BatchTestContextCustomizer after AOT processing #4286
Outdated contract of APIs accepting job parameters as String #4301
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException when invoke SimpleJobOperator.start #4253
Cannot run job with LocalDate(Time) job parameters #4257
Illegal argument exception when querying running jobs with Date() parameter #4270
ConversionFailedException when using java.util.Date job parameter #4297
Incorrect handling of default parameter type in JsonJobParametersConverter #4299
Incorrect handling of file deletion in File-based writers #4203
Incorrect notNull assertion on parameter type in JobParameter #4263
Invalid Oracle migration script in 5.0 #4271
Invalid Postgresql migration script in 5.0 #4260

🚀 Enhancements

High memory consumption during long running jobs #3790
Use batch inserts for job parameters #3867
Add default component name in constructor of AvroItemReader #4285
Implement equals and hashCode in Chunk class #4296
Add final modifier to fields of RunIdIncrementer and Job/Step BuilderFactory APIs #4143
Use ExecutionContext map constructor #3985
Optimize ExitStatus#addExitDescription #3979
Spring 6.0.1 and newer requires/prefers compilation with "-parameters" #4258
Remove unused method #4256

Incorrect version in Javadoc's since tag of DefaultBatchConfiguration #4312
Indent of Javadoc codes are mixed #4234
Fix typos in Javadocs #4295
Incorrect reference to AbstractJobTests in documentation #4182
Architecture html docs are missing diagrams #4268
Changes to BATCH_JOB_EXECUTION_PARAMS are incorrectly specified in the migration guide #4259
Fix double "before" typo #4281
Incorrect code samples in reference documentation #4262
Fix typo tnew to new in adoc files #4283

Move build process to Github Actions #4128
Incorrect deployment descriptor of spring-batch-docs in Artifactory #4109
Deprecate JobOperator.start(String, String) #4304
Deprecate MetaDataInstanceFactory#createJobExecution #4303
Intermittent failure in TaskExecutorRepeatTemplateAsynchronousTests #3866
Intermittent failure in FaultTolerantStepFactoryBeanRollbackTests.testMultithreadedSkipInWriter #1278
Add "v" prefix to git tag names #4183

We would like to thank all contributors who helped in shipping this release!