spring-projects/spring-batch v6.1.0-M2 on GitHub

⭐ New features

Allow to use Mongo JobRepository with any PlatformTransactionManager #5508
Add a builder for ResourcesItemReader with support for specifying resources via a pattern #5487
Introduce BatchConstants #5190
Default reader/writer name to the bean name #5149
Support specifying resource locations using a pattern in MultiResourceItemReaderBuilder #5056
Add support for custom collection prefix in MongoDB Job repository #4980
Add compile-time safety for mutually exclusive builder methods #4888
Add schema locations to DatabaseType to prevent typos in the metadata tables string path #4586

🐞 Bug fixes

Repository/DAO-level count methods cannot soundly validate job/step existence #5544
@OnSkipInRead/@OnSkipInProcess/@OnSkipInWrite methods are ignored by ChunkOrientedStepBuilder#listener(Object) #5531
Rolled-back chunk counted as written and step COMPLETED in ChunkOrientedStep (fault-tolerant retry of OptimisticLockException) #5509
TransientTransactionError in MongoSequenceIncrementer during parallel job executions #5507
Fix QName deserialization in JacksonExecutionContextStringSerializer #5502
ChunkOrientedStep scan mode passes the processed chunk to ChunkListener#beforeChunk and silently drops scan items when the listener throws #5493
ChunkOrientedStep does not re-invoke the ItemProcessor during chunk scanning, unlike FaultTolerantChunkProcessor #5490
JpaCursorItemReader.doClose() missing null check on entityManager #5486
Fix incorrect nullability contract for encoding in StaxEventItemReader #5483
JsonFunctionalTests fails on Windows due to CRLF #5481
@OnChunkError is never invoked on a chunk-oriented step #5468
Interface listener callbacks are invoked twice when an item handler also has a listener annotation #5466
spring.batch.job.launch.count is silently missing: the JobOperator keeps ObservationRegistry.NOOP on most configuration paths #5463
Inconsistent JobParameter type handling between storage and retrieval in Spring Batch 6.x #5455
@BeforeStep/@AfterStep methods are ignored by ChunkOrientedStepBuilder#listener(Object) #5451
Replace jetbrains @NotNull with jspecify @NonNull #5443
SimpleJobOperator.restart(JobExecution) masks the real failure reason with a misleading "job execution already running" message #5439
Missing GraalVM runtime hints for MongoDB persistence model classes and resources #5435
Fix JsonFileItemWriter to produce valid JSON when append allowed with custom header/footer callback #5432
Step name is null when the step is not defined as a bean and not assigned a name #5278
Forced Sort Passing via sorts() Method When Building with MongoCursorItemReaderBuilder and Query #4860
Incorrect invocation order of job execution listener in remote partitioning #4133
Remote-chunking implementation does not support parallel executions of the same job #1372

🚀 Enhancements

Remove redundant methods which are identical to default method #5516
Inconsistent builder method name: MultiResourceItemReaderBuilder.setStrict() #5512
Improve DefaultJobParametersConverter and JsonJobParametersConverter #5457
Replace isAssignableFrom() with isInstance() where feasible #5427
Remove unused ClassUtils import from JdbcPagingItemReader #5407
Add @FunctionalInterface to StepInterruptionPolicy #5402
Fix SimpleJobOperator jobRegistry state message #5369
Replace deprecated Jackson2JsonMessageConverter with JacksonJsonMessageConverter #5350
Replace System.getProperty("line.separator") with System.lineSeparator() #5341
Remove unnecessary null check against createTime of execution #5304
Inaccurate exception message when attempting to start a running job #5280
Improve JacksonExecutionContextStringSerializer #5233
Replace custom converters with DefaultFormattingConversionService #5186
Move async processing APIs to spring-batch-core #5185
Replace CopyOnWriteArrayList with ArrayList in JdbcPagingItemReader and JpaPagingItemReader for performance and correctness #5112
Add flushing support in RepositoryItemWriter #5073

📔 Documentation

Fix Javadoc #5545
Inaccurate documentation of remote chunking and remote partitioning samples regarding JMS headers #5513
Fix typos in Javadoc comments #5511
Clarify retryable reads compatibility with forward-only semantics #5510
Clarify SkipListener contract and reference docs about transaction scope #5494
Reference documentation's tracing example registers a handler that creates no spans and fails the job #5475
Fix typo in Javadoc of JobOperator.start() #5434
Wrong example in Registering ItemStream with a Step #5429
Fix incorrect Javadoc reference in JobExecution.isStopped() #5414
Fix javadoc in SqlPagingQueryUtils #5403
Fix typo in EnableBatchProcessing Javadoc #5375
Inaccurate JavaDoc of BatchStatus.isLessThanOrEqualTo #5285
Enhance documentation about leveraging IteratorItemReader to reuse scrolling APIs from Spring Data #4484

🔨 Tasks

Consistently use .version suffix for version properties in pom.xml #5506
Update Apache Artemis groupId to org.apache.artemis #5482
Update Groovy version to 5.1.2 #5327
Deprecate JobExecution convenience getters for JobInstance id #5533
Deprecate setRepository in RepositoryItemWriter #5473
Deprecate setRepository and setSorts in RepositoryItemReader #5472
Deprecate Derby support since Apache Derby is retired #5254
Deprecate JobInstance::getInstanceId for removal to eliminate redundancy #5244
Deprecate StepExecution convenience getters for JobExecution id and parameters #5142
Deprecate setEntityManagerFactory in JPA item readers/writer #5101

🆙 Dependency Upgrades

Spring Framework: 7.1.0-M2
Spring Integration: 7.2.0-M2
Spring AMQP: 4.2.0-M2
Spring Kafka: 4.2.0-M2
Spring Data: 2026.1.0-M2
Micrometer: 1.18.0-M2

❤️ Contributors

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

@acktsap, @apptie, @banseok1216, @benelog, @cladren123, @dhritimanchakra, @DragonFSKY, @enduf7686, @GaBaljaintheroom, @Gorock, @hutiefang76, @HyunWoo9930, @jjh75607, @KMGeon, @klopfdreh, @kojw1017, @kyungrae, @leedaegeon, @leestana01, @maequise, @mjd507, @noojung, @quaff, @scordio, @snowykte0426, @UsmanEjaz10, @won-seoop, @xxxxxxjun, and @yuseogi0218

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