spring-projects/spring-framework v5.3.14 on GitHub

⭐ New Features

Add default methods to CachingConfigurer #27811
Provide a variant of ListableBeanFactory.findAnnotationOnBean(String, Class) that does not initialize factory beans #27796
Convert single null argument to Optional.empty() in SpEL varargs expression #27795
Declare serialVersionUID on DefaultAopProxyFactory #27784
The ReactorClientHttpConnector must apply mapper before tcpConfiguration() #27749
Add getter for RequestMappingInfo builder config #27723
Give warning when using capturing patterns with the AntPathMatcher #27688
Support for customization of 404 response when RouterFunctionWebHandler finds no routes #25358
ModelAndView.status does not work with RedirectView #25092
ThreadPoolExecutorFactoryBean add ability to prestart threads #1246
Support empty attributes in TagWriter #910

AsyncConfigurer implementations are loaded too early #27808
Possible NPE in Spring MVC LogFormatUtils #27782
Extending CachingConfigurerSupport results in at least one log message about not being eligible for full post-processing #27751
WebFlux ServerResponse does not overwrite already present response headers #27741
Passing single null value in varargs SpEL expression results in NullPointerException #27719
UriUtils::extractFileExtension does not properly handle empty file names #27639
References of CountingBeforeAdvice target its previous location #22246
ProxyFactoryBean getObject called before setInterceptorNames, silently creating an invalid proxy [SPR-7582] #12238

Remove references to AsyncConfigurerSupport as AsyncConfigurer should be used instead #27812
Fix javadoc reference to ThrowsAdvice #27804
Suggested WebSocket config causes circular bean reference #27746
Document the difference in generics resolution between @Autowired and beanFactory.getBeanProvider #27727
Clarify that interface-level cache annotations work for target-class proxies as well #27726
SchedulerFactoryBean no longer sets the job store's DataSource when the job store class has been customized #27709
Fix typo #27699
Fix incorrect example of error handling in WebClient Javadoc #27645
Missing reference documentation for WebSocketScope #25172
Clarify behaviour of AnnotationBeanNameGenerator with acronyms #2030
Fix simple data format in appendix #1025
Update StoredProcedure.java declareParameter method JavaDoc #1000
Document @Bean definitions via default methods #767
Improved DataBinder Javadoc for xxx*yyy pattern matching. #699

We'd like to thank all the contributors who worked on this release!