spring-projects/spring-framework v7.0.2 on GitHub

⭐ 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