spring-projects/spring-security 6.1.0-M1 on GitHub

⭐ New Features

Add EnableWebSecurity migration steps to 5.8 guide #12355
Add a RelyingPartyRegistrationRepository constructor to Saml2MetadataFilter #11815
Add an option to set the SameSite policy in the CookieCsrfTokenRepository #12086
Add Authority String AuthorizationManager #12231
Add configurable authorities split regex #12124
Add configurable authorities split regex #12073
add packages (dependencies) to playbook template in docs-build branch #12522
Add the ability to set the SameSite policy to the CRSF Cookie #12109
Allow authorization request resolver to be changed for the OAuth2 client configuration #12430
AuthorizeHttpRequestsConfigurer.AuthorizedUrl.hasRole should look up for a RoleHierarchy bean in the context #12505
Consider replacing SecurityExpressionRoot.AuthenticationSupplier with SingletonSupplier #12489
Document @EnableWebFluxSecurity requiring @Configuration in 6.0.0 #12445
Inaccurate javadoc text in setRequestHandler method from CsrfWebFilter class #12484
Inaccurate javadoc text in setRequestHandler method of CsrfFilter class #12515
Reenable R2dbcReactiveOAuth2AuthorizedClientServiceTests Tests #12441
Replace deprecated set-state set-output GitHub Action's commands #12300
SecuredAuthorizationManager should allow customizing underlying authorization manager #12233
SecuredAuthorizationManager should cache annotation's value #12232
Spring Security 6.0 Migration Guide Should Mention @Configuration Meta-Annotation Removal From Configuration Annotations #12499

AuthorizationManager method security documentation should use AnnotationMatchingPointcut #12518
DefaultLdapAuthoritiesPopulator throws NullPointerException #12410
Error in ACLS document #12406
Fix AuthorizationFilter diagram in docs #12287
Incorrect Javadoc for class ExpressionAuthorizationDecision #12436
Jackson serialization of DefaultSaml2AuthenticatedPrincipal: LinkedMultiValueMap is not in the allowlist #12460
JwtAuthenticationProvider should use provided authentication details #11822
NimbusJwtDecoder unknown KID scenario is not correctly tested #12496
ProxyFactoryBean on AuthenticationManager does not work in native mode #12372
Reactive migration documentation for @EnableReactiveMethodSecurity is wrong (or implementation is wrong) #12514
Security observations are not setting their parent osbervation #12525
Spring Security 6.0.1 ObservationFilterChainDecorator produce wrong instrument names #12493
SwitchUserFilter not working in Spring Security 6 #12512
Wrong name of the filter in the SecurityContextHolderFilter diagram #12528

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