Spring Boot - v2.7.17

:lady_beetle: Bug Fixes

• @Order does not work on (CommandLine|Application)Runner @Bean methods #37905
• Gradle plugin uses to-be-deprecated API for getting and setting file permissions #37878
• Task executor metrics are not registered when using lazy initialization #37832
• Constructor binding with a custom collection type does not work #37734
• Dependency management for kafka-server-common with a test classifier is missing #37499
• fileMode and dirMode are not applied to all entries in an archive produced by BootJar #37496
• Gradle plugin's build info support produces a deprecation warning when using Gradle 8.4-rc-1 #37493
• RepackageMojo doesn't support 1 digit numerical values for project.build.outputTimestamp #37438
• Restarter creates memory leak in tests #37373
• Contrary to the documentation, setting spring.jms.listener.concurrency alone configures the maximum concurrency #37180
• Application fails to start when an optional config import cannot be resolved #35683
• @ComponentScan on a test class is processed when creating a test context but is not included in the context's cache key #31577
• AspectJ transaction management with compile-time weaving does not work with spring.main.lazy-initialization=true #37506

:notebook_with_decorative_cover: Documentation

• Remove link to LiveReload website due to timeout #37643
• Refer to ActiveMQ as ActiveMQ "Classic" #37606
• Use more idiomatic Kotlin in example for "Map Health Indicators to Micrometer Metrics" #37491
• Document support for Java 21 #37371

:hammer: Dependency Upgrades

• Upgrade to Dropwizard Metrics 4.2.21 #37893
• Upgrade to Elasticsearch 7.17.14 #37840
• Upgrade to Infinispan 13.0.20.Final #37841
• Upgrade to Jetty 9.4.53.v20231009 #37842
• Upgrade to Jetty Reactive HTTPClient 1.1.15 #37927
• Upgrade to Micrometer 1.9.16 #37674
• Upgrade to Netty 4.1.100.Final #37843
• Upgrade to Pooled JMS 1.2.5 #37894
• Upgrade to Reactor Bom 2020.0.37 #37675
• Upgrade to Spring AMQP 2.4.17 #37676
• Upgrade to Spring Data Bom 2021.2.17 #37677
• Upgrade to Spring Session Bom 2021.2.3 #37928
• Upgrade to Tomcat 9.0.82 #37895
• Upgrade to UnboundID LDAPSDK 6.0.10 #37753
• Upgrade to Undertow 2.2.28.Final #37929

:heart: Contributors

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

@bottlerocketjonny, @dependabot[bot], @erichaagdev, @esperar, @izeye, @jbertram, @nielsbasjes, @onobc, @ttddyy, and @vpavic