Spring Framework - v6.1.3

:star: New Features

• Perform checks for bean validation constraints in HandlerMethod only when needed #32007
• Exclude URI query from remaining WebClient checkpoints #31992
• Avoid early getMostSpecificMethod resolution in CommonAnnotationBeanPostProcessor #31967
• Introduce processInjection() in CommonAnnotationBeanPostProcessor #31956
• Make maximum length of SpEL expressions in an ApplicationContext configurable #31952
• JdkClientHttpRequest may block indefinitely #31911
• Allow Propagation.NOT\_SUPPORTED with @TransactionalEventListener #31907
• Review HibernateJpaVendorAdapter to align dialect to use for recent Hibernate versions #31896
• Improve method validation support for containers with constraints on container elements #31887
• Method validation is not triggered when constraints are applied to the elements of a List #31870
• Use standard String comparison in ExtendedBeanInfo.PropertyDescriptorComparator #31866
• Detect Jetty 12 "max length exceeded" message for MaxUploadSizeExceededException #31850
• Ensure that Observation is stopped and Scope is closed in doReceiveAndExecute() #31798
• Support the use of @Resource in test classes in AOT mode #31733
• Add support for configuring sslContext in StandardWebSocketClient #30680
• Refine allocations for improved memory profile when creating a large amount of proxy instances #30499
• Check ResponseStatusException reason as MessageSource code for ProblemDetail #30300
• SpringValidatorAdapter fails in getRejectedValue if ValueExtractor used in property path to unwrap a container type #29043
• Add CORS support for Private Network Access #28546
• Introduce NoOpTaskScheduler for disabling @Scheduled tasks in test setups #28073
• MvcUriComponentsBuilder should resolve property placeholders in request mapping paths #26795
• Allow SockJsUrlInfo to be overridden in SockJsClient #25888
• Extending abstract class does not expose parameter annotations #25788
• DatabasePopulatorConfigUtils should only set a populator if matching scripts are defined #23405
• @annotation pointcut is not matched with complex hierarchy and generics against classes compiled by Eclipse [SPR-17310] #21843
• Allow registration of application event listeners in a functional way [SPR-16872] #21411
• Allow CronTrigger to resume from specified timestamp [SPR-14909] #19475

:lady_beetle: Bug Fixes

• Using a URI variable for port in WebClient causes an IllegalStateException #32003
• [spring-tx] Unable to override prepareSynchronization of AbstractPlatformTransactionManager from v6.1.0 #32000
• RestClientResponseException handles responseHeaders case-sensitive #31978
• CronTrigger hard-codes default ZoneId instead of participating in scheduler-wide Clock setup #31948
• HandlerMappingIntrospector is throwing PatternSyntaxException for wildcards in the request URL #31937
• java.lang.NullPointerException with Scheduled tasks through DefaultScheduledTaskObservationConvention #31918
• HibernateJpaVendorAdapter refers to org.hibernate.dialect.Oracle12cDialect that does not exist in recent Hibernate versions #31892
• ClassNotFoundException: org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL57Dialect with Hibernate 6.4 #31889
• Inconsistent inclusion of base URL in WebClient URI template attribute since Spring WebFlux 6.1.2 #31882
• @Async does not support Unit? return type #31881
• Web handlers don't support Kotlin extensions #31876
• DefaultDataBuffer fails to transform its content to a string #31873
• With XML configuration, setter selection can be random in case of overloaded setter methods (e.g. on SimpleClientHttpRequestFactory in 6.1) #31872
• Complete frame callback when opcode is not PONG #31869
• @Cacheable does not respect cache hit when empty Mono/Flux response is returned #31868
• Unable to use sync cache with reactivestreams #31861
• Spring Websocket - JettyWebsocketHandlerAdapter copyByteBuffer fills Buffer with zeros #31857
• NullPointerException with @RequestMapping on Kotlin property accessors #31856
• Non-deterministic native image JSON hints invalidate Gradle build cache #31852
• DefaultServerRequestObservationConvention is silently used when multiple convention beans are defined #31864
• Significant increase in memory consumption StringDecoder when splitting input by delimiters. #31848
• Convert args to Kotlin value class in CoroutinesUtils #31846
• ForwardedHeaderFilter should reject invalid requests #31842
• NotReadablePropertyException due to mismatch between ConstraintViolation property path and BindingResult target in MethodValidationAdapter #31746
• Built-in method validation validates @RequestBody parameter twice #31711
• Double error response handling on suspended methods #31541
• Spring AOP does not propagate arguments for dynamic prototype-scoped advice #28407
• Only log status in ServletRequestHandledEvent #27595
• MergedAnnotation swallows IllegalAccessException for attribute method #27182
• AOP pointcut erroneously matching ProceedingJoinPoint.proceed when called from within another advised bean #26068

:notebook_with_decorative_cover: Documentation

• Document exception handling for HTTP Interface client with RestClient and RestTemplate #31991
• Update ContentRequestMatchers#multipartData Javadoc #31988
• Update Spring Properties section of reference manual #31987
• Document Kotlin internal modifier impact on @Bean #31985
• Add missing preposition in reference guide #31977
• Adapt Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder documentation to mention ParameterNamesModule registration #31959
• Fix typo in kotlin.adoc #31958
• Fix references to "application/*+xml" in Javadoc #31951
• Update outdated elements in Kotlin reference documentation #31943
• Update autowired-qualifiers.adoc to refer the -parameters Java compiler flag #31939
• Fix Kotlin example for simpler SELECT variant using IN #31932
• Fix usage of WebClientAdapter in reference documentation #31917
• With virtual threads enabled, separate fixed-delay tasks cannot run concurrently #31900
• Fix formatting in scheduling.adoc #31899
• Specify use of regexp Path Pattern in javadoc #31886
• Improve the documentation and discoverability of CoWebFilter #31877
• Add Javadoc for MockHttpServletResponse getContentLength method #31833
• Revisit JdbcClient/JdbcTemplate javadoc for operations that take a KeyHolder #31486
• Document that CGLIB cannot proxy package private methods declared in a superclass is in a different package #28973
• Doc: ConfigurationClassParser's property source composition requires distinct (Resource)PropertySources names #28886
• Provide guidelines in AspectJ documentation to avoid dumps #27650
• Document autowiring of ServletRequest and other scoped proxy beans provided by WebApplicationContext #26201
• Clarify assisted constructor injection through getBean call with provided arguments #24955
• Document behaviour of @Transactional in reactive environments with non-reactive signatures #23277
• Thread-safety and visibility issues not documented [SPR-4307] #8986

:hammer: Dependency Upgrades

• Early support for Java 23 #31929
• Upgrade to Kotlin 1.9.22 #31971
• Upgrade to Micrometer 1.12.2 #31996
• Upgrade to Reactor 2023.0.2 #31995

:heart: Contributors

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

@0x1306e6d, @Drezir, @FBibonne, @JuHyun419, @OlgaMaciaszek, @SuhasBk, @T45K, @Yaklede, @aaronrosser, @achhibi, @bohub12, @dodie, @dogglezz, @izeye, @janjouketjalsma, @kzander91, @leonchen83, @pri88yank, @quaff, @scordio, @slovenlyimp, and @wfouche