SPRING-FRAMEWORK-7.0.7 release notes and known issues

Summary

⭐ New Features Improve SpringValidatorAdapter and MethodValidationAdapter performance #36621 Support JSON array decoding to Flux in KotlinSerializationJsonDecoder #36597 Deprecate methodIdentification() in CacheAspectSupport for removal #36575 Add MockRestServiceServer#createServer variant for RestClient #36572 Create RestClientXhrTransport variant replacing RestTemplateXhrTransport #36566 Improve error handling in multipart codecs #36563 Make ApplicationListenerMethodAdapter#getTargetMethod() public #36558 ApiVersionConfigurer.setSupportedVersionPredicate() returns void instead of ApiVersionConfigurer #36551 LazyConnectionDataSourceProxy does not work well with Hibernate's multi-tenancy by schema strategy #36527 Add registerManagedResource variant with bean key argument to MBeanExporter #36520 Handle blank Accept-Language header in AcceptHeaderLocaleResolver #36513 Make AbstractStreamingClientHttpRequest and AbstractBufferingClientHttpRequest public #36501 MySQL Error 149 (Galera/WSREP conflict) not translated to ConcurrencyFailureException in Spring JDBC/ORM #36499 Add PreFlightRequestFilter #36482 Support configuration of extension context scope for SpringExtension via Spring or JUnit properties #36460 Lower log level of "Cache miss for REQUEST dispatch" in HandlerMappingIntrospector #36309 🐞 Bug Fixes WebDataBinder unnecessarily instantiates collections when using the "!" and "_" prefixes #36625 Cache pollution from high-cardinality FieldError default messages in MessageSourceSupport #36609 MergedAnnotation does not use ClassLoader for method or field #36606 @Sql fails if DataSource is wrapped in a TransactionAwareDataSourceProxy #36611 AnnotatedTypeMetadata no longer retains source declaration order on Java 24+ #36598 MergedAnnotation.asMap() fails when an attribute references a non-existent class #36586 FileSystemResource does not strictly follow the Resource#isReadable() contract #36584 Converter overrides in HttpMessageConverters only apply when defaults are registered #36579 Invalid method return type metadata for ClassFile variant on JDK 24+ #36577 Fix Writer lifecycle for AbstractJsonHttpMessageConverter.writeInternal(Object, Type, Writer) #36565 Flushing-related regression in SseServerResponse #36537 LazyConnectionDataSourceProxy does not pass on holdability to target Connection #36528 AnnotationBeanNameGenerator fails when an annotation references a non-existent class #36524 Perserve default API version in RestClientAdapter #36514 Inconsistent codings resolution in resource resolvers #36507 DefaultJmsListenerContainer may hang in an endless loop in doShutdown #36506 Query not hidden in DefaultClientResponse checkpoint #36502 RestClient closes stream for ResponseEntity responses #36492 IllegalStateException when using websocket handshake headers with Tomcat #36486 Invalid nullness information for ParameterizedTypeReference #36477 WebTestClient cannot assert null list elements #36476 Handle Kotlin nullable value class param correctly in CoroutineUtils #36449 Remove RFC 2047 encoding from Content-Disposition filename #36328 📔 Documentation Clarify semantics of HttpMethod.valueOf() #36652 Document whitespace semantics in SpEL expressions #36628 Document that spring.profiles.active is ignored by @ActiveProfiles #36600 MergedAnnotation.asAnnotationAttributes() Javadoc incorrectly states that it creates an immutable map #36567 Fix incorrect Javadoc in HandlerMethodReturnValueHandlerComposite regarding caching #36555 Fix incorrect method name in TypeDescriptor.array() Javadoc #36549 Introduce Kotlin examples for Bean Overrides ( @MockitoBean , etc.) #36541 Fix incorrect cross-reference links in AbstractEnvironment Javadoc #36516 Document RetryTemplate#invoke variants in reference manual #36452 Link observability section to Micrometer Observation Handler docs #34994 🔨 Dependency Upgrades Upgrade to Micrometer 1.16.5 #36659 Upgrade to Reactor 2025.0.5 #36658 ❤️ Contributors Thank you to all the contributors who worked on th

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• ⭐ New Features Improve SpringValidatorAdapter and MethodValidationAdapter performance #36621 Support JSON array decoding to Flux in KotlinSerializationJsonDecoder #36597 Deprecate methodIdentification() in CacheAspectSupport for removal #36575 Add MockRestServiceServer#createServer variant for RestClient #36572 Create RestClientXhrTransport variant replacing RestTemplateXhrTransport #36566 Improve error handling in multipart codecs #36563 Make ApplicationListenerMethodAdapter#getTargetMethod() public #36558 ApiVersionConfigurer.setSupportedVersionPredicate() returns void instead of ApiVersionConfigurer #36551 LazyConnectionDataSourceProxy does not work well with Hibernate's multi-tenancy by schema strategy #36527 Add registerManagedResource variant with bean key argument to MBeanExporter #36520 Handle blank Accept-Language header in AcceptHeaderLocaleResolver #36513 Make AbstractStreamingClientHttpRequest and AbstractBufferingClientHttpRequest public #36501 MySQL Error 149 (Galera/WSREP conflict) not translated to ConcurrencyFailureException in Spring JDBC/ORM #36499 Add PreFlightRequestFilter #36482 Support configuration of extension context scope for SpringExtension via Spring or JUnit properties #36460 Lower log level of "Cache miss for REQUEST dispatch" in HandlerMappingIntrospector #36309 🐞 Bug Fixes WebDataBinder unnecessarily instantiates collections when using the "!" and "_" prefixes #36625 Cache pollution from high-cardinality FieldError default messages in MessageSourceSupport #36609 MergedAnnotation does not use ClassLoader for method or field #36606 @Sql fails if DataSource is wrapped in a TransactionAwareDataSourceProxy #36611 AnnotatedTypeMetadata no longer retains source declaration order on Java 24+ #36598 MergedAnnotation.asMap() fails when an attribute references a non-existent class #36586 FileSystemResource does not strictly follow the Resource#isReadable() contract #36584 Converter overrides in HttpMessageConverters only apply when defaults are registered #36579 Invalid method return type metadata for ClassFile variant on JDK 24+ #36577 Fix Writer lifecycle for AbstractJsonHttpMessageConverter.writeInternal(Object, Type, Writer) #36565 Flushing-related regression in SseServerResponse #36537 LazyConnectionDataSourceProxy does not pass on holdability to target Connection #36528 AnnotationBeanNameGenerator fails when an annotation references a non-existent class #36524 Perserve default API version in RestClientAdapter #36514 Inconsistent codings resolution in resource resolvers #36507 DefaultJmsListenerContainer may hang in an endless loop in doShutdown #36506 Query not hidden in DefaultClientResponse checkpoint #36502 RestClient closes stream for ResponseEntity responses #36492 IllegalStateException when using websocket handshake headers with Tomcat #36486 Invalid nullness information for ParameterizedTypeReference #36477 WebTestClient cannot assert null list elements #36476 Handle Kotlin nullable value class param correctly in CoroutineUtils #36449 Remove RFC 2047 encoding from Content-Disposition filename #36328 📔 Documentation Clarify semantics of HttpMethod.valueOf() #36652 Document whitespace semantics in SpEL expressions #36628 Document that spring.profiles.active is ignored by @ActiveProfiles #36600 MergedAnnotation.asAnnotationAttributes() Javadoc incorrectly states that it creates an immutable map #36567 Fix incorrect Javadoc in HandlerMethodReturnValueHandlerComposite regarding caching #36555 Fix incorrect method name in TypeDescriptor.array() Javadoc #36549 Introduce Kotlin examples for Bean Overrides ( @MockitoBean , etc.) #36541 Fix incorrect cross-reference links in AbstractEnvironment Javadoc #36516 Document RetryTemplate#invoke variants in reference manual #36452 Link observability section to Micrometer Observation Handler docs #34994 🔨 Dependency Upgrades Upgrade to Micrometer 1.16.5 #36659 Upgrade to Reactor 2025.0.5 #36658 ❤️ Contributors Thank you to all the contributors who worked on th

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