For full upgrade instructions and new and noteworthy features please see the release notes.

:star: New Features

• Support resolving plugin versions #1438
• Deprecate support for Gradle 6 #1437
• Add support for Gradle 8 #1433
• Add partial text assertions in TextAssert #1431
• ProjectGenerationConfiguration should offer a way to set proxyBeanMethods to false #1429
• Add support for class reference in code generation #1425
• Overhaul annotation support for code generation #1424
• Add support for Docker Compose #1417
• Add BuildAssert support for Gradle with the Kotlin DSL #1412
• Switch controllers to use @RestController #1401
• Vary Kotlin standard library artifact ID depending on the version of Kotlin #1386
• Don't include org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8 as a dependency in Gradle projects at the Kotlin Gradle plugin adds the dependency automatically #1376
• Update spring.io metadata strategy to use the new API #1369
• Append instead of replace freeCompilerArgs Kotlin property #1368
• Add support for specifying a custom dialect in Type metadata #1344
• Add support for Spring Boot 3 #1342
• Add support for Maven extensions #1290
• Allow arbitrary code snippet to be added to GradleBuild #1079
• Allow code generation to use nested method invocations #1043
• Add support for annotating parameters #1002

:lady_beetle: Bug Fixes

• Gradle project is created with deprecated features (Project.getConvention) #1427
• CodeSource writer should not consider import from the same package #1421
• Build should configure the compiler plugin to use -parameters #1349
• Handling Unicode in Project Generation #1345
• Make sure that core Gradle plugins are applied first #1343

:notebook_with_decorative_cover: Documentation

• Migrate docs to Spring Asciidoctor HTML backend #1407
• Document default metadata cache expiration policy #1391
• Polish reference guide #1346

:hammer: Dependency Upgrades

• Upgrade to Commons Compress 1.23.0 #1398
• Upgrade to Gradle 7.6.2 #1436
• Upgrade to Maven 3.9.3 #1435
• Upgrade to Maven Resolver 1.9.7 and Maven Resolver Provider 3.9.1 #1415
• Upgrade to Spring Boot 3.1.1 #1432
• Upgrade to Spring Cloud Contract 4.0.2 #1397

:heart: Contributors

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

@DominiqueComte, @KotlinIsland, @herder, @mhalbritter, @nirbhay24, @prithvitewatia, and @rijusougata13