:star: New features

• Add item reader for Redis #4446
• Add item writer for Redis #3957
• Add ability to start a job flow definition with a decider #4411
• Add support to specify the database type through EnableBatchProcessing #4320
• Auto-configure JobRegistryBeanPostProcessor with EnableBatchProcessing and DefaultBatchConfiguration #4245
• Add support for Java Date and Time API types serialization in Jackson2ExecutionContextStringSerializer #3952
• Add option to provide a custom JobKeyGenerator in JdbcJobInstanceDao #3926
• Access to update counts in JdbcBatchItemWriter #3829

:rocket: Enhancements

• Inaccurate exception message in SimpleJobRepository #4025
• Expose the internal map in ExecutionContext as read-only #4004
• Add support for quotes in DelimitedLineAggregator #1139
• Provide better error message in StaxEventItemReader if Resource does not exist #1171
• Add getters for DAOs in SimpleJobExplorer #1598
• Use separate parameters for short_context length and exit_message length #1617
• Expose targetObject and targetMethod in AbstractMethodInvokingDelegator #1786

:lady_beetle: Bug fixes

• Switching incrementers causes jobs to have old job parameters #4073
• Missing setter for strict field in DelimitedBuilder #809

:notebook_with_decorative_cover: Documentation

• Migrate documentation to Antora #4422
• Ambiguous description of "Configuring a JobRepository" #4333

:hammer: Tasks

• Add Automatic-Module-Name to MANIFEST.MF in all components #867

:heart: Contributors

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

@IlyaNerd, @ParadiseCHOI, @benelog, @rwinch, @cppwfs and @sjh836