:star: New features

• Add JobRegistrySmartInitializingSingleton #4521

:lady_beetle: Bug fixes

• Incorrect error message in JobOperatorFactoryBean #4528
• DefaultJobParametersConverter throws java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException if input is empty string #4505
• JobRepository.deleteJobInstance() Fails with Foreign Key Constraint Violation if Job Executions have Step Executions #4382
• Incorrect step configuration when setting the taskExecutor before faultTolerant() #4438
• Incorrect deprecation in MongoPagingItemReader #4552

:rocket: Enhancements

• Check dirty flag of step execution context before update in inner loop #4503

:notebook_with_decorative_cover: Documentation

• Incorrect Type of getter in Documentation for JobParameters#getDouble #4526
• Broken link to Spring Batch docs #4498
• UI Aligment Issue - Spring Batch Version Number in Docs #4534

🆙 Dependency Upgrades

• Spring Framework: 6.1.4
• Spring Retry: 2.0.5
• Spring Integration: 6.2.2
• Spring Data: 3.2.3
• Spring AMQP: 3.1.2
• Spring Kafka: 3.1.2
• Micrometer: 1.12.3

:heart: Contributors

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

Full change log: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-batch/compare/v5.1.0...v5.1.1