:star: New Features

• Efficient handling of conditional HTTP requests #33379

:lady_beetle: Bug Fixes

• Fix incorrect weak ETag validation #33376
• SimpleEvaluationContext does not enforce read-only semantics #33321
• ConversionService cannot convert primitive array to Object[] #33313
• SpEL Indexer silently ignores failure to set property as index #33311
• Nested bean instance supplier invocation does not retain previous factory method #33185
• Mockito mock falsely initialized as CGLIB proxy with AspectJ aspect #33141
• "file:." cannot be resolved to java.nio.file.Path (and plain "." value resolves to classpath root) #33139
• Trace and Span IDs are no longer propagated RequestBodyAdvice beans #33128
• ConfigurationClassEnhancer doesn't not use correct ClassLoader when called multiple times #33029

:notebook_with_decorative_cover: Documentation

• Typo in Annotation-driven Listener Endpoints section of Spring Framework documentation #33054
• Container Extension Points section of Spring Framework documentation refers to the wrong property name #33038
• Incorrect constructor details in the javadoc for ApplicationContextEvent #33033

:hammer: Dependency Upgrades

• Upgrade to Reactor 2022.0.22 #33324