:star: New Features

• Efficient handling of conditional HTTP requests #33372
• LocaleEditor cannot parse language tag with script like zh-Hans #33348
• Reinstate qualifier support for legacy JSR-330 @javax.inject.Named annotation #33345
• SimpleAsyncTaskScheduler stops accepting new tasks when isShutdown #33336

:lady_beetle: Bug Fixes

• Fix incorrect weak ETag validation #33374
• Avoid CacheAspectSupport#findInCaches falling through to the reactiveCachingHandler #33371
• ScheduledAnnotationReactiveSupport starts the observation before it is opened #33349
• RestClient observation flags error for UnknownContentTypeException twice #33347
• RestClient instrumentation unnecessarily calls stop on a closed observation #33346
• SimpleEvaluationContext does not enforce read-only semantics #33319
• SpEL wraps primitive array in Object[] when invoking varargs method #33317
• SpEL no longer supports lists for varargs invocations #33315
• SpEL Indexer silently ignores failure to set property as index #33310
• AOT-generated code produces deprecation warnings when using a deprecated class for autowiring #33295
• @Scheduled method in test class not supported anymore #33286
• AOT-generated code produces deprecation warnings when referencing a nested class of a deprecated class #33273
• Jaxb2XmlEncoder does not support JAXBElement subtypes #33258
• ShallowEtagHeaderFilter throws a NumberFormatException for responses bigger than 2Gb #33256
• RequestPredicates fail with UnsupportedOperationException with a custom servlet path #33251
• Missing observation for @JmsListener response messages #33221
• ConversionService cannot convert primitive array to Object[] #33212
• Spring coroutines AOP is not compatible with @Cacheable #33210
• PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver#convertClassLoaderURL drops URLStreamHandler in version 6.1.x #33199
• SpEL cannot invoke varargs MethodHandle function with a primitive array #33198
• Trim last allowed origin when parsing comma-delimited string #33181
• Multipart files not deleted after upload is finished with async request #33161
• JaxbContextContainer does not define the ClassLoader to use to retrieve the JAXBContext to use #33158
• Memory Leak in WebFlux application handling HTTP Multipart #33094
• Support invoking bridged suspending functions in AopUtils #33045

:notebook_with_decorative_cover: Documentation

• Fix typo in the bean validation section of the reference manual #33354
• Fix syntax error in RestClient documentation #33350
• Add Kotlin example for expectAll() #33341
• Javadoc of ReactorResourceFactory#setConnectionProviderSupplier wrongly states it can be ignored #33338
• Improve EnableCaching & CachingConfigurer Javadoc #33288
• Code sample has wrong reference to configurePathMatching #33277
• Document that NoOpResponseErrorHandler is to be used with the RestTemplate #33276
• Stop referring to Oracle STRUCT and ARRAY as they are deprecated #33248
• Update links in reference manual #33245

:hammer: Dependency Upgrades

• Upgrade to Micrometer 1.12.9 #33325
• Upgrade to Reactor 2023.0.9 #33326

:heart: Contributors

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

@GoncaloPT, @crusherd, @genuss, @kashike, @ngocnhan-tran1996, @olbinski, @pcvolkmer, @sheip9, @tafjwr, and @underbell