:star: New Features

• Errors thrown from SmartLifeycle#stop results in (unnecessary) waiting for the shutdown timeout #33442
• Updates to resource handling for functional endpoints #33434
• Stop logging result in WebAsyncManager #33406
• spring native not support method handler with kotlin default value #33384

:lady_beetle: Bug Fixes

• Ensure use of specified status code on redirect with Rendering #33498
• Inconsistent handling of X-Forwarded-Prefix in servlet and reactive stack #33465
• ServerHttpObservationFilter does not register against new async operations #33451
• Revert removal of deprecated rawStatusCode methods #33440
• PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver no longer follows symlinks #33424
• Deadlock between SseEmitter and StandardServletAsyncWebRequest when clients disconnect #33421
• RestClient doesn't open a scope for the processing of the request #33397
• WebTestClient leaks when ParameterizedTypeReference is used #33389

:notebook_with_decorative_cover: Documentation

• Document fixed rate scheduling with CRaC #33490
• Update information in SpEL Evaluation chapter in reference manual #33456
• Stop documenting use of -debug compiler flag in reference manual #33453
• Use discrete headings instead of titled blocks in reference manual #33447
• Fix example for @ImportResource in the reference manual #33446
• Fix a typo in the CDS documentation #33437
• Fix link to chapter introduction #33417
• Improve documentation on reading form data via Servlet request parameters vs @RequestBody #33409

:hammer: Dependency Upgrades

• Upgrade to Kotlin 1.9.25 #33471
• Upgrade to Micrometer 1.12.10 #33518
• Upgrade to Objenesis 3.4 #33526
• Upgrade to Reactor 2023.0.10 #33519

:heart: Contributors

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

@dancer1325, @izeye, and @yfoel