- Added server.connection timeout support for Netty, included health details in Elasticsearch REST and Jest HealthIndicators, and disabled Tomcat reference clearing on Java 11.
- Fixed multiple configuration and validation issues, corrected dependency management gaps, and updated documentation links and examples.
- Upgraded dozens of libraries and frameworks including Byte Buddy, Reactor BOM, Micrometer, Spring Batch, JOOQ, Groovy, RxJava2, Dropwizard Metrics, Spring Framework, Spring Security, and many others.