- Added auto‑configuration for Spring Session’s DefaultCookieSerializer and cached MimeTypes for faster static resource handling.
- Fixed numerous bugs including Binder failures with generic POJOs, HTTPS NPE on Jetty, blocking call in RedisReactiveHealthIndicator, validation and health‑endpoint issues, and metadata generation errors.
- Updated documentation with Heroku deployment link, JUnit 4 default note, and corrected syntax highlighting and whitespace.