- Fixed numerous bugs affecting WebMvcTest slices, Jetty session timeout, Undertow filter init, shutdown hooks, configuration properties binding, and logging integrations.
- Updated documentation with new sections, example snippets, anchor links, and clarified support for Java 15 and Kotlin main class naming.
- Upgraded a wide range of third‑party dependencies, including Spring Framework, Spring Security, Spring Data, Spring Integration, Spring Kafka, and core libraries like Hibernate, Netty, and Tomcat.