- Multiple bug fixes address servlet registration, datasource metrics, build-image handling (including WAR packaging), bootRun toolchain and JVM arguments, classpath ordering, and WebTestClient base path issues.
- Documentation updates clarify WebServerFactory behavior, SpEL expression evaluation, image‑building with WAR packaging, and other reference‑guide topics.
- A wide range of dependencies are upgraded (e.g., Byte Buddy, Hibernate, Jackson, Netty, Micrometer, Spring AMQP, Spring Integration, etc.) to newer versions.
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Fixed a wide range of bugs in Kafka security handling, Cloud Foundry integration, Spring Boot components, and resource cleanup.
Spring Boot Gradle plugin no longer auto‑configures gRPC when the Protobuf plugin is applied; opt‑in via an empty grpc block in the protobuf extension.