- Fixed numerous bugs including bootBuildImage permission preservation, proper keystore stream closing, handling of UnknownHostException in Prometheus metrics, validator hierarchy errors, and cleanup of unpacked JARs
- Improved documentation with correct Javadoc links, clearer DataJpaTest defaults, corrected metric descriptions, and guides for Maven Failsafe plugin and runtime JVM arguments
- Upgraded a wide range of dependencies such as Spring Framework, Spring Security, Micrometer, Hibernate, Jetty, and many others to newer versions