- Fixed numerous bugs such as CloudPlatform.isActive mis‑reporting, Elasticsearch auto‑configuration converters, Gradle bootBuildImage file‑permission loss, keystore InputStream leak, actuator and endpoint handling errors, and other valida...
- Enhanced documentation covering deferred JPA bootstrap limitations, special config locations, JVM arguments for image builds, test auto‑configuration details, and other usage notes.
- Upgraded a wide range of dependencies (Spring Framework 5.3.6, Spring Data 2020.0.8, Hibernate 5.4.30, Micrometer 1.6.6, Netty 4.1.63, Jetty 9.4.39, etc.) and added deprecation warnings for upcoming removals.