- - Fixed numerous bugs including eager bean initialization, Thymeleaf‑Security classpath issues, Quartz schema configuration, and property binding inconsistencies.
- - Updated and polished documentation: added auto‑configuration guide, improved cache manager docs, clarified DevTools usage, corrected typos, and enhanced deprecation notices.
- - Bumped a wide range of dependencies (Spring Framework 5.3.14, Spring Security 5.5.4, Hibernate 5.4.33, Kotlin 1.5.32, Log4j2 2.17.0, etc.) to newer versions.