- Fixed a wide range of bugs, including native reflection hints for super‑class properties, health endpoint grouping, configuration‑properties handling, OTel span attributes, and several auto‑configuration edge‑cases.
- Improved documentation with updated Javadoc, clearer Kubernetes liveness/readiness probe guidance, refreshed Kafka and R2DBC docs, and corrected typos.
- Upgraded numerous libraries (Groovy, Hibernate Validator, Micrometer, Spring Framework, etc.) to newer versions.