- Resolved a wide range of bugs including SSL property building in Kafka, property resolution failures, deterministic shutdown handling, Docker Compose support, and various configuration and initialization issues.
- Corrected numerous documentation errors: typo fixes, updated Javadoc links, clarified SSL cipher/protocol settings, and added guidance for structured logging and annotation processor configuration.
- Upgraded dozens of libraries and tools (e.g., Spring Framework 6.2.1, Spring Security 6.4.2, Hibernate 6.6.4, Jackson 2.18.2, Jetty 12, JUnit 5.11.4, etc.) to their latest versions.