- Removed the unused org.eclipse.jetty.ee11:jetty-ee11-servlet dependency from Spring Boot Jetty, requiring explicit addition if the application uses it (potential breaking change).
- Fixed a wide range of bugs including TransactionAutoConfiguration for Kafka, bean condition evaluation, SameSite cookie defaults, native image issues, SSL metrics, Actuator /info on Java 25, and many auto‑configuration and test utilities.
- Updated documentation (REST client, Docker Compose arguments, EnvironmentPostProcessor, error handling, tracing) and upgraded numerous libraries (Jackson 3, Spring Framework 7.0.3, Hibernate 7.2.1, Micrometer 1.16.2, etc.).
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Fixed a wide range of bugs in Kafka security handling, Cloud Foundry integration, Spring Boot components, and resource cleanup.
Spring Boot Gradle plugin no longer auto‑configures gRPC when the Protobuf plugin is applied; opt‑in via an empty grpc block in the protobuf extension.