- 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.
- A large set of bug fixes addressing security protocol handling, structured logging corruption, Micrometer context leaks, temporary file cleanup, and various reactive/Cloud Foundry, JPA, and native image issues.
- Extensive documentation updates and numerous dependency version upgrades across the ecosystem.