March 2025 Java Key Updates in Boot, Security, and More

Originally published at ssojet

Spring Boot 3.5.0 Release

The third milestone release of Spring Boot 3.5.0 introduces significant fixes and enhancements. Key features include:

• A new LLdapDockerComposeConnectionDetailsFactory class for Light LDAP Implementation for Authentication.
• Enhanced support for OpenTelemetry using the service.namespace service attribute.
• Improvements for Spring Batch with new properties.

More information is available in the release notes.

Spring Framework 6.2.5 Release

The release of Spring Framework 6.2.5 includes:

• The comment() method in ServerResponse.SseBuilder now allows empty comments.
• The FormHttpMessageConverter will throw HttpMessageNotReadableException for invalid HTTP form data.

Detailed information can be found in the release notes.

Spring Security 6.5.0 Milestone

The third milestone release of Spring Security 6.5.0 introduces new features such as:

• Support for RFC 9068, JSON Web Token (JWT) Profile for OAuth 2.0 Access Tokens.
• Deprecation of the ConfigAttribute interface.

Comprehensive details are available in the release notes.

Spring Authorization Server 1.5.0

The second milestone of Spring Authorization Server 1.5.0 features:

• Enhancements to the JdbcOAuth2AuthorizationService.
• Support for RFC 9126, OAuth 2.0 Pushed Authorization Requests.

Further details can be reviewed in the release notes.

Spring Cloud 2024.0.1 Release

The release of Spring Cloud 2024.0.1 includes:

• Updates to sub-projects like Spring Cloud Kubernetes and Spring Cloud Function.
• This release builds upon Spring Boot 3.4.3.

For complete information, see the release notes.

Spring Integration Updates

The third milestone release of Spring Integration 6.5.0 includes:

• New features, including enhancements to the LastModifiedFileListFilters.
• Removal of deprecated getSendTimeout() methods.

More information can be found in the release notes.

Spring for GraphQL 1.4.0

The first milestone release of Spring for GraphQL 1.4.0 provides:

• Dependency upgrades and alignment with the GraphQL over HTTP specification.

For further details, refer to the release notes.

Spring Web Services 4.1.0

The first milestone release of Spring Web Services 4.1.0 includes:

• Support for Apache Axiom due to the latest Axiom release.
• Deprecation of the WsConfigurerAdapter class.

Detailed insights are available in the release notes.

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