Spring v7.0.0-M5 and v6.1.20 released!

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Spring v7.0.0-M5 and v6.1.20 has been released.

New Features

• Deprecate PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer and PreferencesPlaceholderConfigurer for removal #34880
• Add Consumer based variant methods to HttpRequestValues builder #34870
• Add defaultApiVersion to RestClient and WebClient builders #34857
• Evaluate system properties in default HttpClient in ReactorClientHttpRequestFactory #34850
• Use beanClassLoader in the HTTP Service Registrar #34846
• Deprecate JUnit 4 support in the Spring TestContext Framework #34794
• Ability to validate supported API versions only against explicitly configured ones #34775
• Revisit Jackson support #33798

Bug Fixes

• ClassFileAnnotationMetadata.fromTypeDescriptor(…) fails on Java 24 #34882
• Align ClassFileClassMetadata with other implementations #34869
• Incorrect filtering of groups with HttpServiceGroupConfigurer #34867
• Aggregated Javadoc no longer published since 7.0.0-M4 #34774

Documentation

• Add Reference Documentation for API Versioning #34569

Dependency Upgrades

• Upgrade to Kotlin 2.1.21 [#34900](https://github.com…

Link: Release v7.0.0-M5 · spring-projects/spring-framework · GitHub

New Features

• Add option for case-insensitive match to PatternMatchUtils #34802

Bug Fixes

• HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory setConnectionRequestTimeout not working with httpclient 5.3.1 #34854
• Accidental ClassLoader defineClass enforcement after #34677 #34839

Documentation

• Clarify CompositePropertySource behavior for EnumerablePropertySource contract #34887

Dependency Upgrades

• Upgrade to Reactor 2023.0.18 #34899

Link: Release v6.1.20 · spring-projects/spring-framework · GitHub