New Features in Spring Boot 3.0.0‑M3, 2.7.0 and Recent Updates
The recent Spring Boot announcements introduce version 3.0.0‑M3 with Micrometer Observation support, restore REST Assured and JMS, while 2.7.0 adds GraphQL metrics, new test annotations, Podman Buildpack integration, Cache2k, simplified Jackson Mixins, PEM‑based SSL, and updates to core Spring projects, and 2.5.14/2.6.8 provide final bug‑fix releases.
On May 19, the Spring Boot project released several updates, including Spring Boot 3.0.0‑M3, 2.7.0, 2.6.8 and 2.5.14.
Spring Boot 3.0.0‑M3
This milestone contains 74 bug fixes, documentation improvements and dependency upgrades. Notable new features are automatic configuration support for Micrometer Observation, Tracing and OtlpMeterRegistry, and restored support for REST Assured and Pooled JMS.
Spring Boot 2.7.0
2.7.0 is a major feature release for the 2.x line. Highlights include:
Automatic configuration and metrics for Spring GraphQL.
Support for @DataCoubaseTest and @DataElasticsearchTest.
Ability to use Podman when building images with Cloud Native Buildpacks.
Support for Cache2k.
Simplified registration of Jackson Mixins.
Web server SSL configuration now accepts PEM‑encoded certificates.
It also updates several Spring ecosystem projects: Spring Data 2021.2, Spring HATEOAS 1.5, Spring LDAP 2.4, Spring Security 5.7, and Spring Session 2021.2. More details are available in the official release notes.
Spring Boot 2.5.14 and 2.6.8
These are regular maintenance releases for the 2.5 and 2.6 branches, mainly containing bug fixes without major new features. Notably, 2.5.14 is the final release of the 2.5 line, so users should plan to upgrade.
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