Spring Cloud Hoxton SR8: New Features, Bug Fixes & Dependency Updates

Spring Cloud Hoxton Service Release 8 (SR8) has been released and can be obtained from Maven Central.

<dependencyManagement>
    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-cloud-dependencies</artifactId>
            <version>Hoxton.SR8</version>
            <type>pom</type>
            <scope>import</scope>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>

Hoxton.SR8 is a bug‑fix version that supports Spring Boot 2.3.x and 2.2.x, and can be upgraded from Hoxton.SR7 (the pig component has been upgraded and the test environment runs smoothly).

New Features

Spring Cloud Netflix

Eureka client now supports TLS configuration.

Spring Cloud Config

Config client now supports TLS configuration.

Spring Cloud Kubernetes

Supports Spring Cloud LoadBalancer, automatically adding namespace metadata to Service Instance metadata.

Dependency Updates

Spring Cloud Starter Build Hoxton.SR8
Spring Cloud Netflix 2.2.5.RELEASE
Spring Cloud Openfeign 2.2.5.RELEASE
Spring Cloud Config 2.2.5.RELEASE
Spring Cloud Aws 2.2.4.RELEASE
Spring Cloud Kubernetes 1.1.6.RELEASE
Spring Cloud Gateway 2.2.5.RELEASE
Spring Cloud Gcp 1.2.5.RELEASE
Spring Cloud Commons 2.2.5.RELEASE
Spring Cloud Sleuth 2.2.5.RELEASE (issues)
Spring Cloud Vault 2.2.5.RELEASE

Reference links: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-cloud/wiki/Spring-Cloud-Hoxton-Release-Notes, https://spring.io/blog/2020/08/28/spring-cloud-hoxton-sr8-has-been-released.