What’s New in Spring Boot 2.4.0-M2? Explore the Latest Features
Spring Boot 2.4.0-M2 has been released, bringing a host of backend enhancements such as non‑reflection configuration processing, optional cookie tracing, HTTP/2 improvements, new r2dbc support, Redis Cluster controls, and added authentication for Prometheus, all detailed in the official release notes.
Spring Boot 2.4.0-M2 has been released and is available from the milestone repository.
This version includes many updates, highlighted below:
New Features
Prefer non‑reflection access to ConfigurationClassPostProcessor #22858
Cookies are excluded from HTTP tracing by default
HTTP/2 support no longer requires forced Jetty and Conscrypt binding
Add no‑pull option
Support for the new core framework r2dbc
Allow use of DurationFormat and PeriodFormat on parameters
Add configuration to disable Redis Cluster dynamic source refresh
When both Jedis and Lettuce are on the classpath, allow selecting Jedis
Add basic authentication support for Prometheus pushgateway
Add support for configuration file groups
Extract DefaultPropertiesPropertySource class
Add plugin management for liquibase‑maven‑plugin
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Release notes: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/releases/tag/v2.4.0-M2
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