What’s New in Spring Boot 2.4.4? Key Bug Fixes and Improvements

Spring Boot 2.4.4 is now available from repo.spring.io and Maven Central.

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This is the fourth bug‑fix release of the 2.4 line, containing 60 fixes, enhancements, documentation improvements, and dependency upgrades.

🐞 Bug Fixes

jOOQ now throws a proper exception instead of NPE when an SQLException cannot be translated.

When multiple schemas or script locations are configured, the failing path is now correctly identified.

Incorrect default property injection for @ConfigurationProperties has been fixed.

The EmbeddedDatabaseConnection#h2 constant no longer incorrectly uses a host name.

RSocket’s EmbeddedServerAutoConfiguration can now be used in non‑web environments.

Loading JSON files that share the same property set now works with ConfigurationMetadataRepository.

Layertools now loads only the intended resources without extra paths.

The Maven plugin spring‑boot:stop default values and description are aligned.

Actuator filter configuration issues that prevented application startup are resolved.

@EntityScan annotation now supports property placeholders.

SpringApplication can replace existing property files.

spring‑boot‑devtools no longer clears getter methods of private classes.

Details

For additional bug fixes, documentation updates, and dependency upgrades, see the official blog post and GitHub release notes.

https://spring.io/blog/2021/03/18/spring-boot-2-4-4-available-now

https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/releases/tag/v2.4.4