What’s New in Spring Boot 3.0.0 M2? Key Updates and Improvements

Spring Boot 3.0.0 M2, released on March 25, 2022, brings 50 bug fixes, documentation enhancements, and dependency updates, revisits the M1 changes such as Java 17 baseline and Jakarta EE migration, and adds features like restored EhCache 3 support, H2 Console, and improved @ConstructorBinding detection.

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What’s New in Spring Boot 3.0.0 M2? Key Updates and Improvements

On March 25, 2022, the Spring team announced the release of Spring Boot 3.0.0 M2.

This milestone includes 50 bug fixes, documentation improvements, and dependency updates, building on the issues addressed in the previous M1 release.

M1 version recap

Java baseline upgraded from Java 8 to Java 17.

Migration from Java EE APIs to Jakarta EE.

Removal of components that did not yet support Java 17.

M2 version updates

The M2 release adds the following notable changes:

Restored support for EhCache 3.

Restored support for the H2 Console.

Improved detection of @ConstructorBinding.

For a complete list of changes, see the official release notes: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/wiki/Spring-Boot-3.0.0-M2-Release-Notes.

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