Spring Boot 4.0.2 is a maintenance release that focuses on fixing over 20 bugs—including a critical Kafka transaction auto‑configuration issue—upgrading more than 40 core dependencies, improving documentation, and introducing minor breaking changes, making it essential for Java developers to upgrade promptly.
Microsoft’s VS Code extension “JavaScript/TypeScript Modernizer” uses GitHub Copilot to analyze a project’s dependencies, generate an upgrade plan, and automatically apply package updates and code changes, turning tedious legacy upgrades into a chat‑driven, semi‑automated workflow.
Spring Boot 3.5.3, the first patch of the 3.5 series, introduces critical fixes for a severe issue in 3.5.1, upgrades Tomcat to 10.1.42 with multipart limits, adds ConfigData options support, resolves numerous performance, configuration, actuator, and binding bugs, improves documentation, and updates a wide range of core, database, server, and monitoring dependencies, making the upgrade strongly recommended.
Spring Boot 3.2.2 brings a comprehensive update with 50 bug fixes, documentation improvements, and a long list of dependency upgrades ranging from MySQL and Kotlin to Netty and Tomcat, helping developers keep their backend services stable and up‑to‑date.
Spring Boot 3.0.0 M1 introduces a Java 17 baseline, requires migration of all Java EE APIs to Jakarta EE, removes support for several third‑party libraries, updates numerous Spring project dependencies, and outlines the upcoming release cadence, while also highlighting community resources and promotional offers.
The Spring Boot 3.0.0 M1 milestone upgrades the Java baseline to Java 17, migrates all Java EE APIs to Jakarta EE, removes support for several third‑party libraries, updates a long list of Spring and external dependencies, and outlines the upcoming release cadence.
Spring Boot 3.1.3, now on Maven Central, brings 82 bug fixes, extensive documentation updates, and a comprehensive set of dependency upgrades, while the PIG platform adds compatibility with this version, offering developers a ready‑to‑use micro‑service starter kit.
Spring Boot 2.7.15, released on Maven Central, brings 45 bug fixes, documentation improvements, and numerous dependency upgrades, while the PIG microservice platform has been updated to this version; note that Spring Boot 2.x will cease maintenance in November 2023, urging migration to 3.x.
Spring Boot 3.0.4 arrives early, addressing a PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver issue that broke bean and controller scanning, and brings 19 bug fixes, documentation enhancements for Gradle 8 and other topics, plus numerous dependency upgrades across Couchbase, Jetty, Reactor, Spring Framework, and more.
Spring Boot 3.0.4 arrives ahead of schedule, fixing 19 issues—including a path‑matching bug that broke bean scanning—while adding documentation updates and upgrading key dependencies such as Couchbase, Jetty, and Spring Framework, providing developers with a more stable backend platform.
The Spring Boot 3.0.0 M1 release upgrades the Java baseline to 17, migrates all Java EE APIs to Jakarta EE, removes several legacy components, updates a long list of Spring and third‑party dependencies, and outlines the upcoming milestone schedule for the framework.
The Spring Boot 3.0.0 M1 milestone, released at the end of January 2022, upgrades the Java baseline to Java 17, migrates all Java EE APIs to Jakarta EE, removes several legacy components, updates numerous Spring and third‑party dependencies, and outlines the roadmap for upcoming releases.
The article outlines the major updates in Spring Boot 3.0.0 M1, including the shift to Java 17, migration from Java EE to Jakarta EE, removed and upgraded dependencies, and the roadmap for upcoming milestone releases.
Spring Boot 3.0.0 M1, released on January 20 2022, upgrades the Java baseline to Java 17, migrates all Java EE APIs to Jakarta EE, drops support for several components, updates numerous Spring and third‑party dependencies, and outlines the upcoming release schedule.
Apache Groovy 4.0.0 RC2 has been announced, featuring language enhancements such as new compilation behavior for operators and method naming, along with extensive upgrades to build, test, and runtime dependencies across the project.
Spring Boot 2.6.2, released on December 21, introduces 55 bug fixes, documentation improvements, and a comprehensive set of dependency upgrades, providing developers with more stable configuration binding, corrected database initialization, enhanced security handling, and updated libraries across the ecosystem.
Spring Boot 2.5.5, released on September 23, introduces 41 bug fixes, numerous documentation improvements, and a comprehensive set of dependency upgrades, while also adding Java 17 support in Spring Initializr, offering developers a more stable and up‑to‑date backend framework.
Spring Boot 2.5.5, released on September 23, introduces 41 bug fixes, numerous documentation improvements, and a comprehensive set of dependency upgrades—including updates to Ehcache3, Kotlin, Netty, and Spring Framework—providing developers with enhanced stability, performance, and compatibility across the ecosystem.
Spring Boot 2.4.3, released on the first workday of the new year, brings 29 bug fixes, 15 documentation improvements, and 31 dependency upgrades—including critical fixes for DataSourceBuilder, Amazon Redshift driver detection, JPA lazy repositories, and Spring Data Solr—while the full changelog is available on GitHub.
Spring Boot 2.3.3 has been released with 67 bug fixes, new features like Jetty HTTP/2 support without Conscrypt, and a long list of library upgrades, all available via Maven Central and repo.spring.io for Java backend developers.
Spring Boot 2.3 introduces major core component upgrades—including Spring Data Neumann, Spring HATEOAS 1.1, and Spring Security 5.3—adds Java 14 compatibility while retaining Java 8/11 support, enhances Docker integration with Cloud Native Buildpacks and layered jars, and provides graceful shutdown and health‑probe features for improved application reliability.
Alibaba’s Dubbo framework has launched its first version after resuming maintenance, addressing critical issues such as graceful shutdown, monitoring blockages, dynamic configuration bugs, routing errors, async leaks, and concurrency limits, while also upgrading core Maven dependencies like Spring, Zookeeper, Hessian, and more.
