:star: New Features

• Track only qualifier annotations in BeanOverrideHandler #34260
• Remove @FunctionalInterface declaration from BeanOverrideProcessor #34259
• Refine default filtered headers for web data binding #34182
• Improve query params in uri KeyValue with HTTP interface client #34176
• Refine location checks for PathResource #34167
• Avoid virtual thread pinning in procedure calling #34133
• Type-level constraint violation should result in ParameterErrors #34105
• Avoid logger serialization behind shared EntityManager proxy #34084
• Improve PathMatcher to PathPatternParser migration in mvc XML configuration #34064
• Support @MockitoBean at the type level on test classes #33925

:lady_beetle: Bug Fixes

• HttpHeadersAssert#doesNotContainsHeaders has a typo #34263
• Deadlock with background EntityManager bootstrap due to locking in getSingletonFactoryBeanForTypeCheck #34247
• ApplicationListener no longer invoked for double generic ApplicationEvent with 6.2.1 #34234
• Nested transaction savepoints are broken in SQL Server #34233
• Error handling override in DefaultResponseErrorHandler ignored after upgrade to 6.2.0 #34231
• FileNotFoundException is thrown when using ConfigurationPropertiesScan with Spring Context 6.2.1 #34216
• BindException declared but not handled by ExceptionHandler #34214
• @TestBean factory method resolution is incorrect within class hierarchy #34204
• Bean Override in superclass takes precedence over Bean Override in subclass #34194
• Ensure AsyncListener#onError does not return until dispatch completes #34192
• BeanNotOfRequiredTypeException during transaction qualifier resolution in 6.2.1 #34187
• BeanCurrentlyInCreationException is thrown when multiple threads simultaneously try to create bean #34186
• DataBinder throws IndexOutOfBoundsException when indexed parameter uses nonconsecutive indices #34145
• NullPointerException is thrown if WebClient is used with Apache Httpclient and cookies are disabled #34132
• Wrong parentId tracking in FlightRecorderApplicationStartup #34128
• PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver is not able to resolve file in SpringBoot Packaged JAR #34126
• Placeholder resolution no longer considers exact match before resolving the placeholder key #34124
• DataBinder throws StringIndexOutOfBoundsException for indexed property without nested property path #34121
• Dependency injection matches wildcards too leniently with 6.2.1 #34119
• PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver throws FileNotFoundException caused by wrong cache path #34111
• SpEL fails to invoke MethodHandle function reference accepting only varargs #34109
• Generic with a base type is no longer resolved to its base if the generic is unresolved #34086
• DataBinder throws StringIndexOutOfBoundsException for map property without nested property path #34043
• Fix implicit variable resolution in JSP EvalTag #33945

:notebook_with_decorative_cover: Documentation

• Fix inaccuracy in RequestHeaderArgumentResolver Javadoc #34230
• Document that http.client.requests measure the entire HTTP exchange #34201
• Misuse of em dash in "Basic Concept" section #34165
• Fix typo in link #34149
• Broken syntax in xml sample of "Reference to Other Beans" section #34148
• Fix minor typo in reference documentation for Kotlin annotations #34134
• Clarify documentation for the default uri client request observation metric #34116
• Fix broken links in the web reference documentation #34115
• Bean creation lazily ignores annotations like @EventListener #34057

:hammer: Dependency Upgrades

• Upgrade to Micrometer 1.14.3 #34251
• Upgrade to Reactor 2024.0.2 #34252

:heart: Contributors

Thank you to all the contributors who worked on this release:

@Mattias-Sehlstedt, @Spanching, @brendenehlers, @izeye, @luozongle01, @micopiira, @ngocnhan-tran1996, @quaff, @rPraml, @remeio, and @scordio