- Fixed numerous bugs including null exception handling in JooqExceptionTranslator, startup failures with Actuator/Jersey, and incorrect configuration metadata loading
- Improved documentation with corrected property descriptions, Java 16 support notes, and clarified usage of metrics, data sources, and Docker secrets
- Updated many third‑party dependencies (e.g., Spring Framework 5.3.5, Hibernate 5.4.29, jOOQ 3.14.8, Micrometer 1.6.5)
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Fixed a wide range of bugs in Kafka security handling, Cloud Foundry integration, Spring Boot components, and resource cleanup.
Spring Boot Gradle plugin no longer auto‑configures gRPC when the Protobuf plugin is applied; opt‑in via an empty grpc block in the protobuf extension.