- Fixed numerous bugs such as SqlInitializationAutoConfiguration failures, RestTemplateBuilder incompatibility, health details serialization, profile‑specific property ordering, and JDK 11 SecurityManager startup issues
- Updated documentation for OptaPlanner starter URL, Spring Data links, Redis connection pool creation, Kubernetes terminationGracePeriodSeconds, and Kotlin version requirements
- Upgraded a wide range of third‑party dependencies including AppEngine SDK, Couchbase, Dropwizard Metrics, Ehcache3, Hibernate, Jetty, Kotlin, Neo4j driver, Spring Framework, and more