- Upgraded core dependencies including Hibernate 6.4.1.Final, Spring Framework 6.1.2, Jetty 12, Kafka 3.6.1 and many others, dropping support for Hibernate 6.3.
- Resolved a wide range of bugs affecting auto‑configuration order, logging, Pulsar authentication, class loading, zip handling, Testcontainers, task shutdown handling, and more.
- Refreshed documentation (Docker Compose prerequisites, Dynatrace links, Observation filter, community starter) and deprecated the 'management.metrics.tags' property.