- Introduced new APIs (withDefaultRequestConfigCustomizer, JsonObjectDeserializer.nullSafeValue) and performance tweaks for ConfigurationPropertiesBinder and metadata reading.
- Fixed a wide range of bugs including SSL option handling, logging quirks, OCI image packaging, Windows path issues, and various Spring component inconsistencies.
- Added extensive documentation updates and upgraded many core dependencies (Spring Framework 6.2, Spring Boot modules, Hibernate, Jackson, etc.).