v6.1.7

⭐ New Features

• ResponseEntity is not reliably closed with InputStreamResource #32802
• Accept ajc-compiled @Aspect classes for Spring AOP proxy usage #32793
• Failure to process a bean definition ahead-of-time with an instance supplier should provide more contextual information #32775
• Provide methods to unambiguously send form data with MockMvc #32757
• Introduce NoOp implementation for ResponseErrorHandler #32750
• Support varargs invocations in SpEL for varargs array subtype #32704
• StreamUtils.copyRange overreads source stream in some cases #32695
• Modify error message when timeout is less than TIMEOUT_DEFAULT #32635
• Jetty HttpConnections not closed with SSE on Jetty 12.0.7+ when clients close the connection #32629
• Prevent duplicate subscription ID's in destinationCache of DefaultSubscriptionRegistry #32625
• When retrieval of a LoadTimeWeaverAware bean fails the resulting exception message may not indicate why it was being created #32470

🐞 Bug Fixes

• Do not send Cookie header in reactive JdkClientHttpRequest if no cookies added #32799
• Inconsistent use of cleaned URLs in PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver #32828
• DeferredQueryInvocationHandler fails to unwrap QuerySqmImpl class outside of transaction #32766
• BindingReflectionHintsRegistrar#registerReflectionHints can be invoked with a null type #32753
• AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext should propagate ApplicationStartup to BeanFactory #32747
• Ignore non-String keys in PropertiesPropertySource.getPropertyNames() #32742
• MergedAnnotations search does not find container for repeatable annotation #32731
• "multiple subscribers not supported" when using WebClient exchange #32727
• ConfigurationClassEnhancer should consistently trigger FastClass creation at build-time #32682
• HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory does not set Content-Length: 0 #32678
• Wrong proxy generation order during AOT for classes with ScopedProxyMode.TARGET\_CLASS and advisors #32669
• Unhandled JMS listener exceptions are not propagated #32666
• beanFactory#getBean with arguments ignore them if an Instance supplier is defined #32657
• Incorrect AsyncRequestTimeoutException handling in ResponseEntityExceptionHandler #32644
• Include actual cause's message in various parsing exception messages #32636
• Configuration class with Bean factory method on an interface generates wrong target with AOT #32609
• RestClient observations are stopped before ResponseSpec calls #32575
• MvcUriComponentsBuilder.fromMethodName does not pick the annotated method transparently #32553
• Deadlock/Stall in ConcurrentWebSocketSessionDecorator with Undertow 2.3.10 #32445
• RSocket setup payload can cause Netty ByteBuf leak #32424
• WebFlux temporary file not always deleted with parallel uploads. #31217

📔 Documentation

• Replace RFC 7807 by RFC 9457 in documentation #32806
• Links to Framework and Servlet Javadoc from Framework's Kotlin API documentation are broken #32797
• Fix incorrect class reference syntax in Kotlin code sample #32733
• Improve documentation advising against use of HandlerInterceptor for security #32729
• Inconsistent behaviour on transactional async method #32709
• Document that getBean with arguments is not recommended with AOT #32690
• Provide an example of custom request URL with RestClient in the reference guide #32685
• Correct documentation on streaming with MockMvcWebTestClient #32687
• Document limitations of CGLIB proxy class generation in JPMS module setups #32671
• Update links to HttpOnly documentation at OWASP in ResponseCookie #32663
• Document that RestTemplate may not return a body for certain exceptions #32641
• Document that DataIntegrityViolationException can also be thrown on read-only queries #32631
• Update documentation to explain streaming vs collecting and error handling with Flux<T> return values #32630
• Revise "The IoC Container" section to be more relevant for modern Spring applications #32429
• XML bean definition with factory-method does not always determine correct target type #32091
• Document @Order behavior on types, bean methods, and config classes #30177
• Clarify recommendation on self-injection for legitimate use cases (e.g. @Transactional re-entrant calls) #28299

🔨 Dependency Upgrades

• Upgrade to Micrometer 1.12.6 #32810
• Upgrade to Reactor 2023.0.6 #32786

❤️ Contributors

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

@LeMikaelF, @Seungpang, @izeye, @m4tt30c91, @remeio, and @yhao3