v6.1.14

⭐ New Features

• Use Locale.ROOT for locale neutral, case insensitive comparisons #33708
• Improve checks for relative paths in static resource handling #33689
• CorsUtils.isCorsRequest throws unhandled IllegalArgumentException and returns 500 Internal Server Error on malfomed Origin header #33682
• Skip processing of Java annotations in QualifierAnnotationAutowireCandidateResolver #33580
• Include argument name in MethodArgumentTypeMismatchException error message #33573
• Preserve coroutine context in WebClientExtensions #33548
• Blocking call detected in ConcurrentReferenceHashMap by BlockHound #33450
• Warning message about bean post-processing and eager injection may suggest the wrong cause #33184

🐞 Bug Fixes

• DelegatingFilterProxy Causes Pinned Virtual Threads #33656
• Potential NPE from MethodParameter.getMethod() check in KotlinDelegate.hasDefaultValue() #33609
• Missing native image hints for JDK proxies created by JMS connection factories #33590
• AotTestExecutionListener should not be invoked for a @DisabledInAotMode test class #33589
• Use encoded resource path instead of input path validation in spring-webflux #33568
• org.springframework.util.ResourceUtils#toRelativeURL drops custom URLStreamHandler #33561
• Current observation not in scope during WebClient ExchangeFilterFunction execution #33559
• ZoneIdEditor throws wrong exception type for TypeConverterSupport #33545
• MimeMessageHelper addInline with ByteArrayResource fail with null filename #33527
• @Cacheable throws NullPointerException when RuntimeException is thrown inside annotated code #33492
• Path variable values missing in RedirectView when PathPattern are used #33422
• Reactive HttpComponentsClientHttpResponse ignores Expires cookie attribute #33157

📔 Documentation

• Update fallback.adoc #33721
• Update scheduling.adoc #33703
• Fix link in testing/support-jdbc.adoc #33686
• Adapt Javadoc note about log level of BeanPostProcessorChecker #33617
• Reference the spring-framework-petclinic repository wich uses AspectJ #33539

🔨 Dependency Upgrades

• Upgrade to Apache HttpClient 5.4 #33587
• Upgrade to Apache HttpCore Reactive 5.3 #33588
• Upgrade to Awaitility 4.2.2 #33604
• Upgrade to Micrometer 1.12.11 #33647
• Upgrade to Reactor 2023.0.11 #33637

❤️ Contributors

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

@arey, @asibross, @boulce, @drdpov, @hosamaly, @ilya40umov, @izeye, and @junhyeongkim2