On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, it is my pleasure to announce the release of Spring Authorization Server 1.4.

The 1.4 release contains a few noteworthy new features:

• Simplified configuring authorization server using HttpSecurity.with() (gh-1725)
• Support for OpenID Connect 1.0 prompt=none parameter (gh-501)
• Ability to customize validation of OpenID Connect 1.0 RP-Initiated Logout Requests (gh-1723)
• Ability to customize success handling of OpenID Connect 1.0 RP-Initiated Logout Requests (gh-1244)
• Added How-to guide demonstrating how to implement the core services with Redis
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On behalf of everyone who contributed, we are pleased to announce the general availability of Spring for Apache Kafka 3.3.0. This is the first release that is generally available in the 3.3.x generation. In additions, the patch GA releases for 3.2.5 and 3.1.10 are also available now. We thank everyone who contributed to these releases.

Please note that the 3.1.10 release is the last OSS release in the 3.1.x generation. Please see the support timeline for more details.

Release Notes

See the release notes for more details on what's included in these releases:

https://github.com/spring-projects…

Hi, Spring fans! How are you? Can you believe we're already staring at the end of the month? It's that time of the year when we see new releases, and the new releases reflect that frenzy! Soon: Spring Boot 3.4.0! Are you updated? Make sure you're updated!

Remember: Spring projects leave open source support after a year. So, roughly, when Spring Boot 3.4.0 drops, Spring Boot 3.2.0 and earlier won't be supported anymore. If you want to know where you stand, check the support windows on the various projects' pages

• Spring Framework 6.2.0 available now! This foundational piece kicks off our release cycle for the season. Remember: we do new releases of Spring Framework and Spring Boot every six months! Spring Framework 6.2 brings new baseline dependencies, removed APIs, tweaked Priority behavior in the core container, deeper generic type matching, @Fallback beans, SpEL updates, smarter resource loading in web…

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As a Java developer exploring the world of generative AI, you’re probably aware of several frameworks that promise to make AI integration easy. I believe Spring AI stands out as the natural choice, especially for developers already working within the Spring ecosystem. Built on the same foundation as Spring Boot and Spring Data, Spring AI makes adding AI capabilities to your applications seamless and intuitive, without requiring you to learn an entirely new set of paradigms.

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On behalf of the Spring Security team and everyone who contributed to this release, I am delighted to announce the general availability of Spring Security 6.4.0 from Maven Central!

The 6.4 release brings several compelling features including:

• Support for Passkeys and One-Time Tokens
• Simplified OAuth 2.0 Configuration
• Refreshable SAML 2.0 Asserting Parties, and
• New method security annotations and capabilities

To find out more about what’s new, see the what's new section of the documentation.

This release will be included in the upcoming Spring Boot 3.4 GA release. We'd like to hear from you…

On behalf of the team and everyone who contributed, I am pleased to announce the General Availability for Spring AMQP 3.2 generation. It can be used directly from Maven Central and will be included into upcoming Spring Boot 3.4.

The version 3.1.8 includes some bug fixes and dependency updates. This is the last Open Source version. From now on fixes into 3.1.x generation will be available only via commercial support.

Some notable changes in 3.2 release:

• The server side retry logic (manual DLX) has been improved for a new retry-count header to make Spring AMQP compatible with recently released RabbitMQ 4.0.x.
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On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, I am pleased to announce that Spring LDAP 2.4.4 and 3.2.8 are out! In both cases, the releases are mostly composed of bug fixes and dependency upgrades.

Importantly, these release addresses CVE-2024-38829.

To learn more, please visit the 2.4.4 and 3.2.8 release summaries.

Commercial customers using Spring Boot 2.7, 3.0, or 3.1 can update to Spring Boot 2.7.22.5, 3.0.17.5, or 3.1.13.5 respectively to receive the corresponding LDAP releases 2.4.4, 3.0.10, and 3.1.8. These hotfix versions are available now on the Spring commercial artifact repository and can be accessed with a Spring Enterprise Subscription…

On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, I am pleased to announce that Spring Security 6.2.8 and 6.3.5 are out! In all cases, the releases are mostly composed of bug fixes, dependency upgrades, and documentation improvements.

Importantly, these releases address CVE-2024-38827.

To learn more, please visit the 6.2.8 and 6.3.5 release summaries.

Commercial customers using Spring Boot 2.7, 3.0, or 3.1 can update to Spring Boot 2.7.22.5, 3.0.17.5, or 3.1.13.5 respectively to receive the corresponding Security releases 5.7.14, 6.0.14, and 6.1.12. These hotfix versions are available now on the Spring commercial artifact repository and can be accessed with a Spring Enterprise Subscription…

On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, I’m happy to announce that Spring for Apache Pulsar 1.0.12 and 1.1.6 have been released and are now available from Maven Central.

The releases will be included in the upcoming Spring Boot 3.2.12 and 3.3.6 releases, respectively.

This release includes numerous dependency upgrades.

Please see the release notes (1.0.12 and 1.1.6) for more details.