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Spring Releases Second Milestones for Boot, Framework, Data, Security, and More
Key points
- Second milestone releases for Spring Boot, Framework, Data, Security, and others.
- First milestone releases for Spring AI, Spring Cloud, Spring Web Services, Spring LDAP.
- Spring Data 2026.1.0 adds initial compatibility with Hibernate ORM 8.0.0.Beta1.
- Spring Cloud 2026.0.0 (Paddington) refactors ForwardedHeadersFilter for security.
Multiple Spring Projects Receive Milestone Updates
The Spring ecosystem saw a series of milestone releases during the week of September 21st, 2026. This included second milestone releases for Spring Boot, Spring Batch, Spring Security, Spring AMQP, Spring Integration, Spring Data, Spring Framework, Spring for GraphQL, and Spring for Apache Kafka. Additionally, first milestone releases were made available for Spring AI, Spring Cloud, Spring Web Services, and Spring LDAP.
Key Updates in Spring Boot and Framework
Spring Boot 4.2.0-M2 introduced bug fixes, documentation improvements, and dependency upgrades. New features include auto-configuration for named SSL Bundles with LdapContextSource and a configuration property to switch semantic conventions between Micrometer and OpenTelemetry. Spring Framework 7.1.0-M2 also delivered bug fixes and dependency upgrades, with improvements to null safety in ScheduledAnnotationBeanPostProcessor and enhanced validation in the MockCookie class's parse() method for empty Set-Cookie headers.
Spring Data and Spring Cloud Enhancements
Spring Data 2026.1.0-M2 provides initial compatibility with Hibernate ORM 8.0.0.Beta1, supporting the upcoming Jakarta Persistence 4.0 specification while maintaining Jakarta Persistence 3.2 baseline. It also refactored Redis JSON API support with a new JsonOperations interface. The first milestone of Spring Cloud 2026.0.0, codenamed Paddington, introduced a PropertyPathNotifier interface for configuration change notifications via HTTP and refactored ForwardedHeadersFilter and XForwardedHeadersFilter to deny requests from untrusted proxies. This Spring Cloud release is based on Spring Boot 4.2.0-M2.
Spring Security and Other Releases
Spring Security 7.2.0-M2 shipped with bug fixes, dependency upgrades, and new features. Other projects like Spring AI, Spring Web Services, and Spring LDAP also received their first milestone releases, indicating ongoing development across the Spring portfolio.
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Spring released second milestone versions for several projects including Spring Boot 4.2.0, Spring Framework 7.1.0, Spring Data 2026.1.0, and Spring Security 7.2.0. These updates introduce bug fixes, dependency upgrades, and new features, alongside first milestone releases for Spring AI, Spring Cloud, and others. The releases provide incremental improvements and prepare for upcoming specifications like Jakarta Persistence 4.0.