v7.0.0-M8

⭐ New Features

• Only add httpServiceProxyRegistry bean when necessary #35307
• Introduce @Proxyable annotation for bean-specific proxy type #35296
• Introduce bean definition attribute for enforcing an interface-based proxy #35293
• Let Spring Boot consistently switch to CGLIB proxies for any proxy processor (including @Retryable, @Async etc.) #35286
• HTTP method support in MappedInterceptor #35273
• Post process outgoing messages in JmsClient #35271
• Introduce ConfigurableApplicationContext.pause() and SmartLifecycle.isPauseable() #35269
• Provide support to configure request interceptors in RestTestClient #35268
• Provide more control over validation in DefaultApiVersionStrategy #35267
• PathApiVersionResolver should not be nullable #35265
• Replace useRequestParam with useQueryParam in ApiVersionConfigurer to align with client #35263
• Add support for MediaType in ApiVersionInserter #35259
• ApiVersionConfigurer misconfiguration is hard to detect when no version resolvers are added #35256
• Support HttpServiceClient annotation #35244
• Prefer mapping without version for requests without a version #35237
• Provide @WebSocketScope annotation and public SCOPE_WEBSOCKET constant (for consistency with @RequestScope and co) #35235
• Allow getting receipt from StompSession.Subscription.unsubscribe() #35224
• Support wildcard path elements at the start of path patterns #35213
• Improve handling of request parameter without values in MockMvc #35210
• Display original request URI in NoResourceFoundException message #34553
• Add RestTestClient #34428
• Support Hibernate StatelessSession [SPR-2495] #7184

🐞 Bug Fixes

• Fix JacksonJsonSockJsMessageCodec imports #35309
• IllegalStateException: No API version attribute #35236

📔 Documentation

• Document constraints for HTTP range requests #35227

🔨 Dependency Upgrades

• Upgrade to Hibernate ORM 7.1 #35308
• Upgrade to Jackson 3.0.0-rc6 and 2.19.2 #35228
• Upgrade to Jackson 3.0.0-rc8 and 2.20.0-rc1 #35295
• Upgrade to Jetty 12.1.0.beta3 #35233
• Upgrade to Micrometer 1.16.0-M2 #35311
• Upgrade to Reactor 2025.0.0-M6 #35310

❤️ Contributors

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

@FBibonne, @NeatGuyCoding, @SRIRAM9487, @Songdoeon, @philwebb, and @rworsnop