Merge branch '2.7.x' into 3.0.x

Closes gh-38036

Author: wilkinsona

spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/features/external-config.adoc

@@ -941,6 +941,13 @@ For example, the configuration property `my.service[0].other` would use an envir
 
 
 
+[[features.external-config.typesafe-configuration-properties.relaxed-binding.caching]]
+===== Caching
+Relaxed binding uses a cache to improve performance. By default, this caching is only applied to immutable property sources.
+To customize this behavior, for example to enable caching for mutable property sources, use `ConfigurationPropertyCaching`.
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 [[features.external-config.typesafe-configuration-properties.merging-complex-types]]
 ==== Merging Complex Types
 When lists are configured in more than one place, overriding works by replacing the entire list.