v5.1.16.RELEASE

⭐ New Features

• Performance enhancement in execution of ResponseEntity.of() #25197
• Support for shared GroovyClassLoader in GroovyScriptFactory #25181
• Make use of custom types configurable in YamlProcessor #25154
• Missing null checks in AbstractMessageChannel.addInterceptor #25089
• Avoid full synchronization in AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.getBeanFactory() since it can lead to massive thread blocking #25083
• Fix concurrency issues in XStreamMarshaller #25026
• Avoid logging exception for closed session in AbstractSockJsSession #25003

🪲 Bug Fixes

• AbstractJackson2HttpMessageConverter does not respect character encoding in canRead/canWrite #25185
• ExchangeStrategies custom codec's reader & writer are not registered #25150
• MultiValueMapAdapter.getFirst fails with IndexOutOfBoundsException in case of empty List #25141
• WebSphereUowTransactionManager causes exception for PROPAGATION_SUPPORTS when timeout is specified #25135
• Avoid ClassCastException on IllegalArgumentException when invoking sync get cache method #25118
• DefaultServerRequestBuilder does not respect attributes when building the ServerRequest #25107
• Fix race condition in WriteResultPublisher between subscription and error in publishError #25102
• HttpHeaders equals may return false without comparing actual content #25035
• Fix race condition in WriteResultPublisher between subscription and completion in publishComplete #25004

🔨 Dependency Upgrades

• Upgrade to Reactor Californium-SR19 #25211