Spring News Roundup: First Release Candidates of Boot, Security, GraphQL, Integration, Modulith
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Spring News Roundup: First Release Candidates of Boot, Security, GraphQL, Integration, Modulith
"The first release candidate of Spring Boot 4.0.0 delivers bug fixes, documentation improvements, dependency upgrades and new features such as: support for the new Spring Framework interface; and completion of modularizing the codebase to " reduce the size of a typical Spring Boot application and provide stronger auto-configuration signals." More details on this release may be found in the release notes and this wiki page."
"The first release candidate of Spring Security 7.0.0 provides bug fixes, dependency upgrades and new features such as: a new @EnableGlobalMultiFactorAuthentication annotation that exposes an instance of the DefaultAuthorizationManagerFactory class as a bean; and a new FactorGrantedAuthority class that represents an authority granted to an instance of the interface. More details on this release, including breaking changes, may be found in the release notes."
A flurry of activity occurred in the Spring ecosystem during the week of October 20, 2025, with first release candidates across multiple projects. Spring Boot 4.0.0 RC delivers bug fixes, documentation improvements, dependency upgrades, support for the new Spring Framework interface, and modularization efforts to reduce application size and strengthen auto-configuration signals. Spring Security 7.0.0 RC provides bug fixes, dependency upgrades, a new @EnableGlobalMultiFactorAuthentication annotation exposing DefaultAuthorizationManagerFactory as a bean, and a new FactorGrantedAuthority class. Spring for GraphQL 2.0.0 RC adds Kotlin extensions and an HttpRequestHeaderInterceptor. Spring Session 4.0.0 RC modernizes Antora builds and updates the Gradle plugin.
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