Akka 2.8.0-M2

What's Changed

• chore: Adjust commit message recommendations by @patriknw in #31755
• Update sbt-java-formatter to 0.8.0 by @scala-steward in #31742
• ci: back to ancient version of setup-gcloud by @ennru in #31763
• ci: permit checks and PR writes to attach surefire reports by @ennru in #31762
• chore: Harden EventSourcedBehaviorRetentionSpec, #31623 by @patriknw in #31758
• chore: fix jdk8 compilation errors in doc sampes by @patriknw in #31767
• chore: Remove deprecated Classic Remoting, #31764 by @patriknw in #31765
• chore: additional mima filters for Scala 3 by @patriknw in #31770
• Update aeron-client, aeron-driver to 1.40.0 by @scala-steward in #31744
• chore: Tests not compiling on 2.12 by @johanandren in #31773
• chore: multi-node testkit throttle not implemented in Artery by @patriknw in #31774
• docs: r2dbc in plugins with replicated es support by @johanandren in #31779
• Update groupby doc scala by @pooriatgh in #31780
• chore: port conflict in AeronStream tests, #31778 by @patriknw in #31787
• perf: Skip delete snapshots in retention when plugin only keeps one snapshot by @patriknw in #31784
• chore: improve some links (so they pass the link checker) by @ennru in #31781
• Auto-select SRV lookup for the name lookup if entry looks like a srv name by @johanandren in #31727
• feat: convenience factories for Scala Try to StatusReply transform by @johanandren in #31783
• feat: Optimized mandatory attributes by @johanandren in #31777
• fix: Follow up to #31777 mima filters for Scala 3 by @johanandren in #31789
• fix: Only one retention cycle in progress at a time, #31785 by @patriknw in #31786
• ci: Remove special-casing Scala 3 by @ennru in #31775
• Special exception message for system.actorOf with a typed guardian by @leviramsey in #31768

New Contributors

• @pooriatgh made their first contribution in #31780

Full Changelog: v2.8.0-M1...v2.8.0-M2