8.0.0-M6

What's Changed

• Revert 16192 async changes, fix mongo cache, and fix tests that weren't running @jdaugherty (#16223)
• Remove unintended @readonly from GormService @codeconsole (#16212)
• Some test cleanup @matrei (#16228)
• Binding empties a raw collection in applications that never opted in to deny-by-default @codeconsole (#16209)
• Serve the transaction specifications from an embedded replica set @codeconsole (#16192)
• Compile GSP pages statically across an application @codeconsole (#16139)
• Resolve tag calls at compile time instead of through the metaclass @codeconsole (#16134)
• Import grails-quartz @jdaugherty (#16185)
• Update Spring Boot to 4.1.1 @matrei (#16187)
• Record a GSP source checksum instead of a modification time @codeconsole (#16142)
• fix(cas): repair proxy receptor and single sign-out, add integration tests @sbglasius (#16174)
• Fix flaky grails-views-gson tests caused by shared static test state @borinquenkid (#16033)
• BUGFIX: message bundles silently failing to resolve in development @codeconsole (#16179)
• Neo4j GormRegistry migration (consolidated: replaces #15816, #15951, #15817, #15832, #15833) @borinquenkid (#15972)
• Upgrade to Groovy 5.1.0 @matrei (#16163)
• Move i18n onto Spring Boot's MessageSource @codeconsole (#16102)
• Make Grails applications processable by Spring AOT (Leyden AOT Cache + GraalVM Native Image Support) @codeconsole (#16094)
• Fix flaky WhereQueryClosureCaptureSpec: key AstPropertyResolveUtils cache by ClassNode identity @borinquenkid (#16034)
• feat: GORM O(M+N) scaling — GormRegistry, SessionResolver infrastructure, and core-class tests (consolidates #15779, #15780, #15790) @borinquenkid (#16066)
• build(test): stop test forks oversubscribing the machine @jamesfredley (#16158)
• Fix DDL failure for hasMany collections of enums @borinquenkid (#16052)
• Fix 16133: Unset default nullable domain property passes validation but fails at the database @matrei (#16136)
• fix(grails-data-hibernate7): make type: 'text' produce an unbounded column @borinquenkid (#16020)
• Bump github/codeql-action init and analyze together to v4.37.3 @borinquenkid (#16050)
• Fix flaky RunningApplicationProcessSpec by widening the stop() timeout budget @borinquenkid (#16032)
• Clear omitted bindData fields when clearMissing is enabled @jamesfredley (#15950)
• Add JMH performance regression reporting for pull requests @jamesfredley (#16071)
• Add opt-in deny-by-default data binding and always honor bindable:false @jamesfredley (#15947)
• Document Grails 7 plugin compatibility on Grails 8 @jamesfredley (#16141)
• Bump softprops/action-gh-release from 3.0.0 to 3.0.2 @dependabot[bot] (#16138)
• Bump testlens-app/setup-testlens from 1.9.2 to 1.9.3 @dependabot[bot] (#16137)
• Support escaping a GSP expression with a backslash ${} @codeconsole (#16144)
• Start and manage an embedded MongoDB so generated apps run without one installed @codeconsole (#16095)
• Fix @ManagedEntity compilation for Grails domains @matrei (#16121)
• Compile GSP pages with the Java the project asked for @codeconsole (#16118)
• Generate Spring Security wiring through the beans DSL @codeconsole (#16119)
• Remove decommissioned test code @matrei (#16096)
• [Build] Cleanup redundant build console output @matrei (#16104)
• [Build] Replace deprecated Gradle test listener creation @matrei (#16103)
• fix(grails-data-hibernate7): stop conflating decimal and bit precision for numeric columns @borinquenkid (#16026)
• Reduce cached codec metaclass registration overhead @jamesfredley (#15800)
• Parallelize critical CI test workloads @jamesfredley (#16116)
• Revert "Keep BeanBuilder DSL independent of XML setup" @borinquenkid (#16112)
• Keep BeanBuilder DSL independent of XML setup @jamesfredley (#15824)
• Remove unused Forge GitHub create and OAuth integration @jamesfredley (#15812)
• Harden synchronizer token consumption @jamesfredley (#15803)
• Bump codecov/codecov-action from 6.0.0 to 7.0.0 @dependabot[bot] (#16038)
• Bump release-drafter/release-drafter from e1247478eabc9f6d9cf5ec2b3547469b0e1d2767 to 693d20e7c1ce1a81d3a41962f85914253b518449 @dependabot[bot] (#15711)
• port validate-actions GitHub action from Groovy project to Grails @paulk-asert (#16100)
• change cooldown for dependabot to 7 days @paulk-asert (#16099)
• docs: add Gradle 9 developer skill for monorepo builds @jamesfredley (#16083)
• Fall back to the WatchService watcher instead of polling on macOS @codeconsole (#16089)
• Do not cache project references @matrei (#16087)
• Add @GrailsBeans: compile bean-wiring DSL into real @autoConfiguration classes @codeconsole (#16019)
• Fix reproducible build artifact verification script @matrei (#16091)
• Backport reproducability fix @matrei (#16090)
• Remove the vestigial gspCompile configuration @codeconsole (#16088)
• Replace Gradle APIs deprecated for removal in Gradle 10 @codeconsole (#16075)
• Remove the hardcoded servlet API dependency from gspCompile @codeconsole (#16068)
• fix(deps): Manage bnd.annotation 7.1.0 for Log4j 2.25.5 (7.1.x) @jamesfredley (#16084)

🚀 Features

• Support MongoDB Testing in Forge @sanjana2505006 (#15339)

🔧 Maintenance

• Support MongoDB Testing in Forge @sanjana2505006 (#15339)

Contributors

@ErikSteNL, @amondel2, @anshbansal, @arjangch, @bobbywarner, @borinquenkid, @burtbeckwith, @codeconsole, @dauer, @davydotcom, @dependabot[bot], @doelleri, @fernando88to, @graemerocher, @grails-build, @hbogaards, @jamesfredley, @jameskleeh, @jdaugherty, @jeffscottbrown, @jpdev01, @kapoormanish, @kefirfromperm, @maczikasz, @magx2, @mamunsardar, @matrei, @miguelabautista, @paulk-asert, @puneetbehl, @rvanderwerf, @sanjana2505006, @sbglasius, @xadagaras, AlexKovynev, Mamun Sardar, Ryan Vanderwerf, dependabot[bot], github-actions[bot] and t