• Spring Boot 2.6.0 RC1 Release Notes
• Upgrading from Spring Boot 2.5
• Deprecations from Spring Boot 2.4
• Minimum Requirements Changes
• Deferred OpenID Connect Discovery
• @Persistent no longer considered with Spring Data Couchbase
• Env InfoContributor Disabled by Default
• WebFlux Session Properties
• New and Noteworthy
• Java Runtime Information
• Support for Log4j2’s Composite Configuration
• Docker Image Building Support
• Additional Image Tags
• Cache Configuration
• Build Info Property Exclusions
• Support for PEM format in Kafka SSL Properties
• Reactive Server Session Properties
• SameSite Cookie Attribute Servlet Support
• Dependency Upgrades
• Miscellaneous
• Deprecations in Spring Boot 2.6.0 RC1