4.2.0-RC1

New Features

• Use parameterized logging to fix non-constant string #1729
• Various code polishes #1674

Bug Fixes

• Null-check contextSource in LdapTemplate constructor #1711
• Revise Documentation #1675

Dependency Upgrades

• Bump io.spring.gradle:spring-security-project-plugin from 1.0.20 to 1.0.21 #1799
• Upgrade to Spring Framework 7.1.0-RC1 #1796
• Upgrade to Micrometer Tracing 1.8.0-RC1 #1795
• Upgrade to Micrometer 1.18.0-RC1 #1794
• Bump gradle-wrapper from 9.7.1 to 9.8.1 #1778
• Bump @antora/atlas-extension from 1.0.0-alpha.5 to 1.0.0-alpha.6 #1761
• Bump antora from 3.2.0 to 3.2.1 #1758
• Bump io.spring.gradle:spring-security-project-plugin from 1.0.19 to 1.0.20 #1756
• Bump io.spring.nullability:io.spring.nullability.gradle.plugin from 0.0.16 to 0.0.17 #1754
• Bump io.spring.develocity.conventions from 0.0.26 to 0.0.27 #1753
• Bump gradle-wrapper from 9.7.1 to 9.8.0 #1741
• Bump org-slf4j from 2.0.19 to 2.0.20 #1734
• Bump org-mockito from 5.23.0 to 5.24.0 #1732

❤️ Contributors

Thank you to all the contributors who worked on this release:

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