• 6d0c57e: [dotnet] [bidi] Add UserContext in event args (#17100) (Nikolay Borisenko) #17100
• 9aace1d: [dotnet] Remove global suppressions from Support project (#17099) (Nikolay Borisenko) #17099
• 4331724: [dotnet] Implicit global usings (#17094) (Nikolay Borisenko) #17094
• 77f325f: [dotnet] Selenium Manager as async (breaking change) (#17088) (Nikolay Borisenko) #17088
• f770e3a: [dotnet] Remove unnecessary ICommandServer interface (breaking change) (#17103) (Nikolay Borisenko) #17103
• 0f0ff6a: [dotnet] Fix start/quit implementation on incorrect level (#17105) (Nikolay Borisenko) #17105
• d8195c8: [grid] Fix Distributor thread exhaustion in node health-check cycle (#17104) (Viet Nguyen Duc) #17104
• 741fe01: [grid] Fix WebSocket connection counter leaks in ProxyNodeWebsockets (#17106) (Viet Nguyen Duc) #17106
• d330e8d: [dotnet] Refactor waiting until driver service is initialized (#17107) (Nikolay Borisenko) #17107
• 88b7673: [dotnet] Asynchronously start driver service (breaking change) (#17108) (Nikolay Borisenko) #17108
• 527a40b: [grid] Distributor retry session when RemoteNode executor shutting down (#17109) (Viet Nguyen Duc) #17109
• d4b49f5: [dotnet] Stop/Dispose driver service asynchronously (#17110) (Nikolay Borisenko) #17110
• ab138ab: [py] Add in rules to agents around python 3.10+ (#17102) (David Burns) #17102

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Activiti/Activiti/compare/7.20.0-rc.1031...7.20.0-rc.1032

• Optimize request and response header handling in Spring MVC #36334

• Consistent adaptation of HTTP headers on Servlet responses #36343
• Copy methodAnnotations in MethodParameter copy constructor #36342
• Improve performance of validation groups determination in WebFlux #36336
• Reuse AnnotatedMethod annotation cache in derived instances #36322
• Optimize the addition of a charset to the MediaType in AbstractHttpMessageConverter #36320
• Optimize MediaType(MediaType, Charset) constructor #36318
• Detect all common size exceptions from Tomcat and Commons FileUpload 2.x #36317
• Consistently support @Autowired as a meta-annotation #36315
• Avoid duplicate required attribute lookup for @Autowired annotations #36314
• Cache @ResponseBody presence per controller class in RequestResponseBodyMethodProcessor #36311

• ResolvableType#getGenerics() breaks serialization #36346
• DefaultHttpMessageConverters not adding provided configurer #36332
• Restore early MessageConsumer creation for temporary queue #36321
• Multipart upload leak on client abort (ByteBuf.release() not called) #36262

• Document that SpEL expressions using Optional with null-safe and Elvis operators are not compilable #36331
• Improve documentation of baseline API version to emphasize version must be supported #36316
• Stop referring to obsolete ListenableFuture in documentation #36313
• Stop referring to standard Java features as "Java 8" features in documentation #36310

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

@Niravil and @TAKETODAY

• #52252 - OpenTelemetry Gauge Callbacks Execute with Null ContextClassLoader in Quarkus 3.30.x
• #52521 - Resolve extension catalog from a registry that provided platform stream metadata
• #52530 - Setting QUARKUS_HTTP_TEST_HOST env results to a NPE with gradle
• #52542 - Read quarkus.http.test-host by config not system property
• #52545 - Implement DirectoryPathTree.isEmpty()
• #52563 - build(deps): bump org.postgresql:postgresql from 42.7.9 to 42.7.10
• #52569 - Add property maxMailsPerConnection to quarkus-mailer
• #52577 - build(deps): bump org.jboss.logmanager:jboss-logmanager from 3.2.0.Final to 3.2.1.Final
• #52581 - Hibernate Panache Next - findById Reactive not Uni
• #52584 - Hibernate Panache Next: fix findById result types for reactive repositories
• #52585 - Metric reader must use Quarkus classloader
• #52589 - Fixes issues related to JvmModulesReconfigurer
• #52599 - Add manifest information to application jar
• #52603 - Rework order of addition of application content to jars
• #52606 - Add link to guide for proxy-registry extension
• #52618 - Bump to Vert.x 4.5.25
• #52620 - build(deps): bump org.junit:junit-bom from 6.0.2 to 6.0.3
• #52625 - build(deps): bump org.junit:junit-bom from 6.0.2 to 6.0.3 in /devtools/gradle
• #52630 - quarkus:run specifies wrong javadoc for the environmentVariables parameter
• #52631 - Fix mvn quarkus:run environmentVariables parameter documentation and -DenvVars=... parsing
• #52633 - Metric reader must use Quarkus classloader - part II
• #52634 - MDC with Otel causes NPE and kills kafka connector consumer threads
• #52637 - Fix NPE when preserving MDC entries in VertxMDC

• cbd88d8: [dotnet] [bidi] Add Speculation module (#17093) (Nikolay Borisenko) #17093
• ac74b7e: [grid] Restore stereotype capabilities merging in RelaySessionFactory (#17097) (Viet Nguyen Duc) #17097
• 1f51b2b: [grid] Support Dynamic Grid in Kubernetes cluster (#17092) (Viet Nguyen Duc) #17092
• 0110b73: [build] fix workspace directory for multitool binary updates (Titus Fortner)
• 9e34fa7: [build] do not expect bundle outside bazel and unnecessary here (Titus Fortner)
• 8a8f9a2: [build] do not need to request approval twice (Titus Fortner)
• eb07f2b: [build] send slack messages both when requesting approval and when trunk is locked/unlocked (Titus Fortner)
• 1ea945d: [build] only manage trunk restrictions from workflows not PRs (Titus Fortner)
• e41ef23: [build] fix slack emoji (Titus Fortner)
• 42bd26c: [build] fix syntax for updating multitool binaries (Titus Fortner)
• f5d421d: [build] ensure authentication required for unlocking trunk (Titus Fortner)
• 9b5776d: [build] include staged files in the patch creation (Titus Fortner)
• 6bd39d8: [build] use repo_env to set environment variables for pinning updates (Titus Fortner)
• 2e70dd1: [build] update for Nightly build (#17101) (Viet Nguyen Duc) #17101

• Bump ch.qos.logback:logback-core from 1.5.22 to 1.5.23 #3602
• Bump ch.qos.logback:logback-core from 1.5.23 to 1.5.24 #3607
• Bump ch.qos.logback:logback-core from 1.5.24 to 1.5.25 #3619
• Bump ch.qos.logback:logback-core from 1.5.25 to 1.5.26 #3634
• Bump ch.qos.logback:logback-core from 1.5.26 to 1.5.27 #3643
• Bump ch.qos.logback:logback-core from 1.5.27 to 1.5.28 #3647
• Bump ch.qos.logback:logback-core from 1.5.28 to 1.5.29 #3651
• Bump ch.qos.logback:logback-core from 1.5.29 to 1.5.31 #3677
• Bump ch.qos.logback:logback-core from 1.5.29 to 1.5.32 #3680
• Bump io.projectreactor:reactor-bom from 2024.0.13 to 2024.0.14 #3612
• Bump io.projectreactor:reactor-bom from 2024.0.13 to 2024.0.15 #3654
• Bump io.spring.gradle:spring-security-release-plugin from 1.0.13 to 1.0.14 #3657
• Bump org.aspectj:aspectjweaver from 1.9.25 to 1.9.25.1 #3594
• Bump org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client from 3.5.6 to 3.5.7 #3596
• Bump org.postgresql:postgresql from 42.7.8 to 42.7.9 #3615
• Bump org.postgresql:postgresql from 42.7.9 to 42.7.10 #3658
• Bump org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin from 3.5.10-SNAPSHOT to 3.5.11-SNAPSHOT #3628
• Bump org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin from 3.5.9-SNAPSHOT to 3.5.10-SNAPSHOT #3598
• Bump org.springframework.data:spring-data-bom from 2025.0.7 to 2025.0.8 #3621
• Bump org.springframework.data:spring-data-bom from 2025.0.8 to 2025.0.9 #3675
• Bump org.springframework.security:spring-security-bom from 6.5.7 to 6.5.8 #3676
• Bump org.springframework:spring-framework-bom from 6.2.15 to 6.2.16 #3662
• Update to Testcontainers 1.21.4 #3682

• Bump ch.qos.logback:logback-core from 1.5.22 to 1.5.23 #3599
• Bump ch.qos.logback:logback-core from 1.5.23 to 1.5.24 #3605
• Bump ch.qos.logback:logback-core from 1.5.24 to 1.5.25 #3618
• Bump ch.qos.logback:logback-core from 1.5.25 to 1.5.26 #3632
• Bump com.mysql:mysql-connector-j from 9.5.0 to 9.6.0 #3639
• Bump io.projectreactor:reactor-bom from 2025.0.1 to 2025.0.2 #3611
• Bump io.projectreactor:reactor-core from 3.8.1 to 3.8.2 #3610
• Bump org.aspectj:aspectjweaver from 1.9.25 to 1.9.25.1 #3592
• Bump org.assertj:assertj-core from 3.27.6 to 3.27.7 #3631
• Bump org.jfrog.buildinfo:build-info-extractor-gradle from 4.35.5 to 4.35.6 #3623
• Bump org.junit:junit-bom from 5.10.5 to 5.14.2 #3606
• Bump org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client from 3.5.6 to 3.5.7 #3593
• Bump org.postgresql:postgresql from 42.7.8 to 42.7.9 #3614
• Bump org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin from 4.0.1-SNAPSHOT to 4.0.2-SNAPSHOT #3597
• Bump org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin from 4.0.2-SNAPSHOT to 4.1.0-SNAPSHOT #3600
• Bump org.springframework.data:spring-data-bom from 2025.1.1 to 2025.1.2 #3617
• Bump tools.jackson.core:jackson-databind from 3.0.3 to 3.0.4 #3625
• Bump tools.jackson:jackson-bom from 3.0.3 to 3.0.4 #3624

• Enable Null Checking with JSpecify #3637
• Use javatoolchain #3636

• Bump ch.qos.logback:logback-core from 1.5.26 to 1.5.27 #3641
• Bump ch.qos.logback:logback-core from 1.5.27 to 1.5.28 #3646
• Bump ch.qos.logback:logback-core from 1.5.28 to 1.5.29 #3649
• Bump ch.qos.logback:logback-core from 1.5.29 to 1.5.31 #3673
• Bump ch.qos.logback:logback-core from 1.5.31 to 1.5.32 #3679
• Bump com.oracle.database.jdbc:ojdbc8 from 23.26.0.0.0 to 23.26.1.0.0 #3644
• Bump io.projectreactor:reactor-bom from 2025.0.2 to 2025.0.3 #3652
• Bump io.projectreactor:reactor-core from 3.8.2 to 3.8.3 #3653
• Bump io.spring.gradle:spring-security-release-plugin from 1.0.13 to 1.0.14 #3656
• Bump io.spring.nullability:io.spring.nullability.gradle.plugin from 0.0.10 to 0.0.11 #3640
• Bump org.junit:junit-bom from 5.10.5 to 5.14.3 #3671
• Bump org.postgresql:postgresql from 42.7.9 to 42.7.10 #3655
• Bump org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin from 4.1.0-M1 to 4.1.0-SNAPSHOT #3645
• Bump org.springframework.data:spring-data-bom from 2025.1.2 to 2025.1.3 #3672
• Bump org.springframework.security:spring-security-bom from 7.0.2 to 7.0.3 #3670
• Bump org.springframework:spring-framework-bom from 7.0.2 to 7.0.3 #3613
• Bump org.springframework:spring-framework-bom from 7.0.2 to 7.0.4 #3661
• Update to jacoco 0.8.14 #3635

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Activiti/Activiti/compare/7.20.0-rc.1030...7.20.0-rc.1031

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Activiti/Activiti/compare/7.20.0-rc.1029...7.20.0-rc.1030