v7.0.0-M8
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        ⭐ New Features
- Only add 
httpServiceProxyRegistrybean when necessary #35307 - Introduce 
@Proxyableannotation for bean-specific proxy type #35296 - Introduce bean definition attribute for enforcing an interface-based proxy #35293
 - Let Spring Boot consistently switch to CGLIB proxies for any proxy processor (including 
@Retryable,@Asyncetc.) #35286 - HTTP method support in MappedInterceptor #35273
 - Post process outgoing messages in JmsClient #35271
 - Introduce 
ConfigurableApplicationContext.pause()andSmartLifecycle.isPauseable()#35269 - Provide support to configure request interceptors in RestTestClient #35268
 - Provide more control over validation in DefaultApiVersionStrategy #35267
 - PathApiVersionResolver should not be nullable #35265
 - Replace 
useRequestParamwithuseQueryParaminApiVersionConfigurerto align with client #35263 - Add support for MediaType in ApiVersionInserter #35259
 - ApiVersionConfigurer misconfiguration is hard to detect when no version resolvers are added #35256
 - Support HttpServiceClient annotation #35244
 - Prefer mapping without version for requests without a version #35237
 - Provide 
@WebSocketScopeannotation and publicSCOPE_WEBSOCKETconstant (for consistency with@RequestScopeand co) #35235 - Allow getting receipt from StompSession.Subscription.unsubscribe() #35224
 - Support wildcard path elements at the start of path patterns #35213
 - Improve handling of request parameter without values in MockMvc #35210
 - Display original request URI in NoResourceFoundException message #34553
 - Add RestTestClient #34428
 - Support Hibernate StatelessSession [SPR-2495] #7184
 
🐞 Bug Fixes
- Fix 
JacksonJsonSockJsMessageCodecimports #35309 - IllegalStateException: No API version attribute #35236
 
📔 Documentation
- Document constraints for HTTP range requests #35227
 
🔨 Dependency Upgrades
- Upgrade to Hibernate ORM 7.1 #35308
 - Upgrade to Jackson 3.0.0-rc6 and 2.19.2 #35228
 - Upgrade to Jackson 3.0.0-rc8 and 2.20.0-rc1 #35295
 - Upgrade to Jetty 12.1.0.beta3 #35233
 - Upgrade to Micrometer 1.16.0-M2 #35311
 - Upgrade to Reactor 2025.0.0-M6 #35310
 
❤️ Contributors
Thank you to all the contributors who worked on this release:
@FBibonne, @NeatGuyCoding, @SRIRAM9487, @Songdoeon, @philwebb, and @rworsnop