8.0.0-M2

What's Changed

• Ensure that the GlobalGrailsClassInjectorTransformation fails in the grails-core build if the wrong directory is passed @jdaugherty (#15799)
• 8.0.x - make configurable: allow-bean-definition-overriding / allow-circular-references @codeconsole (#15765)
• Add Grails 8 upgrade skill @jamesfredley (#15798)
• Add opt-in to compile all controllers, services and tag libraries with @GrailsCompileStatic @codeconsole (#15759)
• Add Gradle tasks and Git hooks for IntelliJ-based code formatting (#15535) @sanjana2505006 (#15555)
• Improve virtual thread cleanup for ThreadLocals @jamesfredley (#15797)
• Disable Jansi in generated logback-spring.xml to fix console logging after DevTools restart @jamesfredley (#15694)
• Guard child datastore entity registration against a null GORM enhancer (late registration NPE) @jamesfredley (#15776)
• Update OpenTelemetry to 1.62.0 (CVE-2026-45292) @fdevans (#15739)
• 8.0.x FIX: Overriding bean definition for bean 'dispatcherServlet' with a different definition @codeconsole (#15775)
• Refresh Grails 8 platform upgrade docs @jamesfredley (#15770)
• fix: align H7 HibernateGormStaticApi internal SQL method names with H5 @borinquenkid (#15768)
• Replace usages of deprecated external APIs @matrei (#15722)
• Modernize Grails 8 content negotiation: framework MIME defaults and honor the Accept header @codeconsole (#15758)
• Add Grails request-lifecycle + GSP rendering observability (inline micrometer spans + uri route fix) @codeconsole (#15750)
• Support TTL indexes in the GORM-Mongo mapping DSL and reconcile index option changes @codeconsole (#15747)
• Use config-driven Grails version docs @jamesfredley (#15769)
• Update Spring Boot to 3.5.16 @jamesfredley (#15767)
• Hibernate 7 - Step 2 @jdaugherty (#15568)
• Fix stop-app using a PID file instead of Actuator or JMX @jamesfredley (#15698)
• build(deps): update Gradle to 9.6.0 @jamesfredley (#15763)
• Update to Gradle 8.14.5 @jamesfredley (#15762)
• Convert SiteMesh 3 taglibs to method handlers and use SiteMesh 3.3.0-M1 @codeconsole (#15746)
• Do not close an externally-supplied MongoClient in GORM for MongoDB @codeconsole (#15743)
• fix(codecs): stop overriding the codecLookup bean definition @codeconsole (#15752)
• Merge 7.1.2 @jdaugherty (#15753)
• 8.x Register CriteriaTypeCheckingExtension and cover createCriteria().{} closures @codeconsole (#15720)
• Add @GrailsCompileStatic support for controllers that call tag libs @jdaugherty (#15669)
• fix(ci): seed vMAJOR.MINOR.0 for release branches with no published release @jamesfredley (#15742)
• fix(ci): remove filter-by-range from release-drafter to stop v0.1.0 draft flood @jamesfredley (#15741)
• Expand Hibernate 7 functional coverage and query parity @jamesfredley (#15731)
• 8.x Make SiteMesh 3 the default GSP layout @codeconsole (#15713)
• fix: parse ASCII minus in locale-aware number binding @jamesfredley (#15726)
• feat(deps): Bump Micronaut platform to 5.0.0 (GA) @jamesfredley (#15677)
• Make domain properties nullable by default (Grails 8) @codeconsole (#15721)
• 8.x Add Class-typed getAttribute reads for session, request and servletContext @codeconsole (#15732)
• 7.2.x (grails-scaffolding) - Parameterize the @scaffold controller superclass so scaffolded controller members aren't type-erased @codeconsole (#15729)
• Add httpPostForm() method to HttpClientSupport @matrei (#15735)
• Update Spring Boot 4.1 dependency versions @jamesfredley (#15727)
• Update Spring Boot to 3.5.15 @jamesfredley (#15728)
• Update Spock to 2.4-groovy-4.0 and align test dependencies @jamesfredley (#15703)
• fix: Order milestone and release candidate versions in VersionComparator @jamesfredley (#15696)
• Add typed attribute converters for session, request, flash and servletContext @codeconsole (#15715)
• Parameterize the @scaffold service superclass so scaffolded service methods aren't type-erased @codeconsole (#15717)
• Add MongoClientSettingsBuilderCustomizer hook for the Mongo client @codeconsole (#15716)
• Hibernate 7 - Step 1 @jdaugherty (#15654)
• Remove no-op failOnError argument from DeleteEntityDataFetcher @jamesfredley (#15692)
• [INFRA] Set up default rulesets for default and release branches @asf-gitbox-commits (#15665)
• Step 1 (PR-H): Add grails-jacoco convention plugin + Codecov coverage (depends on PR-G) @jamesfredley (#15687)
• Enable SiteMesh 3 on the 8.x (Spring Boot 4) line @codeconsole (#15710)
• Step 1 (PR-G): Add grails-code-analysis convention plugin + violation aggregation @jamesfredley (#15686)
• Add test coverage for Map-based multi-field sort @jamesfredley (#15691)
• fix(ci): comprehensive overhaul of release-drafter setup @jamesfredley (#15623)
• Step 1 (PR-C): Add addAllDomainClasses helper to GrailsDataTckManager @jamesfredley (#15683)
• Fix bindData binding id/version when domain extends a @DirtyCheck base (#15681) @jamesfredley (#15699)
• Fix constraints overwriting mapping index configuration (#15680) @codeconsole (#15700)
• fix: renormalize 8.0.x-only CRLF gradlew.bat files to LF @jamesfredley (#15709)
• fix: renormalize CRLF-committed files to LF per .gitattributes @jamesfredley (#15708)
• Step 1 (PR-F): Add grails-hibernate5-micronaut BOM (Micronaut BOM split) @jamesfredley (#15689)
• AGENTS.md: link the project's security model for agent discoverability @potiuk (#15706)
• Pin SiteMesh 3 to 3.2.3 release and drop snapshot repo resolution @codeconsole (#15705)
• fix(deps): Bump Spring Boot to 4.1.0-RC1 @jamesfredley (#15704)
• ci: audit and update GitHub Actions to ASF-approved versions @jamesfredley (#15690)
• fix(deps): Bump Spring Boot to 4.0.6 @jamesfredley (#15676)
• Upgrade to Gradle 9.5.1 @jamesfredley (#15672)
• Where Query documentation improvements @gsartori (#15599)
• Add THREAT_MODEL.md per the Apache security threat-model rubric @jamesfredley (#15664)
• Step 1 (PR-B): Async project defensive coding cleanup @jamesfredley (#15682)
• docs: fix typos in RELEASE.md @jamesfredley (#15619)
• Fix 8.0.x build break introduced by 7.2.x merge (6ebc60c) @jamesfredley (#15673)
• 7.1.x FIX: Rank URL mapping specificity by literal token count before wildcard captures @codeconsole (#15645)
• backport: close mongo connections between tests @matrei (#15634)
• Preserving Parameter Names @rahulshishodia (#15382)
• Make capturing Liquibase log output more reliable @marcphilipp (#15662)
• fix 4x exception logging @codeconsole (#15564)
• fix(deps): Bump Groovy to 4.0.32 @matrei (#15637)
• test(deps): bump grails-spring-security to 7.0.3-SNAPSHOT @matrei (#15658)
• Font fixes @paulk-asert (#15643)
• fix: enforce LF line endings for shell scripts, gradlew, KEYS @jamesfredley (#15622)
• Restore micronaut-jackson-databind for grails-forge-web-netty JSON runtime @jamesfredley (#15651)
• Add flyway-database-postgresql for grails-forge-analytics-postgres native deploy @jamesfredley (#15648)
• Fix forge dockerBuildNative logback init cascade from JGit @jamesfredley (#15647)
• Fix forge dockerBuildNative class-initialization conflicts @jamesfredley (#15646)
• Native gorm mongodb String to ObjectId conversion @codeconsole (#15583)
• Migrate grails data graphql to grails 7.2.x @kirpi4ik (#15587)
• Post 8.0.0-M1 Fixes @jdaugherty (#15629)
• Enable Code Coverage @jdaugherty (#15633)
• Add jetty test app @jdaugherty (#15632)
• Filterless Sitemesh 3 @codeconsole (#15585)
• #10279 - add test to show issue no longer exists @jdaugherty (#15630)
• Bump actions/cache from 4 to 5 @dependabot[bot] (#15291)

🚀 Features

• feat: Replace Spring Dependency Management plugin with Gradle platform + lightweight BOM property overrides @jamesfredley (#15467)
• Add method-based TagLib syntax with legacy compatibility, benchmarks, and docs @davydotcom (#15465)

Contributors

@asf-gitbox-commits, @borinquenkid, @codeconsole, @davydotcom, @fdevans, @gsartori, @jamesfredley, @jdaugherty, @kirpi4ik, @marcphilipp, @matrei, @paulk-asert, @potiuk, @rahulshishodia, @sanjana2505006, dependabot[bot] and github-actions[bot]

7.2.0

What's Changed

• Filterless Sitemesh 3 by @codeconsole in #15585
• Migrate grails data graphql to grails 7.2.x by @kirpi4ik in #15587
• Native gorm mongodb String to ObjectId conversion by @codeconsole in #15583
• Pin SiteMesh 3 to 3.2.3 release and drop snapshot repo resolution by @codeconsole in #15705
• Fix constraints overwriting mapping index configuration (#15680) by @codeconsole in #15700
• Remove no-op failOnError argument from DeleteEntityDataFetcher by @jamesfredley in #15692
• Parameterize the @scaffold service superclass so scaffolded service methods aren't type-erased by @codeconsole in #15717
• 7.2.x (grails-scaffolding) - Parameterize the @scaffold controller superclass so scaffolded controller members aren't type-erased by @codeconsole in #15729

New Contributors

• @kirpi4ik made their first contribution in #15587

Full Changelog: v7.1.3...v7.2.0

7.1.3

What's Changed

• Update Spring Boot to 3.5.16 @jamesfredley (#15767)
• Fix stop-app using a PID file instead of Actuator or JMX @jamesfredley (#15698)
• Update to Gradle 8.14.5 @jamesfredley (#15762)
• Merge 7.1.2 @jdaugherty (#15753)
• fix(ci): seed vMAJOR.MINOR.0 for release branches with no published release @jamesfredley (#15742)

Contributors

@codeconsole, @jamesfredley, @jdaugherty and github-actions[bot]

7.0.13

What's Changed

• Update Spring Boot to 3.5.16 @jamesfredley (#15767)
• Fix stop-app using a PID file instead of Actuator or JMX @jamesfredley (#15698)
• Update to Gradle 8.14.5 @jamesfredley (#15762)
• fix(ci): seed vMAJOR.MINOR.0 for release branches with no published release @jamesfredley (#15742)

Contributors

@codeconsole, @jamesfredley, @jdaugherty and github-actions[bot]

7.1.2

What's Changed

• fix(ci): remove filter-by-range from release-drafter to stop v0.1.0 draft flood @jamesfredley (#15741)
• fix: parse ASCII minus in locale-aware number binding @jamesfredley (#15726)
• Update Spring Boot to 3.5.15 @jamesfredley (#15728)
• fix: Order milestone and release candidate versions in VersionComparator @jamesfredley (#15696)
• [INFRA] Set up default rulesets for default and release branches @asf-gitbox-commits (#15665)
• Add test coverage for Map-based multi-field sort @jamesfredley (#15691)
• fix(ci): comprehensive overhaul of release-drafter setup @jamesfredley (#15623)
• Fix bindData binding id/version when domain extends a @DirtyCheck base (#15681) @jamesfredley (#15699)
• fix: renormalize CRLF-committed files to LF per .gitattributes @jamesfredley (#15708)
• ci: audit and update GitHub Actions to ASF-approved versions @jamesfredley (#15690)
• Where Query documentation improvements @gsartori (#15599)
• 7.1.x FIX: Rank URL mapping specificity by literal token count before wildcard captures @codeconsole (#15645)
• backport: close mongo connections between tests @matrei (#15634)
• Make capturing Liquibase log output more reliable @marcphilipp (#15662)
• fix 4x exception logging @codeconsole (#15564)
• fix(deps): Bump Groovy to 4.0.32 @matrei (#15637)
• test(deps): bump grails-spring-security to 7.0.3-SNAPSHOT @matrei (#15658)
• Font fixes @paulk-asert (#15643)
• fix: enforce LF line endings for shell scripts, gradlew, KEYS @jamesfredley (#15622)
• Post 8.0.0-M1 Fixes @jdaugherty (#15629)
• Enable Code Coverage @jdaugherty (#15633)
• Add jetty test app @jdaugherty (#15632)
• #10279 - add test to show issue no longer exists @jdaugherty (#15630)
• Bump actions/cache from 4 to 5 @dependabot[bot] (#15291)
• feat: allow CORS requests from grails.apache.org for Forge @jamesfredley (#15618)
• Add settings.gradle file to wrapper Forge verification app @matrei (#15616)

Contributors

@asf-gitbox-commits, @codeconsole, @dependabot[bot], @gsartori, @jamesfredley, @jdaugherty, @marcphilipp, @matrei, @paulk-asert, dependabot[bot] and github-actions[bot]

7.0.12

What's Changed

• fix(ci): remove filter-by-range from release-drafter to stop v0.1.0 draft flood @jamesfredley (#15741)
• Update Spring Boot to 3.5.15 @jamesfredley (#15728)
• fix: Order milestone and release candidate versions in VersionComparator @jamesfredley (#15696)
• [INFRA] Set up default rulesets for default and release branches @asf-gitbox-commits (#15665)
• Add test coverage for Map-based multi-field sort @jamesfredley (#15691)
• fix(ci): comprehensive overhaul of release-drafter setup @jamesfredley (#15623)
• Fix bindData binding id/version when domain extends a @DirtyCheck base (#15681) @jamesfredley (#15699)
• fix: renormalize CRLF-committed files to LF per .gitattributes @jamesfredley (#15708)
• ci: audit and update GitHub Actions to ASF-approved versions @jamesfredley (#15690)
• Where Query documentation improvements @gsartori (#15599)
• backport: close mongo connections between tests @matrei (#15634)
• Make capturing Liquibase log output more reliable @marcphilipp (#15662)
• fix(deps): Bump Groovy to 4.0.32 @matrei (#15637)
• test(deps): bump grails-spring-security to 7.0.3-SNAPSHOT @matrei (#15658)
• Font fixes @paulk-asert (#15643)
• fix: enforce LF line endings for shell scripts, gradlew, KEYS @jamesfredley (#15622)
• Post 8.0.0-M1 Fixes @jdaugherty (#15629)
• Enable Code Coverage @jdaugherty (#15633)
• Add jetty test app @jdaugherty (#15632)
• #10279 - add test to show issue no longer exists @jdaugherty (#15630)
• Bump actions/cache from 4 to 5 @dependabot[bot] (#15291)
• feat: allow CORS requests from grails.apache.org for Forge @jamesfredley (#15618)
• Add settings.gradle file to wrapper Forge verification app @matrei (#15616)

Contributors

@asf-gitbox-commits, @dependabot[bot], @gsartori, @jamesfredley, @jdaugherty, @marcphilipp, @matrei, @paulk-asert, dependabot[bot] and github-actions[bot]

8.0.0-M1

What's Changed

• Make GSP Gradle plugin order-independent by @matrei in #15273
• merge 7.1.x into 8.0.x by @jamesfredley in #15357
• merge 7.1.x into 8.0.x by @jamesfredley in #15450
• fix: remove unused GroovyPlugin import from GrailsGradlePlugin by @jamesfredley in #15451
• Merge 7.1.x into 8.0.x by @jamesfredley in #15472
• chore: Merge 7.1.x into 8.0.x by @jamesfredley in #15521
• Spring Boot Follow-ups by @jdaugherty in #15554
• Upgrade to Spring Boot 4.0.5 and Spring Framework 7.0.6 by @jamesfredley in #15541
• Remove deprecated classes and methods for Grails 8 by @matrei in #15565
• Fix forge dockerBuildNative by using a Java 21 GraalVM base image by @jamesfredley in #15579
• Fix forge dockerBuildNative builder stage to use Java 21 GraalVM image by @jamesfredley in #15580
• Upgrade JLine to 3.30.6 and Jansi to 2.4.2 by @jamesfredley in #15367
• fix(ci): bump verifyWrapper JDK to 21 on 8.0.x by @jamesfredley in #15604
• Upgrade to Gradle 9.4.1 and Micronaut 4 by @jamesfredley in #15365
• 8.0.x splitbom by @jdaugherty in #15608
• Spring security updates by @jdaugherty in #15609
• Add settings.gradle file to wrapper Forge verification app by @matrei in #15616
• fix(ci): exclude Grails-Micronaut island from Groovy joint validation build by @jamesfredley in #15615
• fix(grails-gsp): eliminate race condition in FormTagLib2Tests.testDatePickerTag by @jamesfredley in #15612
• feat: allow CORS requests from grails.apache.org for Forge by @jamesfredley in #15618
• fix(sbom): mix projectPath into deterministic UUID seed by @jamesfredley in #15614
• Fix for WARNING in Java 25: Use of the three-letter time zone ID ... is deprecated and it will be removed in a future release by @codeconsole in #15432
• fix(sbom): make per-module SBOM and groovydoc output byte-reproducible by @jamesfredley in #15625
• Set minimum Java Version to 21 for Grails 8.x by @jdaugherty in #15628

Full Changelog: v7.1.1...v8.0.0-M1

7.1.1

What's Changed

• chore: merge 7.1.0->7.1.x; bump to 7.1.1-SNAPSHOT by @github-actions[bot] in #15577
• Establish a Pull Request Template by @jdaugherty in #15578
• Clean up labels used in the forge ui by @matrei in #15576
• fix: prompt before removing old SVN release folder during promotion by @chloeb-smith in #15584
• Upgrade to Spring Boot 3.5.14 by @jamesfredley in #15595
• merge 7.0.x into 7.1.x by @jamesfredley in #15600
• Cleanup and align application.yml in generated applications by @matrei in #15574
• Replace config-properties.yml with standard spring-configuration-metadata.json by @jamesfredley in #15426
• fix(wrapper): honor PREFERRED_GRAILS_VERSION and repair publish CI by @jamesfredley in #15598
• Update formActionSubmit documentation by @matrei in #15582
• chore(deps): bump actions/upload-artifact from 7.0.0 to 7.0.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #15573
• fix(ci): run wrapper verification after publishForge to avoid first-bump 404 by @jamesfredley in #15602
• build: bootstrap Gradle plugin repositories by @matrei in #15597
• fix(ci): restore executable bit on grailsw before verify by @jamesfredley in #15603
• #15386 - Update CONTRIBUTING.md to include guidelines for contributio… by @jdaugherty in #15594
• maintain: switch to shared develocity key by @jdaugherty in #15496
• docs: fix plugin reference links in Application Properties by @jamesfredley in #15606
• Backport Grails Bom Restructure from Hibernate 7 branch by @jdaugherty in #15605
• build - do not include merge PRs from releases in release notes by @jdaugherty in #15610
• 7.1.x BUGFIX - AST transforms do not compile when using custom build dir by @codeconsole in #15601

New Contributors

• @chloeb-smith made their first contribution in #15584

Full Changelog: v7.1.0...v7.1.1

7.0.11

What's Changed

• fix(deps): Bump Groovy to 4.0.31 by @matrei in #15544
• fix(deps): Bump Asset Pipeline to 5.0.34 by @matrei in #15545
• Add settings.gradle to Forge verification app by @matrei in #15546
• Add test slicing to the build by @matrei in #15547
• chore: merge 7.0.10->7.0.x; bump to 7.0.11-SNAPSHOT by @github-actions[bot] in #15553
• Establish a Pull Request Template by @jdaugherty in #15578
• Clean up labels used in the forge ui by @matrei in #15576
• fix: prompt before removing old SVN release folder during promotion by @chloeb-smith in #15584
• Upgrade to Spring Boot 3.5.14 by @jamesfredley in #15595
• Cleanup and align application.yml in generated applications by @matrei in #15574
• Replace config-properties.yml with standard spring-configuration-metadata.json by @jamesfredley in #15426
• fix(wrapper): honor PREFERRED_GRAILS_VERSION and repair publish CI by @jamesfredley in #15598
• Update formActionSubmit documentation by @matrei in #15582
• chore(deps): bump actions/upload-artifact from 7.0.0 to 7.0.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #15573
• fix(ci): run wrapper verification after publishForge to avoid first-bump 404 by @jamesfredley in #15602
• build: bootstrap Gradle plugin repositories by @matrei in #15597
• fix(ci): restore executable bit on grailsw before verify by @jamesfredley in #15603
• #15386 - Update CONTRIBUTING.md to include guidelines for contributio… by @jdaugherty in #15594
• maintain: switch to shared develocity key by @jdaugherty in #15496
• docs: fix plugin reference links in Application Properties by @jamesfredley in #15606
• Backport Grails Bom Restructure from Hibernate 7 branch by @jdaugherty in #15605
• build - do not include merge PRs from releases in release notes by @jdaugherty in #15610

New Contributors

• @chloeb-smith made their first contribution in #15584

Full Changelog: v7.0.10...v7.0.11

7.1.0

What's Changed

• g:flashMessages tag @codeconsole (#15560)
• Do not fail mergeTestReports for partial previous test task runs @jdaugherty (#15563)
• Add contextPath support to the grails-geb so it's easier to write tests in a multiproject environment @jdaugherty (#15562)
• change url mapping wildcard validation config value and address edge case direct mapping @codeconsole (#15542)
• Add test slicing to the build @matrei (#15547)
• Add settings.gradle to Forge verification app @matrei (#15546)
• fix(deps): Bump Asset Pipeline to 5.0.34 @matrei (#15545)
• fix(deps): Bump Groovy to 4.0.31 @matrei (#15544)

Contributors

@codeconsole, @jdaugherty, @matrei and github-actions[bot]