:version: 3.2.0-RC2
:reference-docs: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/{version}/reference/html/
:gradle-plugin-docs: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/{version}/gradle-plugin/reference/htmlsingle
:maven-plugin-docs: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/{version}/maven-plugin/reference/htmlsingle

= Spring Boot 3.2.0-RC2 Release Notes

For changes in earlier milestones, please refer to:

- link:Spring-Boot-3.2.0-RC1-Release-Notes[v3.2.0-RC1]
- link:Spring-Boot-3.2.0-M3-Release-Notes[v3.2.0-M3]
- link:Spring-Boot-3.2.0-M2-Release-Notes[v3.2.0-M2]
- link:Spring-Boot-3.2.0-M1-Release-Notes[v3.2.0-M1]


== Upgrading from Spring Boot 3.1
Please refer to the release notes for earlier milestones.



=== Minimum Requirements Changes
None.



== New and Noteworthy
TIP: Check link:Spring-Boot-3.2.0-RC2-Configuration-Changelog[the configuration changelog] for a complete overview of the changes in configuration.

Please refer to the release notes for earlier milestones.


=== Dependency Upgrades
Spring Boot 3.2.0-RC2 moves to new versions of the following Spring projects:

- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/releases/tag/v6.1.0-RC2[Spring Framework 6.1.0-RC2]


Third-party dependencies have also been updated, the more noteworthy of which are the following:

- https://github.com/liquibase/liquibase/releases/tag/v4.24.0[Liquibase 4.24]
- Oracle UCP 23.3



=== Miscellaneous
Apart from the changes listed above, there have also been lots of minor tweaks and improvements including:

* Fixing several nested JAR bugs that were identified in RC1
* Updating some internals of our SSL bundle support
* Supporting SSL verification on a per-store basis
* Support for an `spring.kafka.template.observation-enabled` property to support Micrometer observations


== Deprecations in Spring Boot 3.2.0-RC2
None.
