S5E16: May Release Train Shift & What's Coming in Spring Boot 4.1
From Spring Office Hours by Dan Vega & DaShaun Carter
May 19, 2026 · 1h 1m · Season 5 · Episode 16
About this episode
Dan Vega and DaShaun Carter discuss the shift in the May release train and upcoming features in Spring Boot 4.1.
Join Dan Vega and DaShaun Carter for the latest updates from the Spring Ecosystem. In this episode, Dan and DaShaun break down the recently announced shift of the May release train from May 11-22 to June 1-5, and what that means for your upgrade planning across the Spring portfolio. They also dig into what is shaping up in Spring Boot 4.1, including Spring gRPC support, Log4j file rotation strategies, OpenTelemetry enhancements, OAuth2 resource server improvements, MongoDB support for Spring Batch, and AMQP 1.0. You can participate in our live stream to ask questions or catch the replay on your preferred podcast platform. Show Notes May Release Train Shift Blog Post Spring Boot 4.1 Release Notes
People in this episode
Hosts: Dan Vega, DaShaun Carter
Topics covered
- Spring Boot
- release updates
- upgrade planning
- Spring Ecosystem
- gRPC support
- OpenTelemetry enhancements
- MongoDB support
Keywords
- Spring Boot 4.1
- May Release Train
- gRPC support
- Log4j
- OpenTelemetry
- OAuth2
- MongoDB
- AMQP
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Spring Ecosystem, OpenTelemetry, MongoDB, Log4j, OAuth2, AMQP
Products: Spring Boot 4.1
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