v5.1.0-M1

⭐ New features

• Add support for Virtual Threads #4399
• Add setter for ObservationConvention in StepBuilder/JobBuilder #4401
• Add synchronized decorators for non-stream item readers/writers #4368
• Add option to clear the persistence context in JpaItemWriter #804

🚀 Enhancements

• Public access to AbstractItemCountingItemStreamItemReader.getCurrentItemCount #1639

🐞 Bug fixes

• Invalid migration script for H2 #4390
• Incorrect drop statements in SQLServer DDL script #4373
• SplitBuilder.add(Flow) causes hung execution in some cases #3857
• Incorrect thread usage in SynchronizedItemStreamReaderTests #837

🔨 Dependency upgrades

• Spring Framework 6.1.0-M2
• Spring Integration 6.2.0-M1
• Spring Data 3.2.0-M1
• Spring LDAP 3.2.0-M1
• Micrometer 1.12.0-M1

📔 Documentation

• Incorrect Javadoc in SimpleStepBuilder #4402
• Document the type and name of the surrounding job in JobLauncherTestUtils#launchStep #3825
• Fix typo in SimpleMailMessageItemWriter Javadoc #4381
• Fix javadoc errors and warnings #1624

🔨 Tasks

• Build failure when the default charset of the JVM is not UTF-8 #4417

❤️ Contributors

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