Spring Office Hours

Join Dan Vega and DaShaun Carter for the latest updates from the Spring Ecosystem. In this episode, Dan and DaShaun catch up on the fast moving world of AI and what it means for Java developers. The guys will cover recent releases from OpenAI and Anthropic, then dig into Spring AI 2.0, which is now generally available and built for Spring Boot 4 and Spring Framework 7. You will learn about the new unified tool calling model, progressive tool discovery, and what has changed in MCP support. You can participate in our live stream to ask questions or catch the replay on your preferred podcast platform.
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Previewing GPT-5.6 Sol: A next-generation model
Redeploying Claude Fable 5
Spring AI 2.0 GA Available Now
Spring AI Recipes

Join Dan Vega and DaShaun Carter for the latest updates from the Spring Ecosystem. In this episode, Dan and DaShaun are joined by Spring Boot co-creator and project lead Phil Webb to dig into what's new in Spring Boot 4.1. They walk through the headline features landing in this release, including Spring gRPC support, OpenTelemetry enhancements, MongoDB support for Spring Batch, AMQP 1.0, SSL support for RabbitMQ Streams, and file rotation for Log4j. You can participate in our live stream to ask questions or catch the replay on your preferred podcast platform.
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Spring Boot 4.1 Releases Notes
Spring Boot 4.1 Release Highlights

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.
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May Release Train Shift Blog Post
Spring Boot 4.1 Release Notes

Join Dan Vega and DaShaun Carter for the latest updates from the Spring Ecosystem. In this episode, Dan and DaShaun tackle two challenges every Spring developer faces: keeping applications up to date and staying ahead of security vulnerabilities in open source dependencies. They explore how AI tools are reshaping the upgrade experience, from automated migration recipes to intelligent vulnerability detection and remediation. Learn what's available today, what's coming next, and how to put these tools to work in your own projects. You can participate in our live stream to ask questions or catch the replay on your preferred podcast platform.
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Enterprise Support

Join Dan Vega and DaShaun Carter for the latest updates from the Spring Ecosystem. In this episode, Dan and DaShaun are joined by Java Champion, Vaadin Champion, and Oracle ACE Pro Simon Martinelli to talk about Spec-Driven Development. With AI reshaping how we write code, Simon makes the case that requirements, not code, should be the single source of truth. We will explore what Spec-Driven Development looks like in practice, how it fits into a Java and Spring workflow, and how teams can use it to move from use case to running code with AI in the loop. You can participate in our live stream to ask questions or catch the replay on your preferred podcast platform.
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Simon Martinelli on LinkedIn
Simon Martinelli on X
Spec-Driven Development: How AI Changed Everything (And Nothing) by Simon Martinelli at Spring I/O 2026