Dear Spring Community,

I am happy to announce the 4.14.1 release of the Spring Tools 4 for Eclipse, Visual Studio Code, and Theia.

fixes and improvements

• (Spring Boot) fixed: use startupSnapshot instead of startup timer call to avoid wiping out the underlying data
• (Spring Boot) fixed: When vscode opens a Java project for about 2 hours, the suggestion function will fail (#750)
• (VSCode) enhancement: live hovers are now automatically show up when you launch a Spring Boot application in VSCode. Additional JVM args for the Spring Boot app to enable JMX are added to the launch automatically. More details can be found in the user guide section about Live Application Information.
• (VSCode) enhancement: add extension APIs to get live data (#751…

Dear Spring Community,

I am happy to announce the 4.14.0 release of the Spring Tools 4 for Eclipse, Visual Studio Code, and Theia.

major changes to the Spring Tools 4 for Eclipse distribution

• updated to Eclipse 2022-03 release (new and noteworthy)

fixes and improvements

• (VSCode) fixed: VSCode Spring boot tools 1.30.0 error trying to find JVM (#726)
• (VSCode) fixed: vscode "Problems" diagnostic entries lack "source" field (#725)
• (VSCode) fixed: orphan vscode extension processes left running (#704)
• (VSCode) fixed: deadlock in language server process avoids process to be shutdown (#741)
• (VSCode) fixed: Outline View is broken again on Windows (#742)
• (VSCode) fixed: boot-java.live-information.automatic-tracking.on is not working on vscode (#733)
• (VSCode) fixed: Java 17 is mis-identified as Java 8 (#713)
• (Eclipse) fixed: Deadlock with Spring LSP in Eclipse 4.23 with STS 4.23 nightlies (#729…

Dear Spring Community,

I am happy to announce the 4.13.1 release of the Spring Tools 4 for Eclipse, Visual Studio Code, and Theia.

fixes and improvements

• (Spring Boot) improvement: Consider if content assist can be offered for spring.config.import property keys (#536)
• (Spring Boot) fixed: YAML editor generates wrong EOL characters in Windows (#709)
• (VSCode) fixed: Always pop up a prompt box: indexing spring boot properties (#697)
• (VSCode) fixed: Spring Boot Tools for VS Code incorrectly misidentifies internal JDK for Language Support for Java as a JRE (#715)
• (Eclipse) fixed: Create or modify new project - maven update problem (#703)
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Dear Spring Community,

I am happy to announce the 4.13.0 release of the Spring Tools 4 for Eclipse, Visual Studio Code, and Theia.

major changes to the Spring Tools 4 for Eclipse distribution

• updated to Eclipse 2021-12 release (including support for Java 17) (new and noteworthy)
• builds for Apple Silicon platform (ARM M1) are available now from the regular download page

additional changes

• (Spring Boot) fixed: STS 4.12.0 (for eclipse) *.yml can't automatic prompt (#690)
• (Spring Boot) fixed: A StackOverFlow error for serializable Kotlin data class for autocompletion in the Eclipse IDE (#693)
• (Eclipse) fixed: Typescript comparison: An internal error occurred during: "LSP4E Linked Editing Highlight" (#700)
• (Eclipse) fixed: js syntax highlight disabled by STS4 (#702)
• (Eclipse) fixed: Cannot copy/paste from ANSI console without escape sequences (#667) - fixed in ANSI Color Console project thanks to @mihnita
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Dear Spring Community,

I am happy to announce the 4.12.1 release of the Spring Tools 4 for Eclipse, Visual Studio Code, and Theia.

important updates to the Spring Tools 4 for Eclipse distribution

• embedded runtime upgraded to JDK17 (across all distributions, including Apple Silicon)
• Java 17 support available (via separate add-on)
• early-access builds for upcoming Eclipse 2021-12 release available
• early-access builds for Apple Silicon platform (ARM M1) available

additional changes

• (Eclipse) fixed: Alway Download sources and javadoc when I open sts (distribution includes latest m2e 1.18.2 release now) (#692)
• (Eclipse) fixed: docker integration doesn't work on Apple Silicon (#684)
• (Eclipse) fixed: Annoying error message on every eclipse startup if CF destination is not reachable (#688)
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Dear Spring Community,

I am happy to announce the 4.12.0 release of the Spring Tools 4 for Eclipse, Visual Studio Code, and Theia.

major changes to the Spring Tools 4 for Eclipse distribution

• updated to Eclipse 2021-09 release (including support for Java 16) (new and noteworthy)
• Java 17 support available (via separate add-on)
• early-access builds for Apple Silicon platform (ARM M1) available

additional changes

• (VS Code, Spring Boot) fixed: [codespaces] vscode extension crashes if specified log output location doesn't work (#676)
• (Eclipse, Spring Boot) improvement: Little UX improvement for Tags Editor in the Properties View (#649)
• (Eclipse, Spring Boot) fixed: symbols don't work anymore in Eclipse (#682)
• (Eclipse, Spring Boot) fixed: Problem with the STS/eclipse initializr for custom project types (#660)
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ear Spring Community,

I am happy to announce the 4.11.1 release of the Spring Tools 4 for Eclipse, Visual Studio Code, and Theia.

Fixes in this release

• (VS Code, Spring Boot) fixed: [codespaces] spring boot extension starting up multiple times in Codespaces setting (#669)
• (VS Code, Spring Boot) fixed: [codespaces] spring boot extension doesn't find the right JDK when connecting to a codespace (#670)
• (VS Code, Spring Boot) fixed: JAVA_Home should be right but still shows "Note Java 8 can still be used in your own projects" (#664)
• (Eclipse) improvement: progress view shows many AsyncLiveExpression refresh messages and doesn't respond anymore (#653)
• (Eclipse) improvement: latest CI builds do not show port of running app anymore (#659)
• (Concourse) improvement: Property 'commit_message' not recognized for semver resources (#655…

Dear Spring Community,

I am happy to announce the 4.11.0 release of the Spring Tools 4 for Eclipse, Visual Studio Code, and Theia.

major changes to the Spring Tools 4 for Eclipse distribution

• updated to Eclipse 2021-06 release (including support for Java 16) (new and noteworthy)
• early-access builds for Apple Silicon platform (ARM M1) available

reminder

• the Eclipse-based distribution of the Spring Tools 4 requires a JDK11 (or newer) to run on
• the Eclipse-based distribution ships with an embedded JDK16 runtime, no need to install or configure a specific JDK to run the IDE on anymore

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Dear Spring Community,

I am happy to announce the 4.10.0 release of the Spring Tools 4 for Eclipse, Visual Studio Code, and Theia.

major changes to the Spring Tools 4 for Eclipse distribution

• updated to Eclipse 2021-03 release

reminder

• the Eclipse-based distribution of the Spring Tools 4 requires a JDK11 (or newer) to run on
• ships with an embedded JDK15 runtime, no need to install or configure a specific JDK to run the IDE on anymore

additional changes

• (Spring Boot) enhancement: .sts4 dir location now configurable (#601)
• (Spring Boot) fixed: sometimes live hovers do not disappear (#609)
• (Eclipse) fixed: debugger didn't connect automatically to apps deployed to docker from the boot dashboard
• (Eclipse) fixed: STS 4.8.0 template proposals invalid (#579)
• (Eclipse) fixed: Fresh sts-4.9.0 starts with errors - no way to add Task repository (#606)
• (Eclipse) fixed: Error on installing Mylyn JIRA Connector in STS 4.9.0 (#599)
• (Eclipse) fixed: Duplicate com.sun.xml.bind installed screw other plugins (#588)
• (Eclipse) update: remove WTP-based HTML tooling from Spring Tools 4 distribution (#572…

Dear Spring Community,

I am happy to announce the 4.9.0 release of the Spring Tools 4 for Eclipse, Visual Studio Code, and Theia.

major changes to the Spring Tools 4 for Eclipse distribution

• updated to Eclipse 2020-12 release (including support for Java 15)

reminder

• the Eclipse-based distribution of the Spring Tools 4 requires a JDK11 (or newer) to run on
• ships with an embedded JDK15 runtime, no need to install or configure a specific JDK to run the IDE on anymore

additional changes

• (Spring Boot) new: show bean startup performance metrics in live hovers and code lenses (details in the user guide)
• (Spring Boot) new: show basic request mapping performance metrics in live hovers and code lensses (details in the user guide)
• (Spring Boot) new: provide content-assist for constructor-arg name in Spring XML config files (#562)
• (Spring Boot) fixed: language-server-internal exception happening when saving a file that has a space or other special characters in its name or path
• (Eclipse)…