Axon Framework v5.0.0-RC2

⭐ Features

• Usage of Release Candidates #2589

📈 Enhancements

• Removed SubscriptionQueryMessage and responseType from QueryMessage #3835
• fix(messaging): DistributedCommandBusConfigurationEnhancer - InterceptingCommandBus wraps DistributedCommandBus #3830
• Add additional tests to StorageEngineTestSuite #3827
• [#3811, #3813] Gateways get default implementations for nullable/optional parameters #3815
• Move QueryGateway to gateway package #3813

🪲 Bug fixes

• Allow for multiple initial responses on a subscription query #3829
• fix(axon-server-connector): handle error query result #3828
• [#3809] fix: DistributedQueryBus - intercept dispatching + register handlers #3826
• [#3752] feat(messaging): InterceptingQueryBus - intercept subscription queries on dispatch #3824
• [#3818] fix(messaging): improving MessageStream creation from single, null, future and concatination #3821
• Distributed SubscriptionQuery (single) does not receive updates from server #3818
• InterceptingQueryGateway must also wrap the DistributedQueryBus, not the local segment #3809

🛠️ Dependency upgrades

• chore(deps): bump the maven-dependencies group with 8 updates #3790

❤️ Contributors

We'd like to thank all the contributors who worked on this release!

• @jangalinski
• @zambrovski
• @hjohn
• @MateuszNaKodach
• @abuijze

Axon Framework v5.0.0-RC1

What's Changed

• [#3734] fix(messaging): QueryGateway - handles MessageStream.Empty as a query result by @MateuszNaKodach in #3735
• Bump the maven-dependencies group with 4 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #3738
• Replace TokenStore Builders by @nordicthings in #3730
• Fix missed renames by @hjohn in #3741
• fix(messaging): DelegatingCommandBusConnector - fix subscribe returns CompletableFuture by @MateuszNaKodach in #3742
• testcontainers: change Axon Server image version to 2025.2.0-EAP2 by @MateuszNaKodach in #3739
• chore: make functional interface by @jangalinski in #3744
• chore: enable jenv local by @jangalinski in #3743
• refactor(messaging): SubscribableMessageSource to SubscribableEventSource + EventProcessingStrategy removal by @MateuszNaKodach in #3736
• Typos on website university demo by @rubenahrens in #3737
• chore: configure javaagent for mockito by @jangalinski in #3755
• TokenStore rebuild by @zambrovski in #3749
• Send-and-wait API clean-up on the CommandGateway by @smcvb in #3748
• [#3358 & #3488] Remove Query-specific ResponseType and StreamingQueryMessage by @smcvb in #3740
• [#3553] Rename trace and correlation identifier to correlation and causation identifier in the MessageOriginProvider by @smcvb in #3746
• Clean-up ErrorHandler API by @smcvb in #3747
• Potential build improvements by @hjohn in #3745
• Bump the maven-dependencies group with 6 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #3770
• chore: introduce commandhandling sub package for interceptors by @jangalinski in #3765
• [#3601] Remove the RevisionResolver and @Revision by @smcvb in #3750
• Move static factory methods for reactor types to MessageStreamUtils by @hjohn in #3766
• Feature/warning fixes by @hjohn in #3775
• [#3392] feat(messaging): EventStore extends EventBus, async-native EventBus by @MateuszNaKodach in #3754
• refactor: StreamableEventSource - remove generic parameter by @MateuszNaKodach in #3780
• [#3392] feat: remove AbstractEventBus - prefer composition over inheritance by @MateuszNaKodach in #3778
• [#3653] Reintroduce JPA-based Spring Boot autoconfiguration by @zambrovski in #3769
• [#3596] feat: EntityIdResolver throws an checked exception when resolution fails by @hjohn in #3779
• chore(deps): bump actions/setup-node from 5 to 6 in the github-dependencies group by @dependabot[bot] in #3789
• Create Framework Extensions by @zambrovski in #3787
• chore: autoclose file in/out stream by @jangalinski in #3795
• feat: Configuration - add getComponents() method to the interface by @MateuszNaKodach in #3793
• Restructuring of the QueryBus, namely for Subscription Queries by @abuijze in #3796
• [#3595] feat: MessageMonitors and monitoring support by @jangalinski in #3763
• chore: handler interceptors use generic super message type by @jangalinski in #3797
• [#3521] feat(axon-server-connector): EventProcessorControlService aligned with the new Configuration API by @MateuszNaKodach in #3794
• [#3672] Abstract sourcing condition position by @hjohn in #3774
• [#3752] feat(messaging): InterceptingQueryBus - intercept queries and emitted updates by @MateuszNaKodach in #3801
• chore: clean conventions for Utility classes by @jangalinski in #3802
• Update docs for extensions by @zambrovski in #3799
• Update TokenStore interface to be compatible with future mask changes by @hjohn in #3805
• [#722] Introduce class level @command, @event, @query @QueryResponse by @zambrovski in #3806
• [#3465] feat: TokenStore - store mask in token entry tables by @hjohn in #3792
• [#613 & #3488] The DistributedQueryBus, QueryBusConnector, and AxonServerQueryBusConnector by @smcvb in #3762
• feat: DistributedQueryBusConfigurationEnhancer + DefaultQueryGateway with converter by @MateuszNaKodach in #3810

New Contributors

• @rubenahrens made their first contribution in #3737

Full Changelog: axon-5.0.0-preview...axon-5.0.0-RC1

Axon Framework v5.0.0-preview

The preview of Axon Framework 5 is finally here! Expect the first release candidate to drop soon after.
For those looking to experiment with this milestone, be sure to check out the Getting Started section of AxonIQ Docs.
The list below contains all the features, enhancements, bugs, and documentation changes we've done.

⭐ Features

• [#3641] feat: SequencingPolicy adjusted to AF5 API #3679
• [#3640] feat: @SequencingPolicy annotation (class-level and method-level) + @EventHandler annotation eventName property #3705
• Annotation-less configuration API for Query Handling Components #3364
• [#3488] Query Handler Registration #3719
• feat(test): AxonTestFixture - await assertions, generic expect, AxonServer enabled customization #3714
• Revamp SpringAggregateLookup and SpringAggregateConfigurer to new Entity and Configuration API #3499
• Sequencing Policy configuration per Annotated Event Handler and Event Handling Component #3640
• Introduce an @Internal annotation and use throughout #3427

📈 Enhancements

• Revise SequencingPolicy implementations #3641
• Update SequentialPerAggregatePolicy to use ProcessingContext #3652
• [#3641] feat: SequencingPolicy adjusted to AF5 API #3679
• [#3640] feat: @SequencingPolicy annotation (class-level and method-level) + @EventHandler annotation eventName property #3705
• [#3357] cleanup: remove unnecessary methods from the legacy EventProcessingModule #3687
• [#3098] refactor: EventProcessors - change the API to async-native #3693
• [#3640] feat: EventProcessors - allows to retrieve components from ProcessingContext while determining the Sequence Identifier #3695
• Remove EventHandlingComponentBuilder, MetaDataSequencingPolicy - do not contain fallback internally #3718
• Revise TokenStore to be Async Native #3432
• [#3432] Make the TokenStore async-native #3715
• [#3103] Add Dispatch and Handler registration methods #3657
• Revise MessageHandlerInterceptor and MessageDispatcherInterceptor API #3103
• [#3103] Integrate Event Handler Interceptors into Event Processing #3660
• [#3103] Event MessageDispatchInterceptor support for publishing and appending events #3663
• [#3103] Clean-up Message Dispatch and Handler Interceptor revising todos #3665
• Ensure CorrelationDataProviders are integrated correctly #3579
• [#3579] Provide correlation data support #3666
• [#3488] Preliminary clean-up of QueryGateway and QueryBus #3669
• [#3488] Remove SimpleQueryBus#Builder and make the QueryBus and SimpleQueryBus into a QueryHandlerRegistry #3681
• Revise the Query API #3079
• [#3488] Align "Direct Query" / "Point-to-Point Query" with Async Native API #3688
• [#3488] Remove scatter-gather support #3690
• [#3488] Reintroduce QueryBus#streamingQuery #3700
• [#3488] Reintroduce QueryBus#subscriptionQuery #3708
• Reintroduce MessageHandlerLookup and MessageHandlerConfigurer #3498
• [#3498 & #3499] Spring AutoConfiguration for message handlers and event-sourced entities/aggregates #3686
• Updating Event Processor configuration for Spring Boot #3495
• [#3495] Updating Event Processor configuration for Spring Boot #3702
• Unify annotation names #1781
• Add ProcessingContext to EventStore and EventStorageEngine methods #3692
• Add new method afterCommit to EventStorageTransaction#AppendTransaction #3703
• feat: add EventCriteria#either(Collection<EventCriteria>) method #3694
• Avoid using reserved keywords in the package structure. #3635
• Component configuration shift #902
• Component Decoration type validation #3513
• [#3513] Validate that decoration result matches the registered type #3639
• Convert the AvroSerializer to an AvroConverter #3609
• Implement Avro Converter #3645
• refactor(messaging): eventhandling - reorganize subpackages for improved structure and clarity #3646
• Mark EventStorageEngine interface as internal. #3671
• enhancement(eventsourcing): EventStore interface extends StreamableEventSource #3650
• [#3577] Disable enhancer scanning for BaseModule implementations #3668
• Mark EventStorageEngine as internal #3676
• Add slow and flaky tags to some tests #3685
• Unwrap exceptions when using CommandGateway::sendAndWait #3712
• Mark ConnectionProvider and EntityManagerProvider internal #3722
• Rename MetaData to Metadata, including all usages #3593
• [#3593] Rename all occurences of metadata #3682
• Fix new generic of MetaData #3683

📖 Documentation

• Expand Getting Started with Event Processing and Handling (Automations) #3648
• [#3648] docs: Axon Framework 5.0.0-M3 - Expand Getting Started with Event Processing and Handling #3658
• Expand Getting Started with Projection (Read Model) example #3659
• [#3659] docs: Axon Framework 5.0.0-M3 - Expand Getting Started with Read Model example #3691
• Review Aggregate to Entities section of AF5 API Changes #3697
• 📝 docs(af5-getting-started): Update Axon version from 5.0.0-M3 to 5.0.0-preview #3723
• 📝 docs(af5-getting-started): add QueryHandler example #3729

🪲 Bug fixes

• [#3103] CommandMessage, EventMessage, and QueryMessage-specific MessageDispatchInterceptor support #3664
• Ensure ConfigurationEnhancers are not registered twice #3656
• fix(eventsourcing): InMemoryEventStorageEngine handles streaming if the store is empty #3649
• Additional Integration Test, AxonTestFixture#stop, EventSink as DescribableComponent, EventAppender completes publication, and transaction UnitOfWorkFactory resource fix #3655
• IteratorMessageStream reports completion too early when using peek [#3670](https://github.com/AxonFramework/Ax...

Axon Framework v5.0.0 - Milestone 3

The third milestone of Axon Framework 5 is finally here!
The list below contains all the features, enhancements, bugs, and documentation changes we've done.
For those looking to experiment with this milestone, be sure to check out the Getting Started section of AxonIQ Docs.

⭐ Features

• [#3098] feat(event-processing): add EventCriteria support to PooledStreamingEventProcessor
• Annotation-less configuration API for Event Handling Components
• [#3098] feat(eventhandling): new EventProcessing configuration + SequencingEventHandlingComponent
• ProcessingContext should allow to get components from the Configuration
• [#3608] feat: ProcessingContext should allow to get components from the Configuration
• Introduce Stateful Event Handler
• [#3357] feat(eventhandling): allows to use EventProcessor with StateManager
• [#3102] Introduce Message#payloadAs(Type, Converter)
• [#722] Introduce class-level @Command, @Event, and @Query annotations
• Add Async (Annotated) Message Handler test suite
• Feature/handler test case
• Introduce CommandDispatcher and ProcessingContext usage validation for command-flow
• [#3401] Introduce the CommandDispatcher
• Introduce special First and Latest TrackingToken instances
• Introduce FirstTrackingToken and LatestTrackingToken (#3552)

📈 Enhancements

• Clean-up new Distributed Command Bus solution
• [#3399] AxonServerConnector for the DistributedCommandBus
• Wire the AxonServerConnector instead of the AxonServerCommandBus
• [#3076] Numerous Axon Server Spring Boot Auto Configuration fixes
• [#3098] refactor(event-processing): revise EventProcessors - replace EventHandlerInvoker with EventHandlingComponent
• [#3098] refactor!: remove TrackingEventProcessor and set PooledStreamingEventProcessor as a default
• feat(event-sourcing): support @EventCriteriaBuilder detection in nested classes
• feat(eventhandling): change default SequencingPolicy to SequentialPolicy
• ModellingConfigurer - simplified "root-level" entity registration
• [#3607] feat(modelling): ModellingConfigurer - simplified "root-level" entity registration
• Revise SequencingPolicy implementations
• [#3641] feat(eventhandling): SequencingPolicy - add ProcessingContext as a parameter
• Rewrite Serializers to Converters
• [#3102] The JacksonConverter implementation
• [#3102] Pass through on the PassThroughConverter
• [#3102] Remove TestConverter
• [#3102] Allow for Type on Converters
• [#3102] Rename Message#getPayloadType to Message#payloadType
• [#3102] Use Type and Converter for Message#withConvertedPayload
• [#3102] Remember converted payloads in the GenericMessage
• [#3102] Deprecate EventData and remove LegacyJpaEventStorageEngine
• [#3102] Replace DomainEventEntry for AggregateBasedEventEntry and fine-tune AggregateBasedJpaEventStorageEngine
• [#3102 / #3167 / #3239] Remove AxonServerEventStore and related tools in favor of AxonServerEventStorageEngine
• [#3102] Remove the XStreamSerializer
• [#3102] Remove Message and Converter serialization specific methods
• [#3102] Reintroduce Converter layering and Converter Spring Boot autoconfiguration
• [#3102] Add Serializer-to-Converter documentation
• [#3103] Align MessageDispatchInterceptor and MessageHandlerInterceptor with Async Native API
• Convert payload before extracting id from message for AnnotatedEntityMetamodel
• Feature/remove message generic
• Change update checker request parameters
• Store non-domain Events without aggregateIdentifier and sequenceNumber
• Increase batched event processing parallelization
• Use @Nonnull and @Nullable through Message implementation
• Move tag resolution responsibility from EventStoreTransaction to EventStore
• [#3253] Move TagResolver from DefaultEventStoreTransaction to SimpleEventStore
• Rename Message#getIdentifier to Message#identifier
• Rename Message#getPayload to Message#payload
• Rename Message#getMetaData to Message#metaData
• Rename EventMessage#getTimestamp, QueryMessage#getResponseType(), and SubscriptionQueryMessage#getUpdateResponseType()
• Streamline EventProcessor tests
• Expand the MessageTestSuite

📖 Documentation

• Add Command Bus / Command Gateway section to the api-changes.md
• [#3408] Add Command Dispatching and Handling section to api-changes.md

🪲 Bug fixes

• fix(eventhandling): EventHandlingComponent#sequenceIdentifierFor returns Optional instead of the value inside
• fix(test): resolve non-deterministic race condition in AccessSerializingRepositoryTest
• [#3483] Minor SimpleEventStore change - use EventStorageEngine i.o. UnitOfWorkFactory on EventStore#publish without ProcessingContext.
• Fix minor generic mismatches allowed by javac, but not by ecj
• ECJ compiler fix in the AnnotatedHandlerInspector
• Consider switching from h2 to TestContainer tests to avoid build pipeline blocking
• [#3623] Add HSQLDB container and use it in JDBCEventStorageEngineTest

🪲 Dependency upgrades

• Bump the maven-dependencies group across 1 directory with 25 updates
• Bump slackapi/slack-github-action from 1.27.0 to 2.1.1 in the github-dependencies group
• Bump the maven-dependencies group with 4 updates
• Bump the maven-dependencies group with 6 updates
• Bump actions/checkout from 4 to 5 in the github-dependencies group
• [Bump the maven-dependencies group with 11 updates](https://github.com/AxonFramework/...

Axon Framework v4.12.1

🔨 Breaking changes

If your application uses the JobRunrEventScheduler or JobRunrDeadlineManager, be sure to upgrade to JobRunr 8!
This dependency upgrade pull request for Axon Framework 4.12.0 upgraded the version of JobRunr, which is not backwards compatible.

🪲 Bug fixes

• [#3565] Several Axon Framework Update Checker fixes #3574
• UpdateCheckerHttpClient unable to report usage data, does not follow redirect #3565

❤️ Contributors

We'd like to thank all the contributors who worked on this release!

• @smcvb

Axon Framework v4.12.0

Update Checker Notice

This release introduces the "Axon Framework Update Checker," which report the Axon Framework version and anonymized machine identifier to AxonIQ Servers.
In return, the Update Checker receives information about version updates and potential vulnerabilities, reporting this to the Axon Framework application.
For more details on what it does, why we added it, what you get in return, and how you can configure it, can be found on this page.

🔨 Breaking changes

If your application uses the JobRunrEventScheduler or JobRunrDeadlineManager, be sure to upgrade to JobRunr 8!
This dependency upgrade pull request for Axon Framework 4.12.0 upgraded the version of JobRunr, which is not backwards compatible.

⭐ Features

• #3543 Update Checker with Anonymous Usage Analytics
• #3556 - Introduce the TopologyChangeListener

📈 Enhancements

• #3431 Added caching for unknown classes
• #3530 Incompatibility of MessageAuthorizationDispatchInterceptor and Tracing (DataDog)
• #3549 Spring Authorization intercepting simplification

🪲 Bug fixes

• #3551 - TrackingEventProcessor does not restart after janitor timeout interruption
• #3532 Duplicate call to Eventstream.excludePayloadType() in EventBuffer.skipMessagesWithPayloadTypeOf()
• #3533 Remove duplicate call to Eventstream.excludePayloadType when skipping an UnknownSerializedType

📖 Documentation

• #3374 docs: fix broken link for allocation-size details in "Auto-increment and sequences" section
• #3391 Spring Boot App Fails to Start: Missing RuntimeDomain Class from Protobuf After Axonframework Update from 4.10.3 to 4.11.1
• #3518 Upcasting snapshots documentation
• #3531 docs(event-snapshots): add warning - make it clear that SnapshotFilter implementations should check the aggregate type
• #3534 docs(known-issues): describe Protobuf version conflicts with Axon Server Connector
• #3546 Add Snapshot Event Upcasting section and SnapshotFilter usage warning

🛠️ Dependency upgrades

The following dependency updates were included in this release:

• #3282 Bump the maven-dependencies group with 8 updates
• #3300 Bump the maven-dependencies group with 3 updates
• #3301 Bump com.mchange:c3p0 from 0.11.0-pre1 to 0.11.0-pre2
• #3303 Bump the maven-dependencies group with 3 updates
• #3321 Bump the maven-dependencies group with 6 updates
• #3330 Bump the maven-dependencies group with 4 updates
• #3341 Bump the maven-dependencies group with 5 updates
• #3347 Bump the maven-dependencies group with 2 updates
• #3359 Bump the maven-dependencies group with 4 updates
• #3368 Bump the maven-dependencies group with 7 updates
• #3386 Bump the maven-dependencies group with 3 updates
• #3387 Bump actions/setup-java from 4.7.0 to 4.7.1 in the github-dependencies group
• #3406 Bump the maven-dependencies group with 4 updates
• #3416 Bump the maven-dependencies group across 1 directory with 3 updates
• #3419 Bump com.mysql:mysql-connector-j from 9.2.0 to 9.3.0 in the maven-dependencies group
• #3430 Bump the maven-dependencies group with 4 updates
• #3441 Bump the maven-dependencies group with 4 updates
• #3445 Bump the maven-dependencies group across 1 directory with 4 updates
• #3446 Bump the maven-dependencies group with 2 updates
• #3448 Bump the maven-dependencies group with 2 updates
• #3453 Bump the maven-dependencies group with 5 updates
• #3462 Bump the maven-dependencies group with 2 updates
• #3472 Bump org.postgresql:postgresql from 42.7.6 to 42.7.7
• #3476 Bump the maven-dependencies group with 5 updates
• #3537 Bump the maven-dependencies group across 1 directory with 17 updates
• #3548 Bump the maven-dependencies group across 1 directory with 8 updates

❤️ Contributors

We'd like to thank all the contributors who worked on this release!

• @MateuszNaKodach
• @OLibutzki
• @abuijze
• @hahawin
• @smcvb

Axon Framework v4.11.3

🪲 Bug fixes

• Fix interruption handling in message handling #3542
• Unexpected Error Handling behavior with Spring Retry and Timeouts #3519

❤️ Contributors

We'd like to thank all the contributors who worked on this release!

• @CodeDrivenMitch

Axon Framework v5.0.0 - Milestone 2

The second milestone of Axon Framework 5 is finally here!
The list below contains all the features, enhancements, bugs, and documentation changes we've done.
For those looking to experiment with this milestone, be sure to check out the Getting Started section of AxonIQ Docs.

🪲 Bug fixes

• fix: AxonTestFixture works with SpringAxonApplication
• Ignore installations without user.home
• Register start/shutdown handlers of "local" Components as SmartLifecycle beans
• Remove axon-configuration dependency from Spring, Spring Boot, and Axon Server Connector modules

❤️ Contributors

We'd like to thank all the contributors who worked on this release!

• @CodeDrivenMitch
• @MateuszNaKodach
• @smcvb

Axon Framework v5.0.0 - Milestone 2

The second milestone of Axon Framework 5 is finally here!
The list below contains all the features, enhancements, bugs, and documentation changes we've done.
For those looking to experiment with this milestone, be sure to check out the Getting Started section of AxonIQ Docs.

⭐ Features

• Implement Axon Server-based Event Store using new API
• [#3239] Introduce the AxonServerEventStorageEngine
• [#3075] Implement Spring-based ComponentRegistry, LifecycleRegistry, ApplicationConfigurer, and AxonConfiguration
• [#3239] Enforce ConsistencyMarker as the final message for EventStorageEngine#source invocations
• Implement AxonServerEventStorageEngine#tokenAt operation once Axon Server supports this
• [#3239] The ComponentFactory, AxonServerEventStorageEngineFactory, and Axon Server ConfigurationEnhancer
• Event Sourcing Handler support for evolved state return
• MessageStream - add peek method
• [#3068] Declarable entity modeling
• Creational command handlers for (immutable) entities
• Annotated entity modelling
• Implement AnnotationBasedEventSourcedEntityFactory
• Implement new EntityModule structure for registering entities
• Rename EntityModel to EntityMetamodel across the codebase
• Update Checker with Anonymous Usage Analytics
• [#3402] feat: MessagingConfigurer can override MessageTypeResolver + NamespaceMessageTypeResolver implementation
• Configuration uses instance-of checks for Component retrieval
• [#3434] Do Class#isAssignableFrom to retrieve components and match decorators in the Configurer
• [#3433] Remove Conflict Resolution and Target Aggregate Versioning
• [#3459] feat: MessageStream - add peek method
• [#3313] Enable tests for record support
• Remove Aggregate Versioning and Conflict Resolution

📈 Enhancements

• Revise Aggregate Modelling
• Redefine command model creation policy flow
• Use EntityId on non-collection Aggregate Members for routing
• Non-String Aggregate Identifiers
• Revisit Aggregate Polymorphism
• Rethink use and intent of AggregateFactory
• Revise use of Aggregate Member ForwardingMode
• Split ChildEntityMatcher for clearer message forwarding
• Rename Message Handler interfaces or Message Handler annotations to ensure they don't clash
• Validate if we can implement EventSink#publish(String, List<EventMessage<?>>) on the SimpleEventStore
• Add ProcessingContext parameter to the EventGateway
• [#3425 and #3243] Align the EventGateway and EventSink API with CommandGateway and CommandBus
• refactor: introduce eventstreaming package in messaging module
• [#3098] feat: revise EventProcessors - remove LegacyUnitOfWork in favor of UnitOfWork
• [#3098] feat: revise EventProcessors - replace TransactionManager with UnitOfWork
• [#3098] refactor: PooledStreamingEventProcessor - replace StreamableMessageSource with StreamableEventSource
• [#3098] refactor:EventProcessors - remove inheritance from AbstractEventProcessor
• Special Token Positions - Rename tail to first and head to latest
• Remove SourcingCondition#end
• [#3424] Remove SourcingCondition#end
• Remove ? extends from many MessageStream results
• Only use Jakarta for nullability annotations
• Make all components use the ProcessingContext
• Rename EventSourcedComponent to EntityEvolvingComponent
• Adjust MetaData to a Map<String, String>
• [#3423] Adjust MetaData to contain String values
• [#3102] Converter and ContentConverterType clean-up
• [#3102] Mark the Serializer flow as deprecated
• Add ComponentRegistry#registerIfNotPresent methods
• Add support for generic component registration with TypeReference
• Remove Lifecycle interface, StartHandler annotation, and ShutdownHandler annotation
• [#3425] Test util clean-up
• Axon Server for DCB integration tests

📖 Documentation

• Validate api-changes.md file
• [#3382] Add missing, and fine-tune existing, api-changes sections
• Add Update Checker mention to the README.md

🪲 Bug fixes

• Fix flaky StorageEngineTestSuite test, and disable AS download message
• fix: flaky AggregateBasedStorageEngineTestSuite - wait for commit
• Check for @EntityCreator method is not detecting return type correctly
• [#3503] fix: Check for @EntityCreator method is not detecting return type correctly
• Fix exceptions not being propagates from start handlers

❤️ Contributors

We'd like to thank all the contributors who worked on this release!

• @abuijze
• @CodeDrivenMitch
• @MateuszNaKodach
• @smcvb
• @zambrovski

Axon Framework v4.11.2

⭐ Features

• [#3170] Persistent streams - auto configuration #3339
• [#3170] Persistent streams - automatic configuration #3184
• Persistent streams - automatic configuration #3170

📈 Enhancements

• Ignore aggregates that have been AggregateLifecycle#markDeleted when using the Create-if-missing policy. #3333
• Split default Avro schema store creation from the schema scan #3329
• Separate AvroSchemaScan based detection of schemas and creation of a default Avro SchemaStore #3328
• Proper handling of attempts to recreate event sourcing aggregates marked as deleted #3323

🪲 Bug fixes

• [#3385] Align interceptor behavior for Aggregate Members #3404
• CommandHandlerInterceptor on Aggregate Member only called if Aggregate has CommandHandlerInterceptor as well #3385
• Fix default Snapshotter throwing IndexOutOfBoundsException #3375
• fix Correlation data table #3370
• Fixes subscription query update permits issue #3356
• [#3171] Support @CreationPolicy annotated interface methods again #3335
• Reset the Coordinator's processing gate if the Coordinator was aborted and rescheduled #3307

❤️ Contributors

We'd like to thank all the contributors who worked on this release!

• @zambrovski
• @smcvb
• @MGathier
• @rsobies
• @corradom
• @abuijze
• @CodeDrivenMitch