What's Changed

• [#15309] Pass correct version to add_operand by @rigazilla in #15310
• [#15139] Fixes 500 REST endpoint with local server by @karesti in #15140
• Bump version.spring from 6.2.8 to 6.2.9 by @dependabot[bot] in #15315
• [#15264] Configurable version by system properties by @jabolina in #15267
• [#15325] RollingUpgradeHandlerExtension should lazily create the handler by @wburns in #15326
• [#14716] Increasing coverage by @jabolina in #15251
• [#15272] Add RollingUpgrade support for XSite integration tests by @wburns in #15273
• Bump io.smallrye:jandex from 3.3.2 to 3.4.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #15337
• [#15193] Invalidation mode anomalies in transactional cache by @pruivo in #15286
• Bump commons-io:commons-io from 2.19.0 to 2.20.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #15328
• [#15321] No timeout for cdi test with expectedException by @rigazilla in #15322
• Bump io.smallrye.reactive:mutiny from 2.9.2 to 2.9.3 by @dependabot[bot] in #15260
• Bump io.smallrye.reactive:mutiny from 2.9.3 to 2.9.4 by @dependabot[bot] in #15345
• [#15335] RestProtobufResourceTest is not ran by @wburns in #15336
• [#15305] Rolling Upgrade tests versions are overridden by INFINISPAN_TEST_SERVER_DIR env var by @wburns in #15312
• [#15346] HotRodFlagCacheOperations should run in rolling upgrade clus… by @wburns in #15347
• Bump version.spring.boot from 3.5.3 to 3.5.4 by @dependabot[bot] in #15350
• Bump com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations from 2.40.0 to 2.41.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #15351
• Bump org.xerial:sqlite-jdbc from 3.50.2.0 to 3.50.3.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #15330
• Bump version.jackson from 2.19.1 to 2.19.2 by @dependabot[bot] in #15327
• [#15293] Remove 12.x deprecations by @tristantarrant in #15294
• Support "latest" images by @tristantarrant in #15363
• [#15359] Remove synchronized blocks in StateConsumerImpl by @pruivo in #15360
• Bump org.apache.commons:commons-compress from 1.27.1 to 1.28.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #15372
• [#15348] Include IT suffix to test classes by @jabolina in #15349
• Bump org.infinispan:infinispan-console from 16.0.1.Final to 16.0.2.Final by @dependabot[bot] in #15380
• [#15362] New threads to ignore by @tristantarrant in #15383
• [#15352] Add publisher and expiration tests by @jabolina in #15353
• Bump org.hibernate.models:hibernate-models from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #15355
• Bump org.junit:junit-bom from 5.13.2 to 5.13.4 by @dependabot[bot] in #15338
• [#15287] Make traces current while communication runs against JGroups by @ahus1 in #15288
• [#15386] Rolling upgrade tests accept JGroups stack by @jabolina in #15387
• [#15378] Release locks on force commit or rollback by @pruivo in #15379
• [#15375] Add bouncycastle to the native CLI by @tristantarrant in #15376
• [#15200] Fix Persistence SQL tests to work properly with various DBs by @Crumby in #15201
• Updates Quarkus to 3.25.0 by @karesti in #15106
• [#15394] Fixes ProgrammaticSearchMappingProvider use case by @karesti in #15377
• Bump com.oracle.database.jdbc:ojdbc11 from 23.5.0.24.07 to 23.9.0.25.07 by @dependabot[bot] in #15411
• Bump actions/download-artifact from 4 to 5 by @dependabot[bot] in #15413
• [#15415] Build clean up by @tristantarrant in #15416
• Bump version.quarkus from 3.25.0 to 3.25.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #15421
• Bump version.quarkus from 3.25.1 to 3.25.2 by @dependabot[bot] in #15433
• Bump io.lettuce:lettuce-core from 6.7.1.RELEASE to 6.8.0.RELEASE by @dependabot[bot] in #15434
• Bump org.hibernate.search:hibernate-search-bom from 8.0.0.Final to 8.1.0.Final by @dependabot[bot] in #15436
• [#15424] Per-version server test artifacts by @tristantarrant in #15425

Full Changelog: 15.0.17.Final...16.0.0.Dev03