4.16.0.RELEASE

major changes to the Spring Tools 4 for Eclipse distribution

• updated to Eclipse 2022-09 release (new and noteworthy)
• new distribution build for Linux on ARM included now (experimental) - downloads are here
• m2e 2.0.5 release included in distribution builds for Eclipse

important note for upgrading from a previous installation on Eclipse

• Due to the major update to m2e 2.0 that comes with the Eclipse 2022-09 release, several additional third-party m2e connector extensions that the Spring Tools 4 for Eclipse distribution had installed in the past are no longer compatible. This prevents the automatic update of installations of Spring Tools prior to 4.16.0 to the new release. There are two options how to mitigate this:
  • start with a fresh install of Spring Tools 4.16.0 for Eclipse
  • go to the Preferences -> Installation Details and uninstall the following features via the Uninstall button, then restart the IDE, do a Check for Updates, and do the upgrade.
    • Maven Integration for Eclipse JDT Annotation Processor Toolkit
    • m2e connector for mavenarchiver pom properties
    • m2e connector for build-helper-maven-plugin
• Eclipse 2022-09 comes with ANSI coloring for the console view built-in, so we don't need to third-party extension Ansi Console anymore. If you upgrade an existing installation, please uninstall this extension prior or after upgrading Spring Tools 4 for Eclipse.

fixes and improvements

• (Spring Boot) fixed: Workspace symbol null on custom annotations (#818)
• (Spring Boot) fixed: organize imports causes communication issues with the language server (#806)
• (Spring Boot) enhancement: Quick fix action to refactor field injection to constructor injection (#522)
• (Spring Boot) fixed: Workspace symbol null on custom annotations (#818)
• (Eclipse) enhancement: adapt boot launch support to new platform-enabled ansi console coloring support (#823)
• (Eclipse) fixed: cleanup/remove more entries from Error Log (#802)
• (Eclipse) fixed: switch live hovers in Eclipse to direct-connect after launch (#832)
• (Eclipse) fixed: add switch in boot launch config to enable/disable automatic live hover connect (#843)
• (Eclipse) fixed: live hover auto-connect on launch should check for actuators (#842)
• (Eclipse) enhancement: spring tool suite linux arm distribution (#841)
• (VSCode) fixed: Extension never activates, throwing error "Header must provide a Content-Length property" (#811)
• (Concourse) fixed: Concourse extension doesn't know about "check_every: never" for a resource (#816)
• (Concourse) fixed: Concourse extension doesn't know about "depth" for a semver resource (#830)
• (Concourse) fixed: Concourse extension doesn't recognize URL for "registry_mirror" with a docker-image resource (#831)
• (Concourse) fixed: vscode-concourse: support both .yml and .yaml files (#838) - contributed by bmalehorn
• (Concourse) fixed: vscode-concourse: add language icon for pipelines & tasks (#839) - contributed by bmalehorn

4.15.3.RELEASE

fixes and improvements

• (Spring Boot) fixed: Spring Boot Tools slow down code complete (#808)
• (Language Server) fixed: Copied files should retain copyright ownership (#807)

known issues

• (Eclipse): Due to additional third-party add-ons being installed by default into the Spring Tools 4 for Eclipse distribution, the Maven POM file editor still uses the old XML editor when selecting the source page of that editor (instead of the new, XML language server based one). You can workaround that by manually opening the pom.xml file with Open With and select the Generic Editor.

4.15.2.RELEASE

fixes and improvements

• (Spring Boot) fixed: Validation errors on @@ placeholders in YAML editor (#711)
• (VSCode) fixed: Live process is not auto connected when app is launched in internalConsole (#794)
• (Eclipse) fixed: Cleanup / reduce verbosity of diagnostic output in Eclipse logs (#798)
• (Eclipse) fixed: Not properly disposed SWT resource was caused Spring Starter Project (#797)
• (Eclipse) fixed: avoid live hover connection attempt when deploying app to docker without actuator (#716)
• (Eclipse) fixed: Devtools integration with boot dash docker is broken (#724)
• (Eclipse) fixed: Pause / Resume for docker boot dash malfunctions (#783)
• (Concourse) fixed: Concourse extension (in vscode) doesn't allow on_error in Steps (#737)

known issues

• (Eclipse): Due to additional third-party add-ons being installed by default into the Spring Tools 4 for Eclipse distribution, the Maven POM file editor still uses the old XML editor when selecting the source page of that editor (instead of the new, XML language server based one). You can workaround that by manually opening the pom.xml file with Open With and select the Generic Editor.

4.15.1.RELEASE

fixes and improvements

• (Spring Boot) fixed: VScode incorrectly suggests removing @Autowired annotation from methods (#787)
• (Spring Boot) fixed: VScode quick fix should not suggest removing @Autowired annotation from JUnit tests (#786)
• (Eclipse) fixed: Not able to extract the new version of spring-tool-suite-4-4.15.0.RELEASE-e4.24.0-win32.win32.x86_64.self-extracting.jar on windows 11 (#788)
• (Eclipse) fixed: Cannot open Spring Boot Language Server Java Editor settings menu (#789)

known issues

• (Eclipse): Due to additional third-party add-ons being installed by default into the Spring Tools 4 for Eclipse distribution, the Maven POM file editor still uses the old XML editor when selecting the source page of that editor (instead of the new, XML language server based one). You can workaround that by manually opening the pom.xml file with Open With and select the Generic Editor.

4.15.0.RELEASE

major changes to the Spring Tools 4 for Eclipse distribution

• updated to Eclipse 2022-06 release (new and noteworthy)

fixes and improvements

• (Spring Boot) fixed: vscode-sts: an edge case of workspace symbol for @PutMapping (#781)
• (VSCode) fixed: Failed to refresh live data from process 12704 - com.xxxx.xx.xxx.BillingServiceApp after retries: 10 (#748)
• (Eclipse) fixed: The Spring Boot Language Server is not immediately shutdown after closing the last open editor to avoid the need to restart the server when you open the next file (related to #568)
• (Eclipse) fixed: When opening symbols, open the compilation unit from the relevant project (#769)
• (Eclipse) fixed: The issue with the internal web browser not being able to open HTTP URLs on macOS got fixed. If you prefer to use the internal browser instead of an external one, you can make that switch in the preferences.
• (Concourse) fixed: Update Concourse registry-image schema (#777)
• (Concourse) fixed: Add registry_mirror & across as a known properties (#752)

known issues

• (Eclipse): Due to additional third-party add-ons being installed by default into the Spring Tools 4 for Eclipse distribution, the Maven POM file editor still uses the old XML editor when selecting the source page of that editor (instead of the new, XML language server based one). You can workaround that by manually opening the pom.xml file with Open With and select the Generic Editor.

4.14.1.RELEASE

import changes

• (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.

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) improvement: add extension APIs to get live data (#751) - contributed by @Eskibear

known issues

• (Eclipse): There is an issue with the internal web browser opening HTTP URLs on macOS, showing an error popup from the operating system instead of opening the HTTP URL. Therefore, the default setting has changed to use the external system browser by default.

• (Spring Boot): Importing Spring Guides into the IDE using Gradle can result in an exception error dialog showing up, complaining about an incompatible class file version. This is most likely due to the IDE running on the embedded JDK17 by default, but the Gradle version in some Spring Guides is not yet updated to a JDK17-compatible version of Gradle. If you face this issue, please import the Spring Guide using Gradle, as usual, ignore the error dialog, and switch to Gradle 7.3 in the gradle-wrapper.properties file of the imported project. Then trigger a refresh of the Gradle project using the context menu.

4.14.0.RELEASE

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)

known issues

• (Eclipse): There is an issue with the internal web browser opening HTTP URLs on macOS, showing an error popup from the operating system instead of opening the HTTP URL. Therefore, the default setting has changed to use the external system browser by default.

• (Spring Boot): Importing Spring Guides into the IDE using Gradle can result in an exception error dialog showing up, complaining about an incompatible class file version. This is most likely due to the IDE running on the embedded JDK17 by default, but the Gradle version in some Spring Guides is not yet updated to a JDK17-compatible version of Gradle. If you face this issue, please import the Spring Guide using Gradle, as usual, ignore the error dialog, and switch to Gradle 7.3 in the gradle-wrapper.properties file of the imported project. Then trigger a refresh of the Gradle project using the context menu.

4.13.1.RELEASE

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)

known issues

• (Eclipse): There is an issue with the internal web browser opening HTTP URLs on macOS, showing an error popup from the operating system instead of opening the HTTP URL. The best way to workaround this is to switch to an external browser in the preferences via Preferences -> General -> Web Browser and then select Use External Web Browser.

• (Spring Boot): Importing Spring Guides into the IDE using Gradle can result in an exception error dialog showing up, complaining about an incompatible class file version. This is most likely due to the IDE running on the embedded JDK17 by default, but the Gradle version in some Spring Guides is not yet updated to a JDK17-compatible version of Gradle. If you face this issue, please import the Spring Guide using Gradle, as usual, ignore the error dialog, and switch to Gradle 7.3 in the gradle-wrapper.properties file of the imported project. Then trigger a refresh of the Gradle project using the context menu.

4.13.0.RELEASE

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

known issues

• (Eclipse): Updates from STS <= 4.12.1 to the latest Eclipse 2021-1 release will not work due to an incompatibility between the slightly outdated m2e.egit integration that was part of STS <= 4.12.1 distributions and the newest EGit version that is included in Eclipse 2021-12. Therefore the automatic update will only update the Spring Tools components from 4.12.1 to 4.13.0, without also updating the underlying Eclipse release. If you want to updat the underlying Eclipse release as well, please uninstall the m2e.egit integration feature as a first step using the About dialog, then Installation Details, select the Maven SCM Handler for EGit feature and uninstall it. After that, updates to the latest Eclipse platform should work again.

• (Eclipse): There is an issue with the internal web browser opening HTTP URLs on macOS, showing an error popup from the operating system instead of opening the HTTP URL. The best way to workaround this is to switch to an external browser in the preferences via Preferences -> General -> Web Browser and then select Use External Web Browser.

• (Spring Boot): Importing Spring Guides into the IDE using Gradle can result in an exception error dialog showing up, complaining about an incompatible class file version. This is most likely due to the IDE running on the embedded JDK17 by default, but the Gradle version in some Spring Guides is not yet updated to a JDK17-compatible version of Gradle. If you face this issue, please import the Spring Guide using Gradle, as usual, ignore the error dialog, and switch to Gradle 7.3 in the gradle-wrapper.properties file of the imported project. Then trigger a refresh of the Gradle project using the context menu.

4.12.1.RELEASE

This is an update release for the Eclipse-based distributions only. The VSCode and Theia extensions remain unchanged.

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)

known issues

• (Eclipse): There is an issue with the internal web browser opening HTTP URLs on macOS, showing an error popup from the operating system instead of opening the HTTP URL. The best way to workaround this is to switch to an external browser in the preferences via Preferences -> General -> Web Browser and then select Use External Web Browser.