bugfix:

• [#7104] fix impl of supportsSourceType is not defined
• [#7116] fix prefix: seata.server.raft.ssl should not be null
• [#7112] remove the condition that IPv6 must start with fe80
• [#7107] fix the issue of failing to parse annotations in TCC mode when the business object is a proxy object.
• [#7124] fix GlobalTransactionScanner.afterPropertiesSet need do scanner check
• [#7135] treating a unique index conflict during rollback as a dirty write
• [#7150] fix the time difference between the raft node and the follower node cannot synchronize data
• [#7102] fix modify XA mode pre commit transaction from commit phase to before close phase
• [#7188] fix missing branchType in BusinessActionContext
• [#7219] fix NotSupportException can't be thrown out in some cases
• [#7241] upgrade tomcat-embed-core to 9.0.99 to fix CVE-2025-24813
• [#7272] fix transaction info not display
• [#7277] fix MySQL jdbc driver can't be found properly
• [#7355] fix the drivers in the lib folder cannot be loaded
• [#7397] resolve NullPointer and port binding errors

optimize:

• [#6828] spring boot compatible with file.conf and registry.conf
• [#7012] when the number of primary keys exceeds 1000, use union to concatenate the SQL
• [#7075] support fast fail when channel is null
• [#7089] support instance registration to the registry center
• [#7093] add a test workflow for JDK 21
• [#7088] expand english abbreviations to full words
• [#7064] remove unnecessary null checks
• [#7130] expose some keepalive-related configuration for Druid, Hikari, and DBCP
• [#7131] remove org.codehaus.jackson dependency
• [#7134] upgrade tomcat-embed to 9.0.98
• [#7138] remove org.eclipse.jetty dependency
• [#7139] upgrade xstream to 1.4.21
• [#7141] remove unused dependencies
• [#7142] upgrade commons-compress to 1.27.1
• [#7149] fix abnormal character display issues in ./distribution/NOTICE.md
• [#7170] optimize seata client I/O processing by adjusting thread count
• [#7187] add dependency-check-maven plugin to detect potential vulnerabilities
• [#7179] use shared EventLoop for TM and RM clients to reduce thread overhead and improve performance
• [#7194] automatically skipping proxy for datasource of type AbstractRoutingDataSource
• [#7215] intercept non-leader write requests of the console trx operation
• [#7224] optimize changeGlobalStatus interface of console
• [#7222] in raft mode add the vgroup field to global lock
• [#7229] update Notice
• [#7234] discover the raft leader node from the naming server
• [#7242] optimize: optimize ratelimit bucketTokenNumPerSecond config
• [#7259] transfer the logback appender configuration to the yml configuration
• [#6998] skip sending some request if client-version is v0
• [#7250] compatible for client_protocol_version > server_protocol_version
• [#7242] optimize ratelimit bucketTokenNumPerSecond config
• [#7232] add license header
• [#7260] upgrade npmjs dependencies
• [#7284] add dependency-check profile
• [#7073] support virtual thread,replace the usages of synchronized with ReentrantLock
• [#7037] support fury undolog parser
• [#7069] Raft cluster mode supports address translation
• [#7171] support EpollEventLoopGroup in client
• [#7223] apply Spotless with Palantir java format
• [#7133] Implement scheduled handling for end status transaction
• [#7183] client discovers raft nodes through the naming server
• [#7182] use the ip of the peerId as the host of the raft node
• [#7181] raft implements domain name resolution and selects peerId
• [#7283] optimize: use retry logic to end global trx
• [#7287] fix some js resource missing license header
• [#7392] upgrade npmjs dependencies
• [#7394] optimize license header check
• [#7395] upgrade tomcat to 9.0.105
• [#6069] Upgrade Guava dependencies to fix security vulnerabilities
• [#6145] upgrade jettison to 1.5.4
• [#6144] upgrade nacos client to 1.4.6
• [#6147] upgrade kafka-clients to 3.6.1
• [#6338] upgrade jackson version
• [#7201] upgrade protobuf.version to 3.25.5
• [#7214] upgrade jackson to 2.18.3
• [#7249] upgrade axios to 1.8.2
• [#7226] write better docs for CONTRIBUTING.md

test:

• [#7092] fix the issue of NacosMockTest failing to run
• [#7098] Add unit tests for the seata-common module
• [#7160] Refactored tests in LowerCaseLinkHashMapTest to use parameterized unit testing
• [#7167] Refactored tests in DurationUtilTest to simplify and use parameterized unit testing
• [#7189] fix the runtime exception in the saga test case
• [#7197] add some UT cases for config module
• [#7199] add some UT cases for client processor
• [#7203] Refactored tests in rm.datasource.sql.Druid and seata-sqlparser-druid module
• [#7221] add UT for gRPC Encoder/Decode
• [#7227] add mock test for seata-discovery-consul module
• [[#7233][https://github.com/apache/incubator-seata/pull/7233]] add mock test for seata-discovery-etcd3
• [#7243] add unit test for seata-discovery-eureka
• [#7255] more unit tests for Discovery-Eureka [#7320] Refactor log testing to use ListAppender for more accurate and efficient log capture

refactor:

• [#7145] refactor the code that does not comply with license requirements
• [#7236] changed folder name in org.apache.seata.server.storage.raft.sore from sore to store

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