Version Notes 6.9.0

These are the notes for the Struts version 6.9.0 distribution.

For prior notes in this release series, see Version Notes 6.8.0

Maven users

If you are a Maven user, you might want to get started using the Maven Archetype.

Maven Dependency

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>
  <artifactId>struts2-core</artifactId>
  <version>6.9.0</version>
</dependency>

You can also use Struts Archetype Catalog like below

Struts Archetype Catalog

mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeCatalog=http://struts.apache.org/

[WW-2963] - default-action-ref fails to find wildcard named actions
[WW-4421] - Duplicate @Action value annotation check skipped
[WW-4428] - Add support for new Java 8 LocalDate and LocalDateTime to the JSON plugin
[WW-5514] - Allow configuration of ProxyUtil for cache types
[WW-5535] - HttpMethodInterceptor does not work with action names using wildcards
[WW-5537] - Memory Leak
[WW-5549] - i18n interceptor param supportedLocale (when set) disables request_locale param functionality
[WW-5581] - Freemarker 2.3.33 causes bytecode version compatibility issues when transitively provided by Struts 6
[WW-5602] - Can't specify empty charset on StreamResult
[WW-5616] - JakartaStreamMultiPartRequest warns on file delete if the file doesnt exist

[WW-4291] - Can't use Spring bean name for type convertor
[WW-5560] - Support IntelliJ Platform 2024.2
[WW-5563] - Support IntelliJ Platform 2025.3
[WW-5573] - Avoid false positive warning if file doesn't exist
[WW-5610] - Extend Struts 7 forwards compatibility to further interceptors
[WW-5618] - Make JSON plugin more configurable
[WW-5621] - Harden XML parsers against Entity Expansion (Billion Laughs) attacks
[WW-5622] - Optimize Hibernate proxy detection to avoid repeated exception overhead when Hibernate is absent