Upgrade sdk/spring to Jackson 3 to align with Spring Boot 4

eng/lintingconfigs/revapi/track2/revapi.json

@@ -369,6 +369,12 @@
           "new" : "parameter void com.azure.spring.integration.core.handler.DefaultMessageHandler::setSendCallback(===java.util.function.BiConsumer<java.lang.Void, java.lang.Throwable>===)",
           "justification" : "Replace deprecated parameterType"
         },
+        {
+          "code" : "java.field.typeChanged",
+          "old" : "field com.azure.spring.cloud.feature.management.filters.TargetingFilter.OBJECT_MAPPER",
+          "new" : "field com.azure.spring.cloud.feature.management.filters.TargetingFilter.OBJECT_MAPPER",
+          "justification" : "Jackson 2 to Jackson 3 migration to align with Spring Boot 4: the field type changed from com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper to tools.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper. This is an intentional breaking change for these beta Spring libraries (see issue 49538)."
+        },
         {
           "code": "java.method.numberOfParametersChanged",
           "old": {

eng/versioning/external_dependencies.txt

@@ -294,7 +294,6 @@ storage_com.microsoft.azure:azure-storage;8.6.6
 # sdk\spring\pom.xml modules
 springboot4_com.diffplug.spotless:spotless-maven-plugin;2.30.0
 springboot4_com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations;2.21
-springboot4_com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind;2.21.4
 springboot4_com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jdk8;2.21.4
 springboot4_com.fasterxml.jackson.module:jackson-module-parameter-names;2.21.4
 springboot4_com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-maven-plugin;4.8.2.0
@@ -346,6 +345,7 @@ springboot4_org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-data-redis;4.1.0
 springboot4_org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-docker-compose;4.1.0
 springboot4_org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-health;4.1.0
 springboot4_org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-http-converter;4.1.0
+springboot4_org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-jackson;4.1.0
 springboot4_org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-jackson2;4.1.0
 springboot4_org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-jdbc;4.1.0
 springboot4_org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-jms;4.1.0
@@ -387,6 +387,7 @@ springboot4_org.springframework:spring-web;7.0.8
 springboot4_org.springframework:spring-webmvc;7.0.8
 springboot4_org.testcontainers:testcontainers-junit-jupiter;2.0.5
 springboot4_org.testcontainers:testcontainers-azure;2.0.5
+springboot4_tools.jackson.core:jackson-databind;3.1.4
 springboot4_jakarta.annotation:jakarta.annotation-api;3.0.0
 springboot4_ch.qos.logback:logback-classic;1.5.34
 springboot4_org.awaitility:awaitility;4.3.0

sdk/spring/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -19,6 +19,80 @@ This section includes changes in `spring-cloud-azure-autoconfigure` module.
 
 #### Other Changes
 
+- Upgrade to Jackson 3 to align with Spring Boot 4 ([#49538](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/issues/49538)).
+
+### Spring Messaging Azure
+
+This section includes changes in `spring-messaging-azure` module.
+
+#### Other Changes
+
+- Upgrade to Jackson 3 to align with Spring Boot 4 ([#49538](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/issues/49538)).
+
+### Spring Messaging Azure Event Hubs
+
+This section includes changes in `spring-messaging-azure-eventhubs` module.
+
+#### Other Changes
+
+- Upgrade to Jackson 3 to align with Spring Boot 4 ([#49538](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/issues/49538)).
+
+### Spring Messaging Azure Service Bus
+
+This section includes changes in `spring-messaging-azure-servicebus` module.
+
+#### Other Changes
+
+- Upgrade to Jackson 3 to align with Spring Boot 4 ([#49538](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/issues/49538)).
+
+### Spring Messaging Azure Storage Queue
+
+This section includes changes in `spring-messaging-azure-storage-queue` module.
+
+#### Other Changes
+
+- Upgrade to Jackson 3 to align with Spring Boot 4 ([#49538](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/issues/49538)).
+
+### Spring Cloud Azure App Configuration Config
+
+This section includes changes in `spring-cloud-azure-appconfiguration-config` module.
+
+#### Other Changes
+
+- Upgrade to Jackson 3 to align with Spring Boot 4 ([#49538](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/issues/49538)).
+
+### Spring Cloud Azure App Configuration Config Web
+
+This section includes changes in `spring-cloud-azure-appconfiguration-config-web` module.
+
+#### Other Changes
+
+- Upgrade to Jackson 3 to align with Spring Boot 4 ([#49538](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/issues/49538)).
+
+### Spring Cloud Azure Feature Management
+
+This section includes changes in `spring-cloud-azure-feature-management` module.
+
+#### Other Changes
+
+- Upgrade to Jackson 3 to align with Spring Boot 4 ([#49538](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/issues/49538)).
+
+### Spring Cloud Azure Actuator Autoconfigure
+
+This section includes changes in `spring-cloud-azure-actuator-autoconfigure` module.
+
+#### Other Changes
+
+- Upgrade to Jackson 3 to align with Spring Boot 4 ([#49538](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/issues/49538)).
+
+### Spring Cloud Azure Docker Compose
+
+This section includes changes in `spring-cloud-azure-docker-compose` module.
+
+#### Other Changes
+
+- Upgrade to Jackson 3 to align with Spring Boot 4 ([#49538](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/issues/49538)).
+
 ## 6.4.0 (2026-06-01)
 - This release is compatible with Spring Boot 3.5.0-3.5.14. (Note: 3.5.x (x>14) should be supported, but they aren't tested with this release.)
 - This release is compatible with Spring Cloud 2025.0.0-2025.0.2. (Note: 2025.0.x (x>2) should be supported, but they aren't tested with this release.)

sdk/spring/spring-cloud-azure-actuator-autoconfigure/pom.xml

@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+      <groupId>tools.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-      <version>2.21.4</version> <!-- {x-version-update;springboot4_com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind;external_dependency} -->
+      <version>3.1.4</version> <!-- {x-version-update;springboot4_tools.jackson.core:jackson-databind;external_dependency} -->
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.azure.spring</groupId>
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
           <rules>
             <bannedDependencies>
               <includes>
-                <include>com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:[2.21.4]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;springboot4_com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind;external_dependency} -->
+                <include>tools.jackson.core:jackson-databind:[3.1.4]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;springboot4_tools.jackson.core:jackson-databind;external_dependency} -->
                 <include>org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-actuator:[4.1.0]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;springboot4_org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-actuator;external_dependency} -->
                 <include>org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure:[4.1.0]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;springboot4_org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure;external_dependency} -->
               </includes>

sdk/spring/spring-cloud-azure-appconfiguration-config-web/src/main/java/com/azure/spring/cloud/appconfiguration/config/web/implementation/AppConfigurationEndpoint.java

@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@
 import com.azure.spring.cloud.appconfiguration.config.implementation.properties.AppConfigurationStoreMonitoring.AccessToken;
 import com.azure.spring.cloud.appconfiguration.config.implementation.properties.AppConfigurationStoreMonitoring.PushNotification;
 import com.azure.spring.cloud.appconfiguration.config.implementation.properties.ConfigStore;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import tools.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import tools.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import tools.jackson.databind.json.JsonMapper;
 
 /**
  * Common class for authenticating refresh requests.
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ public class AppConfigurationEndpoint {
 
     private final JsonNode validationResponse;
 
-    private static final ObjectMapper OBJECT_MAPPER = new ObjectMapper();
+    private static final ObjectMapper OBJECT_MAPPER = JsonMapper.builder().build();
 
     /**
      * Base Authentication for refresh endpoints.
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ public AppConfigurationEndpoint(HttpServletRequest request, List<ConfigStore> co
         if (data != null) {
             JsonNode syncTokenNode = data.findValue(SYNC_TOKEN);
             if (syncTokenNode != null) {
-                sToken = syncTokenNode.asText();
+                sToken = syncTokenNode.asString();
             }
         }
 
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ public AppConfigurationEndpoint(HttpServletRequest request, List<ConfigStore> co
 
         JsonNode requestSubject = requestBody.findValue(CONFIG_STORE_SUBJECT);
         if (requestSubject != null) {
-            String subject = requestSubject.asText();
+            String subject = requestSubject.asString();
             endpoint = URI.create(subject);
         } else {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Refresh request missing topic field.");

sdk/spring/spring-cloud-azure-appconfiguration-config-web/src/main/java/com/azure/spring/cloud/appconfiguration/config/web/implementation/pushbusrefresh/AppConfigurationBusRefreshEndpoint.java

@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@
 
 import com.azure.spring.cloud.appconfiguration.config.implementation.properties.AppConfigurationProperties;
 import com.azure.spring.cloud.appconfiguration.config.web.implementation.AppConfigurationEndpoint;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+import tools.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 
 /**
  * Endpoint for requesting new configurations to be loaded in all registered instances on the Bus.
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public String refresh(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response,
         JsonNode validationResponse = endpoint.getValidationResponse();
         if (validationResponse != null) {
             // Validating Web Hook
-            return VALIDATION_CODE_FORMAT_START + validationResponse.asText() + "\"}";
+            return VALIDATION_CODE_FORMAT_START + validationResponse.asString() + "\"}";
         } else {
             if (!endpoint.authenticate()) {
                 return HttpStatus.UNAUTHORIZED.getReasonPhrase();

sdk/spring/spring-cloud-azure-appconfiguration-config-web/src/main/java/com/azure/spring/cloud/appconfiguration/config/web/implementation/pushrefresh/AppConfigurationRefreshEndpoint.java

@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@
 
 import com.azure.spring.cloud.appconfiguration.config.implementation.properties.AppConfigurationProperties;
 import com.azure.spring.cloud.appconfiguration.config.web.implementation.AppConfigurationEndpoint;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+import tools.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 
 /**
  * Endpoint for requesting new configurations to be loaded.
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public String refresh(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response,
         JsonNode validationResponse = endpoint.getValidationResponse();
         if (validationResponse != null) {
             // Validating Web Hook
-            return String.format("%s%s\"}", VALIDATION_CODE_FORMAT_START, validationResponse.asText());
+            return String.format("%s%s\"}", VALIDATION_CODE_FORMAT_START, validationResponse.asString());
         } else {
             if (!endpoint.authenticate()) {
                 return HttpStatus.UNAUTHORIZED.getReasonPhrase();

sdk/spring/spring-cloud-azure-appconfiguration-config-web/src/test/java/com/azure/spring/cloud/appconfiguration/config/web/implementation/AppConfigurationEndpointTest.java

@@ -24,13 +24,11 @@
 import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
 
 import com.azure.spring.cloud.appconfiguration.config.implementation.properties.ConfigStore;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerationException;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParseException;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import tools.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import tools.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import tools.jackson.databind.json.JsonMapper;
 
 public class AppConfigurationEndpointTest {
 
@@ -49,7 +47,7 @@ public class AppConfigurationEndpointTest {
 
     private static final String GET_TEST_INVALID = "src/test/resources/webHookInvalid.json";
 
-    private ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+    private ObjectMapper mapper = JsonMapper.builder().build();
 
     @BeforeEach
     public void setup() throws IOException {
@@ -59,7 +57,7 @@ public void setup() throws IOException {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void validationParsing() throws JsonGenerationException, JsonMappingException, IOException {
+    public void validationParsing() throws IOException {
         String requestBody = mapper.readValue(new File(GET_TEST_VALIDATION), JsonNode.class).toString();
         when(lines.collect(Mockito.any())).thenReturn(requestBody);
 
@@ -77,7 +75,7 @@ public void validationParsing() throws JsonGenerationException, JsonMappingExcep
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void validationInvalidParsing() throws JsonGenerationException, JsonMappingException, IOException {
+    public void validationInvalidParsing() throws IOException {
         String requestBody = mapper.readValue(new File(GET_TEST_INVALID), JsonNode.class).toString();
         when(lines.collect(Mockito.any())).thenReturn(requestBody);
         List<ConfigStore> configStores = new ArrayList<ConfigStore>();
@@ -88,7 +86,7 @@ public void validationInvalidParsing() throws JsonGenerationException, JsonMappi
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void authenticate() throws JsonParseException, JsonMappingException, IOException {
+    public void authenticate() throws IOException {
         String requestBody = mapper.readValue(new File(GET_TEST_VALIDATION), JsonNode.class).toString();
         when(lines.collect(Mockito.any())).thenReturn(requestBody);
 
@@ -158,7 +156,7 @@ public void authenticate() throws JsonParseException, JsonMappingException, IOEx
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void triggerRefresh() throws JsonParseException, JsonMappingException, IOException {
+    public void triggerRefresh() throws IOException {
         String requestBody = mapper.readValue(new File(GET_TEST_VALIDATION), JsonNode.class).toString();
         when(lines.collect(Mockito.any())).thenReturn(requestBody);
         List<ConfigStore> configStores = new ArrayList<ConfigStore>();

sdk/spring/spring-cloud-azure-appconfiguration-config/pom.xml

@@ -76,6 +76,22 @@
       <artifactId>spring-cloud-azure-autoconfigure</artifactId>
       <version>7.4.0-beta.1</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure.spring:spring-cloud-azure-autoconfigure;current} -->
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>tools.jackson.core</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+      <version>3.1.4</version> <!-- {x-version-update;springboot4_tools.jackson.core:jackson-databind;external_dependency} -->
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- Keep jackson-annotations on the 2.x line because Jackson 3 databind still consumes
+         com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation APIs. Jackson's migration guide explicitly says
+         jackson-annotations stays on the 2.x line in 3.x, and the project README says
+         databind still depends on jackson-annotations:
+         https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson/tree/main/jackson3/MIGRATING_TO_JACKSON_3.md
+         https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson/tree/main/README.md -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
+      <version>2.21</version> <!-- {x-version-update;springboot4_com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations;external_dependency} -->
+    </dependency>
     <!-- Test Dependencies -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
@@ -177,7 +193,7 @@
             <bannedDependencies>
               <includes>
                 <include>com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:[2.21]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;springboot4_com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations;external_dependency} -->
-                <include>com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:[2.21.4]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;springboot4_com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind;external_dependency} -->
+                <include>tools.jackson.core:jackson-databind:[3.1.4]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;springboot4_tools.jackson.core:jackson-databind;external_dependency} -->
                 <include>org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-actuator:[4.1.0]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;springboot4_org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-actuator;external_dependency} -->
                 <include>org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-autoconfigure:[4.1.0]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;springboot4_org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-autoconfigure;external_dependency} -->
                 <include>org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-context:[5.0.2]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;springboot4_org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-context;external_dependency} -->

sdk/spring/spring-cloud-azure-appconfiguration-config/src/main/java/com/azure/spring/cloud/appconfiguration/config/implementation/AppConfigurationFeatureManagementPropertySource.java

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 
 import org.springframework.core.env.EnumerablePropertySource;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.json.JsonMapper;
+import tools.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import tools.jackson.databind.json.JsonMapper;
 
 /**
  * Azure App Configuration PropertySource unique per Store Label(Profile) combo.