.github/dco.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-require:
-  members: false

.github/dependabot.template.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+version: 2
+
+registries:
+  spring-milestones:
+    type: maven-repository
+    url: https://repo.spring.io/milestone
+
+updates:
+
+  - package-ecosystem: "gradle"
+    target-branch: "main"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "daily"
+      time: "03:00"
+      timezone: "Etc/UTC"
+    labels: [ "type: dependency-upgrade" ]
+    registries:
+      - "spring-milestones"
+    ignore:
+      - dependency-name: "com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt" # nimbus-jose-jwt gets updated when oauth2-oidc-sdk is updated to ensure consistency
+      - dependency-name: "org.python:jython" # jython updates break integration tests
+      - dependency-name: "org.apache.directory.server:*" # ApacheDS version > 1.5.5 contains break changes
+      - dependency-name: "org.junit:junit-bom"
+        update-types: [ "version-update:semver-major" ]
+      - dependency-name: "org.mockito:mockito-bom"
+        update-types: [ "version-update:semver-major" ]
+      - dependency-name: "*"
+        update-types: [ "version-update:semver-major", "version-update:semver-minor" ]
+
+  #    GitHub Actions
+
+  - package-ecosystem: github-actions
+    target-branch: "main"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: weekly
+    ignore:
+      - dependency-name: "sjohnr/*"
+      - dependency-name: "spring-io/*"
+      - dependency-name: "spring-security-release-tools/*"

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ registries:
     url: https://repo.spring.io/milestone
 updates:
   - package-ecosystem: gradle
-    target-branch: 6.5.x
+    target-branch: 5.8.x
     directory: /
     schedule:
       interval: daily
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ updates:
       - dependency-name: com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt
       - dependency-name: org.python:jython
       - dependency-name: org.apache.directory.server:*
-      - dependency-name: org.apache.directory.shared:*
       - dependency-name: org.junit:junit-bom
         update-types:
           - version-update:semver-major
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ updates:
           - version-update:semver-major
           - version-update:semver-minor
   - package-ecosystem: gradle
-    target-branch: 6.4.x
+    target-branch: 6.2.x
     directory: /
     schedule:
       interval: daily
@@ -45,7 +44,6 @@ updates:
       - dependency-name: com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt
       - dependency-name: org.python:jython
       - dependency-name: org.apache.directory.server:*
-      - dependency-name: org.apache.directory.shared:*
       - dependency-name: org.junit:junit-bom
         update-types:
           - version-update:semver-major
@@ -71,7 +69,6 @@ updates:
       - dependency-name: com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt
       - dependency-name: org.python:jython
       - dependency-name: org.apache.directory.server:*
-      - dependency-name: org.apache.directory.shared:*
       - dependency-name: org.junit:junit-bom
         update-types:
           - version-update:semver-major
@@ -97,7 +94,6 @@ updates:
       - dependency-name: com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt
       - dependency-name: org.python:jython
       - dependency-name: org.apache.directory.server:*
-      - dependency-name: org.apache.directory.shared:*
       - dependency-name: org.junit:junit-bom
         update-types:
           - version-update:semver-major
@@ -111,8 +107,27 @@ updates:
       - dependency-name: '*'
         update-types:
           - version-update:semver-major
-          - version-update:semver-minor
 
+  - package-ecosystem: github-actions
+    target-branch: 5.8.x
+    directory: /
+    schedule:
+      interval: weekly
+    labels:
+      - 'type: task'
+      - 'in: build'
+    ignore:
+      - dependency-name: sjohnr/*
+  - package-ecosystem: github-actions
+    target-branch: 6.2.x
+    directory: /
+    schedule:
+      interval: weekly
+    labels:
+      - 'type: task'
+      - 'in: build'
+    ignore:
+      - dependency-name: sjohnr/*
   - package-ecosystem: github-actions
     target-branch: 6.3.x
     directory: /
@@ -123,6 +138,16 @@ updates:
       - 'in: build'
     ignore:
       - dependency-name: sjohnr/*
+  - package-ecosystem: github-actions
+    target-branch: main
+    directory: /
+    schedule:
+      interval: weekly
+    labels:
+      - 'type: task'
+      - 'in: build'
+    ignore:
+      - dependency-name: sjohnr/*
   - package-ecosystem: github-actions
     target-branch: docs-build
     directory: /
@@ -131,6 +156,8 @@ updates:
     labels:
       - 'type: task'
       - 'in: build'
+    ignore:
+      - dependency-name: sjohnr/*
 
   - package-ecosystem: npm
     target-branch: docs-build
@@ -157,3 +184,19 @@ updates:
     labels:
       - 'type: task'
       - 'in: build'
+  - package-ecosystem: npm
+    target-branch: 6.2.x
+    directory: /docs
+    schedule:
+      interval: weekly
+    labels:
+      - 'type: task'
+      - 'in: build'
+  - package-ecosystem: npm
+    target-branch: 5.8.x
+    directory: /docs
+    schedule:
+      interval: weekly
+    labels:
+      - 'type: task'
+      - 'in: build'

.github/workflows/codeql.yml

@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-name: "CodeQL Advanced"
-
-on:
-  push:
-  pull_request:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  schedule:
-    # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/writing-workflows/choosing-when-your-workflow-runs/events-that-trigger-workflows#schedule
-    - cron: '0 5 * * *'
-permissions: read-all
-jobs:
-  codeql-analysis-call:
-    permissions:
-      actions: read
-      contents: read
-      security-events: write
-    uses: spring-io/github-actions/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml@1

.github/workflows/continuous-integration-workflow.yml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch: # Manual trigger
 
 env:
-  DEVELOCITY_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.DEVELOCITY_ACCESS_KEY }}
+  DEVELOCITY_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -39,25 +39,64 @@ jobs:
             toolchain: 17
     with:
       java-version: ${{ matrix.java-version }}
-      test-args: --refresh-dependencies -PforceMavenRepositories=snapshot,https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots -PisOverrideVersionCatalog -PtestToolchain=${{ matrix.toolchain }} -PspringFrameworkVersion=7.+ -PreactorVersion=2025.+ -PspringDataVersion=2025.+ --stacktrace
+      test-args: --refresh-dependencies -PforceMavenRepositories=snapshot -PisOverrideVersionCatalog -PtestToolchain=${{ matrix.toolchain }} -PspringFrameworkVersion=6.2.+ -PreactorVersion=2023.0.+ -PspringDataVersion=2024.0.+ --stacktrace
     secrets: inherit
+  check-samples:
+    name: Check Samples
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'spring-projects' }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up gradle
+        uses: spring-io/spring-gradle-build-action@v2
+        with:
+          java-version: 17
+          distribution: temurin
+      - name: Check samples project
+        env:
+          LOCAL_REPOSITORY_PATH: ${{ github.workspace }}/build/publications/repos
+          SAMPLES_DIR: ../spring-security-samples
+        run: |
+          # Extract version from gradle.properties
+          version=$(cat gradle.properties | grep "version=" | awk -F'=' '{print $2}')
+          # Extract samplesBranch from gradle.properties
+          samples_branch=$(cat gradle.properties | grep "samplesBranch=" | awk -F'=' '{print $2}')
+          ./gradlew publishMavenJavaPublicationToLocalRepository
+          ./gradlew cloneRepository -PrepositoryName="spring-projects/spring-security-samples" -Pref="$samples_branch" -PcloneOutputDirectory="$SAMPLES_DIR"
+          ./gradlew --refresh-dependencies --project-dir "$SAMPLES_DIR" --init-script spring-security-ci.gradle -PlocalRepositoryPath="$LOCAL_REPOSITORY_PATH" -PspringSecurityVersion="$version" test integrationTest
+  check-tangles:
+    name: Check for Package Tangles
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'spring-projects' }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up gradle
+        uses: spring-io/spring-gradle-build-action@v2
+        with:
+          java-version: 17
+          distribution: temurin
+      - name: Check for package tangles
+        env:
+          STRUCTURE101_LICENSEID: ${{ secrets.STRUCTURE101_LICENSEID }}
+        run: |
+          ./gradlew check s101 -Ps101.licenseId="$STRUCTURE101_LICENSEID" --stacktrace
   deploy-artifacts:
     name: Deploy Artifacts
-    needs: [ build, test]
+    needs: [ build, test, check-samples, check-tangles ]
     uses: spring-io/spring-security-release-tools/.github/workflows/deploy-artifacts.yml@v1
     with:
       should-deploy-artifacts: ${{ needs.build.outputs.should-deploy-artifacts }}
     secrets: inherit
   deploy-docs:
     name: Deploy Docs
-    needs: [ build, test ]
+    needs: [ build, test, check-samples, check-tangles ]
     uses: spring-io/spring-security-release-tools/.github/workflows/deploy-docs.yml@v1
     with:
       should-deploy-docs: ${{ needs.build.outputs.should-deploy-artifacts }}
     secrets: inherit
   deploy-schema:
     name: Deploy Schema
-    needs: [ build, test ]
+    needs: [ build, test, check-samples, check-tangles ]
     uses: spring-io/spring-security-release-tools/.github/workflows/deploy-schema.yml@v1
     with:
       should-deploy-schema: ${{ needs.build.outputs.should-deploy-artifacts }}
@@ -77,7 +116,7 @@ jobs:
   send-notification:
     name: Send Notification
     needs: [ perform-release ]
-    if: ${{ !success() }}
+    if: ${{ failure() || cancelled() }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Send Notification

.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge-forward.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+name: Auto Merge Forward Dependabot Commits
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+concurrency:
+  group: dependabot-auto-merge-forward
+
+jobs:
+  get-supported-branches:
+    uses: spring-io/spring-security-release-tools/.github/workflows/retrieve-spring-supported-versions.yml@actions-v1
+    with:
+      project: spring-security
+      type: oss
+      repository_name: spring-projects/spring-security
+
+  auto-merge-forward-dependabot:
+    name: Auto Merge Forward Dependabot Commits
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [get-supported-branches]
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        id: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GH_ACTIONS_REPO_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Setup GitHub User
+        id: setup-gh-user
+        run: |
+          git config user.name 'github-actions[bot]'
+          git config user.email 'github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com'
+      - name: Run Auto Merge Forward
+        id: run-auto-merge-forward
+        uses: spring-io/spring-security-release-tools/.github/actions/auto-merge-forward@actions-v1
+        with:
+          branches: 5.8.x,${{ needs.get-supported-branches.outputs.supported_versions }},main
+          from-author: dependabot[bot]
+  notify_result:
+    name: Check for failures
+    needs: [ auto-merge-forward-dependabot ]
+    if: failure()
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      actions: read
+    steps:
+      - name: Send Slack message
+        uses: Gamesight/slack-workflow-status@v1.3.0
+        with:
+          repo_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          slack_webhook_url: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
+          channel: '#spring-security-ci'
+          name: 'CI Notifier'

.github/workflows/gradle-wrapper-upgrade-execution.yml

@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ on:
   schedule:
     - cron:  '0 2 * * *' # 2am UTC
   workflow_dispatch:
-permissions:
+
-  pull-requests: write
 jobs:
   upgrade_wrapper:
     name: Execution

.github/workflows/mark-duplicate-dependabot-prs.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+name: Mark Duplicate Dependabot PRs
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [closed]
+
+jobs:
+  check_duplicate_prs:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true && github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'dependabot[bot]'
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Extract Dependency Name from PR Title
+        id: extract
+        run: |
+          PR_TITLE="${{ github.event.pull_request.title }}"
+          DEPENDENCY_NAME=$(echo "$PR_TITLE" | awk -F ' from ' '{print $1}')
+          echo "dependency_name=$DEPENDENCY_NAME" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Find PRs
+        id: find_duplicates
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          PRS=$(gh pr list --search 'milestone:${{ github.event.pull_request.milestone.title }} is:merged in:title "${{ steps.extract.outputs.dependency_name }}"' --json number --jq 'map(.number) | join(",")')
+          echo "prs=$PRS" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Label Duplicate PRs
+        if: steps.find_duplicates.outputs.prs != ''
+        env:
+          PRS: ${{ steps.find_duplicates.outputs.prs }}
+          CURRENT_PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          for i in ${PRS//,/ }
+          do
+            if [ ! $i -eq "$CURRENT_PR_NUMBER" ]; then
+              echo "Marking PR $i as duplicate"
+              gh pr edit "$i" --add-label "status: duplicate"
+              gh pr comment "$i" --body "Duplicate of #$CURRENT_PR_NUMBER"
+            fi
+          done

.github/workflows/merge-dependabot-pr.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+name: Merge Dependabot PR
+
+on: pull_request_target
+
+run-name: Merge Dependabot PR ${{ github.ref_name }}
+
+permissions: write-all
+
+jobs:
+  merge-dependabot-pr:
+    name: Merge Dependabot PR
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'dependabot[bot]' && github.repository == 'spring-projects/spring-security' }}
+    steps:
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          show-progress: false
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          distribution: temurin
+          java-version: 17
+
+      - name: Set Milestone to Dependabot Pull Request
+        id: set-milestone
+        run: |
+          if test -f pom.xml
+          then
+            CURRENT_VERSION=$(mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression="project.version" -q -DforceStdout)
+          else
+            CURRENT_VERSION=$(cat gradle.properties | sed -n '/^version=/ { s/^version=//;p }')
+          fi
+          export CANDIDATE_VERSION=${CURRENT_VERSION/-SNAPSHOT}
+          MILESTONE=$(gh api repos/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/milestones --jq 'map(select(.due_on != null and (.title | startswith(env.CANDIDATE_VERSION)))) | .[0] | .title')
+          
+          if [ -z $MILESTONE ]
+          then
+            gh run cancel ${{ github.run_id }}
+            echo "::warning title=Cannot merge::No scheduled milestone for $CURRENT_VERSION version"
+          else
+            gh pr edit ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }} --milestone $MILESTONE
+            echo mergeEnabled=true >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Merge Dependabot pull request
+        if: steps.set-milestone.outputs.mergeEnabled
+        run: gh pr merge ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }} --auto --rebase
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_ACTIONS_REPO_TOKEN }}
+  send-notification:
+    name: Send Notification
+    needs: [ merge-dependabot-pr ]
+    if: ${{ failure() || cancelled() }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Send Notification
+        uses: spring-io/spring-security-release-tools/.github/actions/send-notification@v1
+        with:
+          webhook-url: ${{ secrets.SPRING_SECURITY_CI_GCHAT_WEBHOOK_URL }}

.github/workflows/pr-build-workflow.yml

@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ name: PR Build
 
 on: pull_request
 
+env:
+  DEVELOCITY_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
@@ -18,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
           java-version: '17'
           distribution: 'temurin'
       - name: Build with Gradle
-        run: ./gradlew clean build -PskipCheckExpectedBranchVersion --continue --scan
+        run: ./gradlew clean build -PskipCheckExpectedBranchVersion --continue
   generate-docs:
     name: Generate Docs
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest

.github/workflows/release-scheduler.yml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         # List of active maintenance branches.
-        branch: [ main, 6.5.x, 6.4.x, 6.3.x ]
+        branch: [ main, 6.3.x, 6.2.x, 5.8.x ]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - name: Checkout

.github/workflows/trigger-dependabot-auto-merge-forward.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+name: Trigger Dependabot Auto Merge Forward
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - '*.x'
+
+permissions: read-all
+
+jobs:
+  trigger-worflow:
+    name: Trigger Workflow
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ github.event.commits[0].author.username == 'dependabot[bot]' && github.repository == 'spring-projects/spring-security' }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        id: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - id: trigger
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_ACTIONS_REPO_TOKEN }}
+        run: gh workflow run dependabot-auto-merge-forward.yml -r main

.github/workflows/update-antora-ui-spring.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         branch: [ '5.8.x', '6.2.x', '6.3.x', 'main' ]
     steps:
-      - uses: spring-io/spring-doc-actions/update-antora-spring-ui@e28269199d1d27975cf7f65e16d6095c555b3cd0
+      - uses: spring-io/spring-doc-actions/update-antora-spring-ui@852920ba3fb1f28b35a2f13201133bc00ef33677
         name: Update
         with:
           docs-branch: ${{ matrix.branch }}
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     name: Update on docs-build
     steps:
-      - uses: spring-io/spring-doc-actions/update-antora-spring-ui@e28269199d1d27975cf7f65e16d6095c555b3cd0
+      - uses: spring-io/spring-doc-actions/update-antora-spring-ui@852920ba3fb1f28b35a2f13201133bc00ef33677
         name: Update
         with:
           docs-branch: 'docs-build'

.github/workflows/update-dependabot.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+name: Update dependabot.yml
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+
+  get-supported-branches:
+    uses: spring-io/spring-security-release-tools/.github/workflows/retrieve-spring-supported-versions.yml@actions-v1
+    with:
+      project: spring-security
+      type: oss
+      repository_name: spring-projects/spring-security
+
+  main:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [get-supported-branches]
+    if: ${{ (github.repository == 'spring-projects/spring-security') && (github.ref == 'refs/heads/main') }}
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 1
+      - uses: spring-io/spring-security-release-tools/.github/actions/generate-dependabot-yml@actions-v1
+        name: Update dependabot.yml
+        with:
+          gradle-branches: ${{ needs.get-supported-branches.outputs.supported_versions }},main
+          github-actions-branches: ${{ needs.get-supported-branches.outputs.supported_versions }},main,docs-build
+          gh-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v5
+        with:
+          commit_message: Update dependabot.yml

CONTRIBUTING.adoc

@@ -79,10 +79,7 @@ See https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/tree/main#building-from-s
 
 The wiki pages https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/wiki/Code-Style[Code Style] and https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/wiki/IntelliJ-IDEA-Editor-Settings[IntelliJ IDEA Editor Settings] define the source file coding standards we use along with some IDEA editor settings we customize.
 
-Additionally, since Streams are https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/issues/7154[much slower] than `for` loops, please use them judiciously.
+To format the code as well as check the style, run `./gradlew format check`.
-The team may ask you to change to a `for` loop if the given code is along a hot path.
-
-To format the code as well as check the style, run `./gradlew format && ./gradlew check`.
 
 [[submit-a-pull-request]]
 === Submit a Pull Request
@@ -92,30 +89,41 @@ We are excited for your pull request! :heart:
 Please do your best to follow these steps.
 Don't worry if you don't get them all correct the first time, we will help you.
 
-1. [[sign-cla]] All commits must include a __Signed-off-by__ trailer at the end of each commit message to indicate that the contributor agrees to the Developer Certificate of Origin.
+[[sign-cla]]
-For additional details, please refer to the blog post https://spring.io/blog/2025/01/06/hello-dco-goodbye-cla-simplifying-contributions-to-spring[Hello DCO, Goodbye CLA: Simplifying Contributions to Spring].
+1. If you have not previously done so, please sign the https://cla.spring.io/sign/spring[Contributor License Agreement].
-2. [[create-an-issue-list]] Must you https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/issues/new/choose[create an issue] first? No, but it is recommended for features and larger bug fixes. It's easier discuss with the team first to determine the right fix or enhancement.
+You will be reminded automatically when you submit the PR.
+[[create-an-issue]]
+1. Must you https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/issues/new/choose[create an issue] first? No, but it is recommended for features and larger bug fixes. It's easier discuss with the team first to determine the right fix or enhancement.
 For typos and straightforward bug fixes, starting with a pull request is encouraged.
 Please include a description for context and motivation.
 Note that the team may close your pull request if it's not a fit for the project.
-3. [[choose-a-branch]] Always check out the branch indicated in the milestone and submit pull requests against it (for example, for milestone `5.8.3` use the `5.8.x` branch).
+[[choose-a-branch]]
+1. Always check out the branch indicated in the milestone and submit pull requests against it (for example, for milestone `5.8.3` use the `5.8.x` branch).
 If there is no milestone, choose `main`.
 Once merged, the fix will be forwarded-ported to applicable branches including `main`.
-4. [[create-a-local-branch]] Create a local branch
+[[create-a-local-branch]]
+1. Create a local branch
 If this is for an issue, consider a branch name with the issue number, like `gh-22276`.
-5. [[write-tests]] Add documentation and JUnit Tests for your changes.
+[[write-tests]]
-6. [[update-copyright]] In all files you edited, if the copyright header is of the form 2002-20xx, update the final copyright year to the current year.
+1. Add documentation and JUnit Tests for your changes.
-7. [[add-since]] If on `main`, add `@since` JavaDoc attributes to new public APIs that your PR adds
+[[update-copyright]]
-8. [[change-rnc]] If you are updating the XSD, please instead update the RNC file and then run `./gradlew :spring-security-config:rncToXsd`.
+1. In all files you edited, if the copyright header is of the form 2002-20xx, update the final copyright year to the current year.
-9. [[format-code]] For each commit, build the code using `./gradlew format && ./gradlew check`.
+[[add-since]]
+1. If on `main`, add `@since` JavaDoc attributes to new public APIs that your PR adds
+[[change-rnc]]
+1. If you are updating the XSD, please instead update the RNC file and then run `./gradlew :spring-security-config:rncToXsd`.
+[[format-code]]
+1. For each commit, build the code using `./gradlew format check`.
 This command ensures the code meets most of <<code-style,the style guide>>; a notable exception is import order.
-10. [[commit-atomically]] Choose the granularity of your commits consciously and squash commits that represent
+[[commit-atomically]]
+1. Choose the granularity of your commits consciously and squash commits that represent
 multiple edits or corrections of the same logical change.
 See https://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Tools-Rewriting-History[Rewriting History section of Pro Git] for an overview of streamlining the commit history.
-11. [[format-commit-messages]] Format commit messages using 55 characters for the subject line, 72 characters per line
+[[format-commit-messages]]
+1. Format commit messages using 55 characters for the subject line, 72 characters per line
 for the description, followed by the issue fixed, for example, `Closes gh-22276`.
 See the https://git-scm.com/book/en/Distributed-Git-Contributing-to-a-Project#Commit-Guidelines[Commit Guidelines section of Pro Git] for best practices around commit messages, and use `git log` to see some examples.
-Favor imperative tense over present tense (use "Fix" instead of "Fixes"); avoid past tense (use "Fix" instead of "Fixed").
+Present tense is preferred.
 +
 [indent=0]
 ----

README.adoc

@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ See https://docs.spring.io/spring-security/reference/getting-spring-security.htm
 Be sure to read the https://docs.spring.io/spring-security/reference/[Spring Security Reference].
 Extensive JavaDoc for the Spring Security code is also available in the https://docs.spring.io/spring-security/site/docs/current/api/[Spring Security API Documentation].
 
-You may also want to check out https://docs.spring.io/spring-security/reference/whats-new.html[what's new in the latest release].
-
 == Quick Start
 See https://docs.spring.io/spring-security/reference/servlet/getting-started.html[Hello Spring Security] to get started with a "Hello, World" application.
 

acl/spring-security-acl.gradle

@@ -20,5 +20,4 @@ dependencies {
 	testImplementation "org.springframework:spring-test"
 
 	testRuntimeOnly 'org.hsqldb:hsqldb'
-	testRuntimeOnly 'org.junit.platform:junit-platform-launcher'
 }

acl/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/acls/AclEntryVoter.java

@@ -96,11 +96,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
  * All comparisons and prefixes are case sensitive.
  *
  * @author Ben Alex
- * @deprecated please use {@link AclPermissionEvaluator} instead. Spring Method Security
- * annotations may also prove useful, for example
- * {@code @PreAuthorize("hasPermission(#id, ObjectsReturnType.class, read)")}
  */
-@Deprecated
 public class AclEntryVoter extends AbstractAclVoter {
 
 	private static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(AclEntryVoter.class);

acl/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/acls/afterinvocation/AbstractAclProvider.java

@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 import org.springframework.security.access.AfterInvocationProvider;
 import org.springframework.security.access.ConfigAttribute;
-import org.springframework.security.acls.AclPermissionEvaluator;
 import org.springframework.security.acls.domain.ObjectIdentityRetrievalStrategyImpl;
 import org.springframework.security.acls.domain.SidRetrievalStrategyImpl;
 import org.springframework.security.acls.model.Acl;
@@ -40,11 +39,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
  * services.
  *
  * @author Ben Alex
- * @deprecated please use {@link AclPermissionEvaluator} instead. Spring Method Security
- * annotations may also prove useful, for example
- * {@code @PostAuthorize("hasPermission(filterObject, read)")}
  */
-@Deprecated
 public abstract class AbstractAclProvider implements AfterInvocationProvider {
 
 	protected final AclService aclService;

acl/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/acls/afterinvocation/AclEntryAfterInvocationCollectionFilteringProvider.java

@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import org.springframework.core.log.LogMessage;
 import org.springframework.security.access.AccessDeniedException;
 import org.springframework.security.access.AuthorizationServiceException;
 import org.springframework.security.access.ConfigAttribute;
-import org.springframework.security.acls.AclPermissionEvaluator;
 import org.springframework.security.acls.model.AclService;
 import org.springframework.security.acls.model.Permission;
 import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
@@ -63,11 +62,7 @@ import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
  *
  * @author Ben Alex
  * @author Paulo Neves
- * @deprecated please use {@link AclPermissionEvaluator} instead. Spring Method Security
- * annotations may also prove useful, for example
- * {@code @PostFilter("hasPermission(filterObject, read)")}
  */
-@Deprecated
 public class AclEntryAfterInvocationCollectionFilteringProvider extends AbstractAclProvider {
 
 	protected static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(AclEntryAfterInvocationCollectionFilteringProvider.class);

acl/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/acls/afterinvocation/AclEntryAfterInvocationProvider.java

@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import org.springframework.context.MessageSourceAware;
 import org.springframework.context.support.MessageSourceAccessor;
 import org.springframework.security.access.AccessDeniedException;
 import org.springframework.security.access.ConfigAttribute;
-import org.springframework.security.acls.AclPermissionEvaluator;
 import org.springframework.security.acls.model.AclService;
 import org.springframework.security.acls.model.Permission;
 import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
@@ -60,12 +59,7 @@ import org.springframework.security.core.SpringSecurityMessageSource;
  * granted and <code>null</code> will be returned.
  * <p>
  * All comparisons and prefixes are case sensitive.
- *
- * @deprecated please use {@link AclPermissionEvaluator} instead. Spring Method Security
- * annotations may also prove useful, for example
- * {@code @PostAuthorize("hasPermission(filterObject, read)")}
  */
-@Deprecated
 public class AclEntryAfterInvocationProvider extends AbstractAclProvider implements MessageSourceAware {
 
 	protected static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(AclEntryAfterInvocationProvider.class);

acl/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/acls/afterinvocation/ArrayFilterer.java

@@ -32,9 +32,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.log.LogMessage;
  *
  * @author Ben Alex
  * @author Paulo Neves
- * @deprecated please see {@code PostFilter}
  */
-@Deprecated
 class ArrayFilterer<T> implements Filterer<T> {
 
 	protected static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(ArrayFilterer.class);

acl/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/acls/afterinvocation/CollectionFilterer.java

@@ -31,9 +31,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.log.LogMessage;
  *
  * @author Ben Alex
  * @author Paulo Neves
- * @deprecated please see {@code PostFilter}
  */
-@Deprecated
 class CollectionFilterer<T> implements Filterer<T> {
 
 	protected static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(CollectionFilterer.class);

acl/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/acls/afterinvocation/Filterer.java

@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@ import java.util.Iterator;
  *
  * @author Ben Alex
  * @author Paulo Neves
- * @deprecated please use {@code PreFilter} and {@code @PostFilter} instead
  */
-@Deprecated
 interface Filterer<T> extends Iterable<T> {
 
 	/**

acl/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/acls/jdbc/JdbcAclService.java

@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ public class JdbcAclService implements AclService {
 	@Override
 	public List<ObjectIdentity> findChildren(ObjectIdentity parentIdentity) {
 		Object[] args = { parentIdentity.getIdentifier().toString(), parentIdentity.getType() };
-		List<ObjectIdentity> objects = this.jdbcOperations.query(this.findChildrenSql,
+		List<ObjectIdentity> objects = this.jdbcOperations.query(this.findChildrenSql, args,
-				(rs, rowNum) -> mapObjectIdentityRow(rs), args);
+				(rs, rowNum) -> mapObjectIdentityRow(rs));
 		return (!objects.isEmpty()) ? objects : null;
 	}
 

acl/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/acls/jdbc/JdbcMutableAclService.java

@@ -190,7 +190,8 @@ public class JdbcMutableAclService extends JdbcAclService implements MutableAclS
 	 * @return the primary key or null if not found
 	 */
 	protected Long createOrRetrieveClassPrimaryKey(String type, boolean allowCreate, Class idType) {
-		List<Long> classIds = this.jdbcOperations.queryForList(this.selectClassPrimaryKey, Long.class, type);
+		List<Long> classIds = this.jdbcOperations.queryForList(this.selectClassPrimaryKey, new Object[] { type },
+				Long.class);
 
 		if (!classIds.isEmpty()) {
 			return classIds.get(0);
@@ -241,8 +242,8 @@ public class JdbcMutableAclService extends JdbcAclService implements MutableAclS
 	 * @return the primary key or null if not found
 	 */
 	protected Long createOrRetrieveSidPrimaryKey(String sidName, boolean sidIsPrincipal, boolean allowCreate) {
-		List<Long> sidIds = this.jdbcOperations.queryForList(this.selectSidPrimaryKey, Long.class, sidIsPrincipal,
+		List<Long> sidIds = this.jdbcOperations.queryForList(this.selectSidPrimaryKey,
-				sidName);
+				new Object[] { sidIsPrincipal, sidName }, Long.class);
 		if (!sidIds.isEmpty()) {
 			return sidIds.get(0);
 		}

acl/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/acls/jdbc/JdbcAclServiceTests.java

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ public class JdbcAclServiceTests {
 		List<ObjectIdentity> result = new ArrayList<>();
 		result.add(new ObjectIdentityImpl(Object.class, "5577"));
 		Object[] args = { "1", "org.springframework.security.acls.jdbc.JdbcAclServiceTests$MockLongIdDomainObject" };
-		given(this.jdbcOperations.query(anyString(), any(RowMapper.class), eq(args))).willReturn(result);
+		given(this.jdbcOperations.query(anyString(), eq(args), any(RowMapper.class))).willReturn(result);
 		ObjectIdentity objectIdentity = new ObjectIdentityImpl(MockLongIdDomainObject.class, 1L);
 		List<ObjectIdentity> objectIdentities = this.aclService.findChildren(objectIdentity);
 		assertThat(objectIdentities).hasSize(1);

aspects/spring-security-aspects.gradle

@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ dependencies {
 	testImplementation "org.mockito:mockito-junit-jupiter"
 	testImplementation "org.springframework:spring-test"
 	testAspect sourceSets.main.output
-
-	testRuntimeOnly 'org.junit.platform:junit-platform-launcher'
 }
 
 compileAspectj.ajcOptions.outxmlfile = "META-INF/aop.xml"

aspects/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/authorization/method/aspectj/PreAuthorizeAspectTests.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2025 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ public class PreAuthorizeAspectTests {
 		protected void protectedMethod() {
 		}
 
-		@PreAuthorize("hasRole('A')")
+		@PreAuthorize("hasRole('X')")
 		void publicCallsPrivate() {
 			privateMethod();
 		}

build.gradle

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ plugins {
 
 apply plugin: 'io.spring.nohttp'
 apply plugin: 'locks'
+apply plugin: 's101'
 apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.root'
 apply plugin: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm'
 apply plugin: 'org.springframework.security.versions.verify-dependencies-versions'
@@ -109,10 +110,6 @@ nohttp {
 	source.builtBy(project(':spring-security-config').tasks.withType(RncToXsd))
 }
 
-tasks.named('checkstyleNohttp') {
-	maxHeapSize = '1g'
-}
-
 tasks.register('cloneRepository', IncludeRepoTask) {
 	repository = project.getProperties().get("repositoryName")
 	ref = project.getProperties().get("ref")
@@ -120,11 +117,16 @@ tasks.register('cloneRepository', IncludeRepoTask) {
 	outputDirectory = project.hasProperty("cloneOutputDirectory") ? project.file("$cloneOutputDirectory") : defaultDirectory
 }
 
+s101 {
+	repository = 'https://structure101.com/binaries/latest'
+	configurationDirectory = project.file("etc/s101")
+}
+
 wrapperUpgrade {
 	gradle {
 		'spring-security' {
 			repo = 'spring-projects/spring-security'
-			baseBranch = '6.3.x' // runs only on 6.3.x and the update is merged forward to main
+			baseBranch = '6.2.x' // runs only on 6.2.x and the update is merged forward to main
 		}
 	}
 }

buildSrc/build.gradle

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 plugins {
 	id "java-gradle-plugin"
-	id "groovy-gradle-plugin"
 	id "java"
 	id "groovy"
 }
@@ -77,7 +76,6 @@ dependencies {
 	implementation libs.com.github.spullara.mustache.java.compiler
 	implementation libs.io.spring.javaformat.spring.javaformat.gradle.plugin
 	implementation libs.io.spring.nohttp.nohttp.gradle
-	implementation libs.org.jetbrains.kotlin.kotlin.gradle.plugin
 	implementation (libs.net.sourceforge.htmlunit) {
 		exclude group: 'org.eclipse.jetty.websocket', module: 'websocket-client'
 	}
@@ -97,8 +95,6 @@ dependencies {
 	testImplementation 'org.mockito:mockito-core'
 	testImplementation 'org.mockito:mockito-junit-jupiter'
 	testImplementation libs.com.squareup.okhttp3.mockwebserver
-
-	testRuntimeOnly 'org.junit.platform:junit-platform-launcher'
 }
 
 

buildSrc/src/main/groovy/io/spring/gradle/convention/ManagementConfigurationPlugin.java

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public class ManagementConfigurationPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 				PublishingExtension publishing = project.getExtensions().getByType(PublishingExtension.class);
 				publishing.getPublications().withType(MavenPublication.class, (mavenPublication -> {
 					mavenPublication.versionMapping((versions) ->
-							versions.allVariants((versionMapping) -> versionMapping.fromResolutionResult())
+							versions.allVariants(versionMapping -> versionMapping.fromResolutionResult())
 					);
 				}));
 			});

buildSrc/src/main/groovy/io/spring/gradle/convention/RepositoryConventionPlugin.groovy

@@ -80,11 +80,6 @@ class RepositoryConventionPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 				}
 				url = 'https://repo.spring.io/release/'
 			}
-			forceMavenRepositories.findAll { it.startsWith('https://') || it.startsWith('file://') }.each { mavenUrl ->
-				maven {
-					url mavenUrl
-				}
-			}
 		}
 	}
 

buildSrc/src/main/groovy/io/spring/gradle/convention/SchemaZipPlugin.groovy

@@ -32,13 +32,10 @@ public class SchemaZipPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 				for (def key : schemas.keySet()) {
 					def shortName = key.replaceAll(/http.*schema.(.*).spring-.*/, '$1')
 					assert shortName != key
-					def schemaResourceName = schemas.get(key)
 					File xsdFile = module.sourceSets.main.resources.find {
-						it.path.endsWith(schemaResourceName)
+						it.path.endsWith(schemas.get(key))
-					}
-					if (xsdFile == null) {
-						throw new IllegalStateException("Could not find schema file for resource name " + schemaResourceName + " in src/main/resources")
 					}
+					assert xsdFile != null
 					schemaZip.into (shortName) {
 						duplicatesStrategy 'exclude'
 						from xsdFile.path

buildSrc/src/main/groovy/security-kotlin.gradle

@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile
-
-plugins {
-    id 'kotlin'
-}
-
-project.plugins.withId("org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm", (kotlinProject) -> {
-    project.tasks.withType(KotlinCompile).configureEach {
-        kotlinOptions {
-            languageVersion = '2.2'
-            apiVersion = '2.2'
-            freeCompilerArgs = ["-Xjsr305=strict", "-Xsuppress-version-warnings"]
-            jvmTarget = '17'
-
-        }
-    }
-})

buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/gradle/classpath/CheckClasspathForProhibitedDependencies.java

@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ public class CheckClasspathForProhibitedDependencies extends DefaultTask {
 		if (group.startsWith("javax")) {
 			return true;
 		}
+		if (group.equals("commons-logging")) {
+			return true;
+		}
 		if (group.equals("org.slf4j") && id.getName().equals("jcl-over-slf4j")) {
 			return true;
 		}

buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/CheckExpectedBranchVersionPlugin.java

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class CheckExpectedBranchVersionPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 			task.setDescription("Check if the project version matches the branch version");
 			task.onlyIf("skipCheckExpectedBranchVersion property is false or not present", CheckExpectedBranchVersionPlugin::skipPropertyFalseOrNotPresent);
 			task.getVersion().convention(project.provider(() -> project.getVersion().toString()));
-			task.getBranchName().convention(project.getProviders().exec((execSpec) -> execSpec.setCommandLine("git", "symbolic-ref", "--short", "HEAD")).getStandardOutput().getAsText());
+			task.getBranchName().convention(project.getProviders().exec(execSpec -> execSpec.setCommandLine("git", "symbolic-ref", "--short", "HEAD")).getStandardOutput().getAsText());
 			task.getOutputFile().convention(project.getLayout().getBuildDirectory().file("check-expected-branch-version"));
 		});
 		project.getTasks().named(JavaBasePlugin.CHECK_TASK_NAME, checkTask -> checkTask.dependsOn(checkExpectedBranchVersionTask));

buildSrc/src/main/java/s101/S101Plugin.java

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public class S101Plugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 
 	private void configure(JavaExec exec) {
 		exec.setDescription("Runs Structure101 headless analysis, installing and configuring if necessary");
-		exec.dependsOn("assemble");
+		exec.dependsOn("check");
 		Project project = exec.getProject();
 		S101PluginExtension extension = project.getExtensions().getByType(S101PluginExtension.class);
 		exec

buildSrc/src/test/resources/samples/showcase/sgbcs-api/sgbcs-api.gradle

@@ -6,7 +6,5 @@ dependencies {
 	implementation 'org.springframework:spring-core'
 	testImplementation "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api"
 	testImplementation "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine"
-
-	testRuntimeOnly 'org.junit.platform:junit-platform-launcher'
 }
 

buildSrc/src/test/resources/samples/showcase/sgbcs-core/sgbcs-core.gradle

@@ -5,6 +5,4 @@ dependencies {
 	optional 'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic'
 	testImplementation "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api"
 	testImplementation "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine"
-
-	testRuntimeOnly 'org.junit.platform:junit-platform-launcher'
 }

cas/spring-security-cas.gradle

@@ -22,6 +22,4 @@ dependencies {
 	testImplementation "org.mockito:mockito-junit-jupiter"
 	testImplementation "org.springframework:spring-test"
 	testImplementation 'org.skyscreamer:jsonassert'
-
-	testRuntimeOnly 'org.junit.platform:junit-platform-launcher'
 }

cas/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/cas/authentication/CasAuthenticationToken.java

@@ -115,8 +115,15 @@ public class CasAuthenticationToken extends AbstractAuthenticationToken implemen
 		if (!super.equals(obj)) {
 			return false;
 		}
-		if (obj instanceof CasAuthenticationToken test) {
+		if (obj instanceof CasAuthenticationToken) {
-			return this.assertion.equals(test.getAssertion()) && this.getKeyHash() == test.getKeyHash();
+			CasAuthenticationToken test = (CasAuthenticationToken) obj;
+			if (!this.assertion.equals(test.getAssertion())) {
+				return false;
+			}
+			if (this.getKeyHash() != test.getKeyHash()) {
+				return false;
+			}
+			return true;
 		}
 		return false;
 	}

cas/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/cas/jackson2/CasJackson2Module.java

@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ import org.springframework.security.jackson2.SecurityJackson2Modules;
  * @since 4.2
  * @see org.springframework.security.jackson2.SecurityJackson2Modules
  */
-@SuppressWarnings("serial")
 public class CasJackson2Module extends SimpleModule {
 
 	public CasJackson2Module() {

cas/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/cas/userdetails/GrantedAuthorityFromAssertionAttributesUserDetailsService.java

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package org.springframework.security.cas.userdetails;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Locale;
 
 import org.apereo.cas.client.validation.Assertion;
 
@@ -74,8 +73,7 @@ public final class GrantedAuthorityFromAssertionAttributesUserDetailsService
 	}
 
 	private SimpleGrantedAuthority createSimpleGrantedAuthority(Object o) {
-		return new SimpleGrantedAuthority(
+		return new SimpleGrantedAuthority(this.convertToUpperCase ? o.toString().toUpperCase() : o.toString());
-				this.convertToUpperCase ? o.toString().toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT) : o.toString());
 	}
 
 	/**

cas/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/cas/web/CasAuthenticationFilter.java

@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ import org.springframework.security.web.context.SecurityContextRepository;
 import org.springframework.security.web.savedrequest.HttpSessionRequestCache;
 import org.springframework.security.web.savedrequest.RequestCache;
 import org.springframework.security.web.savedrequest.SavedRequest;
-import org.springframework.security.web.servlet.util.matcher.PathPatternRequestMatcher;
 import org.springframework.security.web.util.matcher.AntPathRequestMatcher;
 import org.springframework.security.web.util.matcher.RequestMatcher;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
@@ -216,8 +215,6 @@ public class CasAuthenticationFilter extends AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFil
 
 	public CasAuthenticationFilter() {
 		super("/login/cas");
-		RequestMatcher processUri = PathPatternRequestMatcher.withDefaults().matcher("/login/cas");
-		setRequiresAuthenticationRequestMatcher(processUri);
 		setAuthenticationFailureHandler(new SimpleUrlAuthenticationFailureHandler());
 		setSecurityContextRepository(this.securityContextRepository);
 	}
@@ -322,18 +319,6 @@ public class CasAuthenticationFilter extends AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFil
 		super.setAuthenticationFailureHandler(new CasAuthenticationFailureHandler(failureHandler));
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Use this {@code RequestMatcher} to match proxy receptor requests. Without setting
-	 * this matcher, {@link CasAuthenticationFilter} will not capture any proxy receptor
-	 * requets.
-	 * @param proxyReceptorMatcher the {@link RequestMatcher} to use
-	 * @since 6.5
-	 */
-	public final void setProxyReceptorMatcher(RequestMatcher proxyReceptorMatcher) {
-		Assert.notNull(proxyReceptorMatcher, "proxyReceptorMatcher cannot be null");
-		this.proxyReceptorMatcher = proxyReceptorMatcher;
-	}
-
 	public final void setProxyReceptorUrl(final String proxyReceptorUrl) {
 		this.proxyReceptorMatcher = new AntPathRequestMatcher("/**" + proxyReceptorUrl);
 	}

cas/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/cas/web/CasAuthenticationFilterTests.java

@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ import org.springframework.security.core.context.SecurityContextImpl;
 import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AuthenticationSuccessHandler;
 import org.springframework.security.web.context.SecurityContextRepository;
 import org.springframework.security.web.savedrequest.HttpSessionRequestCache;
-import org.springframework.security.web.servlet.util.matcher.PathPatternRequestMatcher;
 import org.springframework.test.util.ReflectionTestUtils;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ public class CasAuthenticationFilterTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void testNormalOperation() throws Exception {
-		MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest("POST", "/login/cas");
+		MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest();
 		request.setServletPath("/login/cas");
 		request.addParameter("ticket", "ST-0-ER94xMJmn6pha35CQRoZ");
 		CasAuthenticationFilter filter = new CasAuthenticationFilter();
@@ -104,7 +103,7 @@ public class CasAuthenticationFilterTests {
 		String url = "/login/cas";
 		CasAuthenticationFilter filter = new CasAuthenticationFilter();
 		filter.setFilterProcessesUrl(url);
-		MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest("POST", url);
+		MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest();
 		MockHttpServletResponse response = new MockHttpServletResponse();
 		request.setServletPath(url);
 		assertThat(filter.requiresAuthentication(request, response)).isTrue();
@@ -133,11 +132,10 @@ public class CasAuthenticationFilterTests {
 		CasAuthenticationFilter filter = new CasAuthenticationFilter();
 		filter.setFilterProcessesUrl(url);
 		filter.setServiceProperties(properties);
-		MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest("POST", url);
+		MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest();
 		MockHttpServletResponse response = new MockHttpServletResponse();
 		request.setServletPath(url);
 		assertThat(filter.requiresAuthentication(request, response)).isTrue();
-		request = new MockHttpServletRequest("POST", "/other");
 		request.setServletPath("/other");
 		assertThat(filter.requiresAuthentication(request, response)).isFalse();
 		request.setParameter(properties.getArtifactParameter(), "value");
@@ -172,7 +170,7 @@ public class CasAuthenticationFilterTests {
 		given(manager.authenticate(any(Authentication.class))).willReturn(authentication);
 		ServiceProperties serviceProperties = new ServiceProperties();
 		serviceProperties.setAuthenticateAllArtifacts(true);
-		MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest("POST", "/authenticate");
+		MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest();
 		request.setParameter("ticket", "ST-1-123");
 		request.setServletPath("/authenticate");
 		MockHttpServletResponse response = new MockHttpServletResponse();
@@ -268,20 +266,4 @@ public class CasAuthenticationFilterTests {
 		verify(securityContextRepository).setContext(any(SecurityContext.class));
 	}
 
-	@Test
-	public void requiresAuthenticationWhenProxyRequestMatcherThenMatches() {
-		CasAuthenticationFilter filter = new CasAuthenticationFilter();
-		MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest("GET", "/pgtCallback");
-		MockHttpServletResponse response = new MockHttpServletResponse();
-		request.setServletPath("/pgtCallback");
-		assertThat(filter.requiresAuthentication(request, response)).isFalse();
-		filter.setProxyReceptorMatcher(PathPatternRequestMatcher.withDefaults().matcher(request.getServletPath()));
-		assertThat(filter.requiresAuthentication(request, response)).isFalse();
-		filter.setProxyGrantingTicketStorage(mock(ProxyGrantingTicketStorage.class));
-		assertThat(filter.requiresAuthentication(request, response)).isTrue();
-		request.setRequestURI("/other");
-		request.setServletPath("/other");
-		assertThat(filter.requiresAuthentication(request, response)).isFalse();
-	}
-
 }

config/spring-security-config.gradle

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import trang.RncToXsd
 
 apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-module'
 apply plugin: 'trang'
-apply plugin: 'security-kotlin'
+apply plugin: 'kotlin'
 
 configurations {
 	opensaml5 {
@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ dependencies {
 		exclude group: 'commons-logging', module: 'commons-logging'
 		exclude group: 'xml-apis', module: 'xml-apis'
 	}
+	testImplementation "org.apache.directory.server:apacheds-core"
+	testImplementation "org.apache.directory.server:apacheds-core-entry"
+	testImplementation "org.apache.directory.server:apacheds-protocol-shared"
+	testImplementation "org.apache.directory.server:apacheds-protocol-ldap"
+	testImplementation "org.apache.directory.server:apacheds-server-jndi"
+	testImplementation 'org.apache.directory.shared:shared-ldap'
 	testImplementation "com.unboundid:unboundid-ldapsdk"
 	testImplementation 'jakarta.persistence:jakarta.persistence-api'
 	testImplementation "org.hibernate.orm:hibernate-core"
@@ -116,12 +122,8 @@ dependencies {
 		exclude group: "org.slf4j", module: "jcl-over-slf4j"
 	}
 	testImplementation libs.org.instancio.instancio.junit
-	testImplementation libs.org.eclipse.jetty.jetty.server
-	testImplementation libs.org.eclipse.jetty.jetty.servlet
 
 	testRuntimeOnly 'org.hsqldb:hsqldb'
-	testRuntimeOnly 'org.junit.platform:junit-platform-launcher'
-	testRuntimeOnly 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine'
 }
 
 def rncToXsd = tasks.named('rncToXsd', RncToXsd)
@@ -153,20 +155,18 @@ tasks.named('sourcesJar', Jar).configure {
 	}
 }
 
-configure(project.tasks.withType(Test)) {
+tasks.withType(KotlinCompile).configureEach {
-	doFirst {
+	kotlinOptions {
-		systemProperties['springSecurityVersion'] = version
+		languageVersion = "1.7"
+		apiVersion = "1.7"
+		freeCompilerArgs = ["-Xjsr305=strict", "-Xsuppress-version-warnings"]
+		jvmTarget = "17"
 	}
 }
 
-test {
+configure(project.tasks.withType(Test)) {
-	onOutput { descriptor, event ->
+	doFirst {
-		if (!project.hasProperty('serialization')) {
+		systemProperties['springSecurityVersion'] = version
-			return
-		}
-		if (descriptor.name=='listClassesMissingSerialVersion()') {
-			logger.lifecycle(event.message)
-		}
 	}
 }
 

config/src/integration-test/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/authentication/ldap/LdapAuthenticationProviderBuilderSecurityBuilderTests.java

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ import org.springframework.security.core.authority.mapping.GrantedAuthoritiesMap
 import org.springframework.security.crypto.bcrypt.BCryptPasswordEncoder;
 import org.springframework.security.ldap.DefaultSpringSecurityContextSource;
 import org.springframework.security.ldap.authentication.LdapAuthenticationProvider;
-import org.springframework.security.ldap.server.UnboundIdContainer;
+import org.springframework.security.ldap.server.ApacheDSContainer;
 import org.springframework.security.ldap.userdetails.LdapAuthoritiesPopulator;
 import org.springframework.test.util.ReflectionTestUtils;
 import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.MockMvc;
@@ -326,11 +326,11 @@ public class LdapAuthenticationProviderBuilderSecurityBuilderTests {
 	abstract static class BaseLdapServerConfig extends BaseLdapProviderConfig {
 
 		@Bean
-		UnboundIdContainer ldapServer() throws Exception {
+		ApacheDSContainer ldapServer() throws Exception {
-			UnboundIdContainer unboundIdContainer = new UnboundIdContainer("dc=springframework,dc=org",
+			ApacheDSContainer apacheDSContainer = new ApacheDSContainer("dc=springframework,dc=org",
 					"classpath:/test-server.ldif");
-			unboundIdContainer.setPort(getPort());
+			apacheDSContainer.setPort(getPort());
-			return unboundIdContainer;
+			return apacheDSContainer;
 		}
 
 	}

config/src/integration-test/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/configurers/WebAuthnWebDriverTests.java

@@ -1,357 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.springframework.security.config.annotation.configurers;
-
-import java.time.Duration;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.function.Supplier;
-
-import org.assertj.core.api.AbstractAssert;
-import org.assertj.core.api.AbstractStringAssert;
-import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server;
-import org.eclipse.jetty.server.ServerConnector;
-import org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.FilterHolder;
-import org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletContextHandler;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-import org.openqa.selenium.By;
-import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException;
-import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
-import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriverService;
-import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeOptions;
-import org.openqa.selenium.chromium.HasCdp;
-import org.openqa.selenium.devtools.HasDevTools;
-import org.openqa.selenium.remote.Augmenter;
-import org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver;
-import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.FluentWait;
-
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
-import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
-import org.springframework.mock.env.MockPropertySource;
-import org.springframework.security.config.Customizer;
-import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.builders.HttpSecurity;
-import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.EnableWebSecurity;
-import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.User;
-import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetailsService;
-import org.springframework.security.provisioning.InMemoryUserDetailsManager;
-import org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy;
-import org.springframework.security.web.SecurityFilterChain;
-import org.springframework.web.context.support.AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext;
-import org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy;
-import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.EnableWebMvc;
-
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
-
-/**
- * Webdriver-based tests for the WebAuthnConfigurer. This uses a full browser because
- * these features require Javascript and browser APIs to be available.
- *
- * @author Daniel Garnier-Moiroux
- */
-@org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled
-class WebAuthnWebDriverTests {
-
-	private String baseUrl;
-
-	private static ChromeDriverService driverService;
-
-	private Server server;
-
-	private RemoteWebDriver driver;
-
-	private static final String USERNAME = "user";
-
-	private static final String PASSWORD = "password";
-
-	@BeforeAll
-	static void startChromeDriverService() throws Exception {
-		driverService = new ChromeDriverService.Builder().usingAnyFreePort().build();
-		driverService.start();
-	}
-
-	@AfterAll
-	static void stopChromeDriverService() {
-		driverService.stop();
-	}
-
-	@BeforeEach
-	void startServer() throws Exception {
-		// Create the server on port 8080
-		this.server = new Server(0);
-
-		// Set up the ServletContextHandler
-		ServletContextHandler contextHandler = new ServletContextHandler(ServletContextHandler.SESSIONS);
-		contextHandler.setContextPath("/");
-		this.server.setHandler(contextHandler);
-		this.server.start();
-		int serverPort = ((ServerConnector) this.server.getConnectors()[0]).getLocalPort();
-		this.baseUrl = "http://localhost:" + serverPort;
-
-		// Set up Spring application context
-		AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext applicationContext = new AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext();
-		applicationContext.register(WebAuthnConfiguration.class);
-		applicationContext.setServletContext(contextHandler.getServletContext());
-
-		// Add the server port
-		MockPropertySource propertySource = new MockPropertySource().withProperty("server.port", serverPort);
-		applicationContext.getEnvironment().getPropertySources().addFirst(propertySource);
-
-		// Register the filter chain
-		DelegatingFilterProxy filterProxy = new DelegatingFilterProxy("securityFilterChain", applicationContext);
-		FilterHolder filterHolder = new FilterHolder(filterProxy);
-		contextHandler.addFilter(filterHolder, "/*", null);
-	}
-
-	@AfterEach
-	void stopServer() throws Exception {
-		this.server.stop();
-	}
-
-	@BeforeEach
-	void setupDriver() {
-		ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
-		options.addArguments("--headless=new");
-		RemoteWebDriver baseDriver = new RemoteWebDriver(driverService.getUrl(), options);
-		// Enable dev tools
-		this.driver = (RemoteWebDriver) new Augmenter().augment(baseDriver);
-		this.driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofSeconds(1));
-	}
-
-	@AfterEach
-	void cleanupDriver() {
-		this.driver.quit();
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	void loginWhenNoValidAuthenticatorCredentialsThenRejects() {
-		createVirtualAuthenticator(true);
-		this.driver.get(this.baseUrl);
-		this.driver.findElement(signinWithPasskeyButton()).click();
-		await(() -> assertThat(this.driver.getCurrentUrl()).endsWith("/login?error"));
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	void registerWhenNoLabelThenRejects() {
-		login();
-
-		this.driver.get(this.baseUrl + "/webauthn/register");
-
-		this.driver.findElement(registerPasskeyButton()).click();
-		assertHasAlertStartingWith("error", "Error: Passkey Label is required");
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	void registerWhenAuthenticatorNoUserVerificationThenRejects() {
-		createVirtualAuthenticator(false);
-		login();
-		this.driver.get(this.baseUrl + "/webauthn/register");
-		this.driver.findElement(passkeyLabel()).sendKeys("Virtual authenticator");
-		this.driver.findElement(registerPasskeyButton()).click();
-
-		await(() -> assertHasAlertStartingWith("error",
-				"Registration failed. Call to navigator.credentials.create failed:"));
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Test in 4 steps to verify the end-to-end flow of registering an authenticator and
-	 * using it to register.
-	 * <ul>
-	 * <li>Step 1: Log in with username / password</li>
-	 * <li>Step 2: Register a credential from the virtual authenticator</li>
-	 * <li>Step 3: Log out</li>
-	 * <li>Step 4: Log in with the authenticator</li>
-	 * </ul>
-	 */
-	@Test
-	void loginWhenAuthenticatorRegisteredThenSuccess() {
-		// Setup
-		createVirtualAuthenticator(true);
-
-		// Step 1: log in with username / password
-		login();
-
-		// Step 2: register a credential from the virtual authenticator
-		this.driver.get(this.baseUrl + "/webauthn/register");
-		this.driver.findElement(passkeyLabel()).sendKeys("Virtual authenticator");
-		this.driver.findElement(registerPasskeyButton()).click();
-
-		// Ensure the page location has changed before performing further assertions.
-		// This is required because the location change is asynchronously performed in
-		// javascript, and performing assertions based on this.driver.findElement(...)
-		// may result in a StaleElementReferenceException.
-		await(() -> assertThat(this.driver.getCurrentUrl()).endsWith("/webauthn/register?success"));
-		await(() -> assertHasAlertStartingWith("success", "Success!"));
-
-		List<WebElement> passkeyRows = this.driver.findElements(passkeyTableRows());
-		assertThat(passkeyRows).hasSize(1)
-			.first()
-			.extracting((row) -> row.findElement(firstCell()))
-			.extracting(WebElement::getText)
-			.isEqualTo("Virtual authenticator");
-
-		// Step 3: log out
-		logout();
-
-		// Step 4: log in with the virtual authenticator
-		this.driver.get(this.baseUrl + "/webauthn/register");
-		this.driver.findElement(signinWithPasskeyButton()).click();
-		await(() -> assertThat(this.driver.getCurrentUrl()).endsWith("/webauthn/register?continue"));
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Add a virtual authenticator.
-	 * <p>
-	 * Note that Selenium docs for {@link HasCdp} strongly encourage to use
-	 * {@link HasDevTools} instead. However, devtools require more dependencies and
-	 * boilerplate, notably to sync the Devtools-CDP version with the current browser
-	 * version, whereas CDP runs out of the box.
-	 * <p>
-	 * @param userIsVerified whether the authenticator simulates user verification.
-	 * Setting it to false will make the ceremonies fail.
-	 * @see <a href=
-	 * "https://chromedevtools.github.io/devtools-protocol/tot/WebAuthn/">https://chromedevtools.github.io/devtools-protocol/tot/WebAuthn/</a>
-	 */
-	private void createVirtualAuthenticator(boolean userIsVerified) {
-		HasCdp cdpDriver = (HasCdp) this.driver;
-		cdpDriver.executeCdpCommand("WebAuthn.enable", Map.of("enableUI", false));
-		// this.driver.addVirtualAuthenticator(createVirtualAuthenticatorOptions());
-		//@formatter:off
-		cdpDriver.executeCdpCommand("WebAuthn.addVirtualAuthenticator",
-				Map.of(
-						"options",
-						Map.of(
-								"protocol", "ctap2",
-								"transport", "usb",
-								"hasUserVerification", true,
-								"hasResidentKey", true,
-								"isUserVerified", userIsVerified,
-								"automaticPresenceSimulation", true
-						)
-				));
-		//@formatter:on
-	}
-
-	private void login() {
-		this.driver.get(this.baseUrl);
-		this.driver.findElement(usernameField()).sendKeys(USERNAME);
-		this.driver.findElement(passwordField()).sendKeys(PASSWORD);
-		this.driver.findElement(signinWithUsernamePasswordButton()).click();
-	}
-
-	private void logout() {
-		this.driver.get(this.baseUrl + "/logout");
-		this.driver.findElement(logoutButton()).click();
-		await(() -> assertThat(this.driver.getCurrentUrl()).endsWith("/login?logout"));
-	}
-
-	private AbstractStringAssert<?> assertHasAlertStartingWith(String alertType, String alertMessage) {
-		WebElement alert = this.driver.findElement(new By.ById(alertType));
-		assertThat(alert.isDisplayed())
-			.withFailMessage(
-					() -> alertType + " alert was not displayed. Full page source:\n\n" + this.driver.getPageSource())
-			.isTrue();
-
-		return assertThat(alert.getText()).startsWith(alertMessage);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Await until the assertion passes. If the assertion fails, it will display the
-	 * assertion error in stdout. WebDriver-related exceptions are ignored, so that
-	 * {@code assertion}s can interact with the page and be retried on error, e.g.
-	 * {@code assertThat(this.driver.findElement(By.Id("some-id")).isNotNull()}.
-	 */
-	private void await(Supplier<AbstractAssert<?, ?>> assertion) {
-		new FluentWait<>(this.driver).withTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(2))
-			.pollingEvery(Duration.ofMillis(100))
-			.ignoring(AssertionError.class, WebDriverException.class)
-			.until((d) -> {
-				assertion.get();
-				return true;
-			});
-	}
-
-	private static By.ById passkeyLabel() {
-		return new By.ById("label");
-	}
-
-	private static By.ById registerPasskeyButton() {
-		return new By.ById("register");
-	}
-
-	private static By.ByCssSelector passkeyTableRows() {
-		return new By.ByCssSelector("table > tbody > tr");
-	}
-
-	private static By.ByCssSelector firstCell() {
-		return new By.ByCssSelector("td:first-child");
-	}
-
-	private static By.ById passwordField() {
-		return new By.ById(PASSWORD);
-	}
-
-	private static By.ById usernameField() {
-		return new By.ById("username");
-	}
-
-	private static By.ByCssSelector signinWithUsernamePasswordButton() {
-		return new By.ByCssSelector("form > button[type=\"submit\"]");
-	}
-
-	private static By.ById signinWithPasskeyButton() {
-		return new By.ById("passkey-signin");
-	}
-
-	private static By.ByCssSelector logoutButton() {
-		return new By.ByCssSelector("button");
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * The configuration for WebAuthN tests. It accesses the Server's current port, so we
-	 * can configurer WebAuthnConfigurer#allowedOrigin
-	 */
-	@Configuration
-	@EnableWebMvc
-	@EnableWebSecurity
-	static class WebAuthnConfiguration {
-
-		@Bean
-		UserDetailsService userDetailsService() {
-			return new InMemoryUserDetailsManager(
-					User.withDefaultPasswordEncoder().username(USERNAME).password(PASSWORD).build());
-		}
-
-		@Bean
-		FilterChainProxy securityFilterChain(HttpSecurity http, Environment environment) throws Exception {
-			SecurityFilterChain securityFilterChain = http
-				.authorizeHttpRequests((auth) -> auth.anyRequest().authenticated())
-				.formLogin(Customizer.withDefaults())
-				.webAuthn((passkeys) -> passkeys.rpId("localhost")
-					.rpName("Spring Security WebAuthN tests")
-					.allowedOrigins("http://localhost:" + environment.getProperty("server.port")))
-				.build();
-			return new FilterChainProxy(securityFilterChain);
-		}
-
-	}
-
-}

config/src/integration-test/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/rsocket/HelloRSocketITests.java

@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ public class HelloRSocketITests {
 		// @formatter:off
 		this.server = RSocketServer.create()
 				.payloadDecoder(PayloadDecoder.ZERO_COPY)
-				.interceptors((registry) -> registry.forSocketAcceptor(this.interceptor)
+				.interceptors((registry) ->
+					registry.forSocketAcceptor(this.interceptor)
 				)
 				.acceptor(this.handler.responder())
 				.bind(TcpServerTransport.create("localhost", 0))

config/src/integration-test/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/rsocket/HelloRSocketObservationITests.java

@@ -1,199 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2019 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.springframework.security.config.annotation.rsocket;
-
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.List;
-
-import io.micrometer.observation.Observation;
-import io.micrometer.observation.ObservationHandler;
-import io.micrometer.observation.ObservationRegistry;
-import io.rsocket.core.RSocketServer;
-import io.rsocket.frame.decoder.PayloadDecoder;
-import io.rsocket.metadata.WellKnownMimeType;
-import io.rsocket.transport.netty.server.CloseableChannel;
-import io.rsocket.transport.netty.server.TcpServerTransport;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
-import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
-
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
-import org.springframework.messaging.handler.annotation.MessageMapping;
-import org.springframework.messaging.rsocket.RSocketRequester;
-import org.springframework.messaging.rsocket.RSocketStrategies;
-import org.springframework.messaging.rsocket.annotation.support.RSocketMessageHandler;
-import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.MapReactiveUserDetailsService;
-import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.User;
-import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetails;
-import org.springframework.security.rsocket.core.SecuritySocketAcceptorInterceptor;
-import org.springframework.security.rsocket.metadata.SimpleAuthenticationEncoder;
-import org.springframework.security.rsocket.metadata.UsernamePasswordMetadata;
-import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
-import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
-import org.springframework.test.context.junit.jupiter.SpringExtension;
-import org.springframework.util.MimeTypeUtils;
-
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
-import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
-import static org.mockito.BDDMockito.given;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
-
-/**
- * @author Rob Winch
- */
-@ContextConfiguration
-@ExtendWith(SpringExtension.class)
-public class HelloRSocketObservationITests {
-
-	@Autowired
-	RSocketMessageHandler handler;
-
-	@Autowired
-	SecuritySocketAcceptorInterceptor interceptor;
-
-	@Autowired
-	ServerController controller;
-
-	@Autowired
-	ObservationHandler<Observation.Context> observationHandler;
-
-	private CloseableChannel server;
-
-	private RSocketRequester requester;
-
-	@BeforeEach
-	public void setup() {
-		// @formatter:off
-		this.server = RSocketServer.create()
-				.payloadDecoder(PayloadDecoder.ZERO_COPY)
-				.interceptors((registry) -> registry.forSocketAcceptor(this.interceptor)
-				)
-				.acceptor(this.handler.responder())
-				.bind(TcpServerTransport.create("localhost", 0))
-				.block();
-		// @formatter:on
-	}
-
-	@AfterEach
-	public void dispose() {
-		this.requester.rsocket().dispose();
-		this.server.dispose();
-		this.controller.payloads.clear();
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	public void getWhenUsingObservationRegistryThenObservesRequest() {
-		UsernamePasswordMetadata credentials = new UsernamePasswordMetadata("rob", "password");
-		// @formatter:off
-		this.requester = RSocketRequester.builder()
-				.setupMetadata(credentials, MimeTypeUtils.parseMimeType(WellKnownMimeType.MESSAGE_RSOCKET_AUTHENTICATION.getString()))
-				.rsocketStrategies(this.handler.getRSocketStrategies())
-				.connectTcp("localhost", this.server.address().getPort())
-				.block();
-		// @formatter:on
-		String data = "rob";
-		// @formatter:off
-		this.requester.route("secure.retrieve-mono")
-				.metadata(credentials, MimeTypeUtils.parseMimeType(WellKnownMimeType.MESSAGE_RSOCKET_AUTHENTICATION.getString()))
-				.data(data)
-				.retrieveMono(String.class)
-				.block();
-		// @formatter:on
-		ArgumentCaptor<Observation.Context> captor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(Observation.Context.class);
-		verify(this.observationHandler, times(2)).onStart(captor.capture());
-		Iterator<Observation.Context> contexts = captor.getAllValues().iterator();
-		// once for setup
-		assertThat(contexts.next().getName()).isEqualTo("spring.security.authentications");
-		// once for request
-		assertThat(contexts.next().getName()).isEqualTo("spring.security.authentications");
-	}
-
-	@Configuration
-	@EnableRSocketSecurity
-	static class Config {
-
-		private ObservationHandler<Observation.Context> handler = mock(ObservationHandler.class);
-
-		@Bean
-		ServerController controller() {
-			return new ServerController();
-		}
-
-		@Bean
-		RSocketMessageHandler messageHandler() {
-			RSocketMessageHandler handler = new RSocketMessageHandler();
-			handler.setRSocketStrategies(rsocketStrategies());
-			return handler;
-		}
-
-		@Bean
-		RSocketStrategies rsocketStrategies() {
-			return RSocketStrategies.builder().encoder(new SimpleAuthenticationEncoder()).build();
-		}
-
-		@Bean
-		MapReactiveUserDetailsService uds() {
-			// @formatter:off
-			UserDetails rob = User.withDefaultPasswordEncoder()
-					.username("rob")
-					.password("password")
-					.roles("USER", "ADMIN")
-					.build();
-			// @formatter:on
-			return new MapReactiveUserDetailsService(rob);
-		}
-
-		@Bean
-		ObservationHandler<Observation.Context> observationHandler() {
-			return this.handler;
-		}
-
-		@Bean
-		ObservationRegistry observationRegistry() {
-			given(this.handler.supportsContext(any())).willReturn(true);
-			ObservationRegistry registry = ObservationRegistry.create();
-			registry.observationConfig().observationHandler(this.handler);
-			return registry;
-		}
-
-	}
-
-	@Controller
-	static class ServerController {
-
-		private List<String> payloads = new ArrayList<>();
-
-		@MessageMapping("**")
-		String retrieveMono(String payload) {
-			add(payload);
-			return "Hi " + payload;
-		}
-
-		private void add(String p) {
-			this.payloads.add(p);
-		}
-
-	}
-
-}

config/src/integration-test/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/rsocket/HelloRSocketWithWebFluxITests.java

@@ -1,168 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2019-2024 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.springframework.security.config.annotation.rsocket;
-
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
-
-import io.rsocket.core.RSocketServer;
-import io.rsocket.exceptions.RejectedSetupException;
-import io.rsocket.frame.decoder.PayloadDecoder;
-import io.rsocket.transport.netty.server.CloseableChannel;
-import io.rsocket.transport.netty.server.TcpServerTransport;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
-
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
-import org.springframework.messaging.handler.annotation.MessageMapping;
-import org.springframework.messaging.rsocket.RSocketRequester;
-import org.springframework.messaging.rsocket.RSocketStrategies;
-import org.springframework.messaging.rsocket.annotation.support.RSocketMessageHandler;
-import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.reactive.EnableWebFluxSecurity;
-import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.MapReactiveUserDetailsService;
-import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.User;
-import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetails;
-import org.springframework.security.rsocket.core.SecuritySocketAcceptorInterceptor;
-import org.springframework.security.rsocket.metadata.BasicAuthenticationEncoder;
-import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
-import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
-import org.springframework.test.context.junit.jupiter.SpringExtension;
-
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatExceptionOfType;
-
-/**
- * @author Rob Winch
- */
-@ContextConfiguration
-@ExtendWith(SpringExtension.class)
-public class HelloRSocketWithWebFluxITests {
-
-	@Autowired
-	RSocketMessageHandler handler;
-
-	@Autowired
-	SecuritySocketAcceptorInterceptor interceptor;
-
-	@Autowired
-	ServerController controller;
-
-	private CloseableChannel server;
-
-	private RSocketRequester requester;
-
-	@BeforeEach
-	public void setup() {
-		// @formatter:off
-		this.server = RSocketServer.create()
-				.payloadDecoder(PayloadDecoder.ZERO_COPY)
-				.interceptors((registry) -> registry.forSocketAcceptor(this.interceptor)
-				)
-				.acceptor(this.handler.responder())
-				.bind(TcpServerTransport.create("localhost", 0))
-				.block();
-		// @formatter:on
-	}
-
-	@AfterEach
-	public void dispose() {
-		this.requester.rsocket().dispose();
-		this.server.dispose();
-		this.controller.payloads.clear();
-	}
-
-	// gh-16161
-	@Test
-	public void retrieveMonoWhenSecureThenDenied() {
-		// @formatter:off
-		this.requester = RSocketRequester.builder()
-			.rsocketStrategies(this.handler.getRSocketStrategies())
-			.connectTcp("localhost", this.server.address().getPort())
-			.block();
-		// @formatter:on
-		String data = "rob";
-		// @formatter:off
-		assertThatExceptionOfType(Exception.class).isThrownBy(
-				() -> this.requester.route("secure.retrieve-mono")
-						.data(data)
-						.retrieveMono(String.class)
-						.block()
-				)
-				.matches((ex) -> ex instanceof RejectedSetupException
-						|| ex.getClass().toString().contains("ReactiveException"));
-		// @formatter:on
-		assertThat(this.controller.payloads).isEmpty();
-	}
-
-	@Configuration
-	@EnableRSocketSecurity
-	@EnableWebFluxSecurity
-	static class Config {
-
-		@Bean
-		ServerController controller() {
-			return new ServerController();
-		}
-
-		@Bean
-		RSocketMessageHandler messageHandler() {
-			RSocketMessageHandler handler = new RSocketMessageHandler();
-			handler.setRSocketStrategies(rsocketStrategies());
-			return handler;
-		}
-
-		@Bean
-		RSocketStrategies rsocketStrategies() {
-			return RSocketStrategies.builder().encoder(new BasicAuthenticationEncoder()).build();
-		}
-
-		@Bean
-		MapReactiveUserDetailsService uds() {
-			// @formatter:off
-			UserDetails rob = User.withDefaultPasswordEncoder()
-					.username("rob")
-					.password("password")
-					.roles("USER", "ADMIN")
-					.build();
-			// @formatter:on
-			return new MapReactiveUserDetailsService(rob);
-		}
-
-	}
-
-	@Controller
-	static class ServerController {
-
-		private List<String> payloads = new ArrayList<>();
-
-		@MessageMapping("**")
-		String retrieveMono(String payload) {
-			add(payload);
-			return "Hi " + payload;
-		}
-
-		private void add(String p) {
-			this.payloads.add(p);
-		}
-
-	}
-
-}

config/src/integration-test/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/rsocket/JwtITests.java

@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ public class JwtITests {
 		// @formatter:off
 		this.server = RSocketServer.create()
 			.payloadDecoder(PayloadDecoder.ZERO_COPY)
-			.interceptors((registry) -> registry.forSocketAcceptor(this.interceptor)
+			.interceptors((registry) ->
+				registry.forSocketAcceptor(this.interceptor)
 			)
 			.acceptor(this.handler.responder())
 			.bind(TcpServerTransport.create("localhost", 0))

config/src/integration-test/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/rsocket/RSocketMessageHandlerConnectionITests.java

@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ public class RSocketMessageHandlerConnectionITests {
 		// @formatter:off
 		this.server = RSocketServer.create()
 				.payloadDecoder(PayloadDecoder.ZERO_COPY)
-				.interceptors((registry) -> registry.forSocketAcceptor(this.interceptor)
+				.interceptors((registry) ->
+					registry.forSocketAcceptor(this.interceptor)
 				)
 				.acceptor(this.handler.responder())
 				.bind(TcpServerTransport.create("localhost", 0))

config/src/integration-test/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/rsocket/RSocketMessageHandlerITests.java

@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ public class RSocketMessageHandlerITests {
 		// @formatter:off
 		this.server = RSocketServer.create()
 				.payloadDecoder(PayloadDecoder.ZERO_COPY)
-				.interceptors((registry) -> registry.forSocketAcceptor(this.interceptor)
+				.interceptors((registry) ->
+					registry.forSocketAcceptor(this.interceptor)
 				)
 				.acceptor(this.handler.responder())
 				.bind(TcpServerTransport.create("localhost", 0))

config/src/integration-test/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/rsocket/SimpleAuthenticationITests.java

@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ public class SimpleAuthenticationITests {
 		// @formatter:off
 		this.server = RSocketServer.create()
 				.payloadDecoder(PayloadDecoder.ZERO_COPY)
-				.interceptors((registry) -> registry.forSocketAcceptor(this.interceptor)
+				.interceptors((registry) ->
+					registry.forSocketAcceptor(this.interceptor)
 				)
 				.acceptor(this.handler.responder())
 				.bind(TcpServerTransport.create("localhost", 0))

config/src/integration-test/java/org/springframework/security/config/ldap/LdapBindAuthenticationManagerFactoryITests.java

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ import org.springframework.security.core.authority.mapping.GrantedAuthoritiesMap
 import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.User;
 import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetails;
 import org.springframework.security.ldap.DefaultSpringSecurityContextSource;
-import org.springframework.security.ldap.server.UnboundIdContainer;
+import org.springframework.security.ldap.server.ApacheDSContainer;
 import org.springframework.security.ldap.userdetails.DefaultLdapAuthoritiesPopulator;
 import org.springframework.security.ldap.userdetails.LdapAuthoritiesPopulator;
 import org.springframework.security.ldap.userdetails.UserDetailsContextMapper;
@@ -226,18 +226,18 @@ public class LdapBindAuthenticationManagerFactoryITests {
 	@EnableWebSecurity
 	abstract static class BaseLdapServerConfig implements DisposableBean {
 
-		private UnboundIdContainer container;
+		private ApacheDSContainer container;
 
 		@Bean
-		UnboundIdContainer ldapServer() {
+		ApacheDSContainer ldapServer() throws Exception {
-			this.container = new UnboundIdContainer("dc=springframework,dc=org", "classpath:/test-server.ldif");
+			this.container = new ApacheDSContainer("dc=springframework,dc=org", "classpath:/test-server.ldif");
 			this.container.setPort(0);
 			return this.container;
 		}
 
 		@Bean
-		BaseLdapPathContextSource contextSource(UnboundIdContainer container) {
+		BaseLdapPathContextSource contextSource(ApacheDSContainer container) {
-			int port = container.getPort();
+			int port = container.getLocalPort();
 			return new DefaultSpringSecurityContextSource("ldap://localhost:" + port + "/dc=springframework,dc=org");
 		}
 

config/src/integration-test/java/org/springframework/security/config/ldap/LdapPasswordComparisonAuthenticationManagerFactoryITests.java

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import org.springframework.security.config.test.SpringTestContextExtension;
 import org.springframework.security.crypto.bcrypt.BCryptPasswordEncoder;
 import org.springframework.security.crypto.password.NoOpPasswordEncoder;
 import org.springframework.security.ldap.DefaultSpringSecurityContextSource;
-import org.springframework.security.ldap.server.UnboundIdContainer;
+import org.springframework.security.ldap.server.ApacheDSContainer;
 import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.MockMvc;
 
 import static org.springframework.security.test.web.servlet.request.SecurityMockMvcRequestBuilders.formLogin;
@@ -93,18 +93,18 @@ public class LdapPasswordComparisonAuthenticationManagerFactoryITests {
 	@EnableWebSecurity
 	abstract static class BaseLdapServerConfig implements DisposableBean {
 
-		private UnboundIdContainer container;
+		private ApacheDSContainer container;
 
 		@Bean
-		UnboundIdContainer ldapServer() {
+		ApacheDSContainer ldapServer() throws Exception {
-			this.container = new UnboundIdContainer("dc=springframework,dc=org", "classpath:/test-server.ldif");
+			this.container = new ApacheDSContainer("dc=springframework,dc=org", "classpath:/test-server.ldif");
 			this.container.setPort(0);
 			return this.container;
 		}
 
 		@Bean
-		BaseLdapPathContextSource contextSource(UnboundIdContainer container) {
+		BaseLdapPathContextSource contextSource(ApacheDSContainer container) {
-			int port = container.getPort();
+			int port = container.getLocalPort();
 			return new DefaultSpringSecurityContextSource("ldap://localhost:" + port + "/dc=springframework,dc=org");
 		}
 

config/src/integration-test/java/org/springframework/security/config/ldap/LdapProviderBeanDefinitionParserTests.java

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public class LdapProviderBeanDefinitionParserTests {
 		AuthenticationManager authenticationManager = this.appCtx.getBean(BeanIds.AUTHENTICATION_MANAGER,
 				AuthenticationManager.class);
 		Authentication auth = authenticationManager
-			.authenticate(UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken.unauthenticated("otherben", "otherbenspassword"));
+			.authenticate(UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken.unauthenticated("ben", "benspassword"));
 		UserDetails ben = (UserDetails) auth.getPrincipal();
 		assertThat(ben.getAuthorities()).hasSize(3);
 	}
@@ -127,27 +127,6 @@ public class LdapProviderBeanDefinitionParserTests {
 		assertThat(auth).isNotNull();
 	}
 
-	@Test
-	public void supportsShaPasswordEncoder() {
-		this.appCtx = new InMemoryXmlApplicationContext("""
-				<ldap-server ldif='classpath:test-server.ldif' port='0'/>
-				<authentication-manager>
-					<ldap-authentication-provider user-dn-pattern='uid={0},ou=people'>
-						<password-compare>
-							<password-encoder ref='pe' />
-						</password-compare>
-					</ldap-authentication-provider>
-				</authentication-manager>
-				<b:bean id='pe' class='org.springframework.security.crypto.password.LdapShaPasswordEncoder' />
-				""");
-		AuthenticationManager authenticationManager = this.appCtx.getBean(BeanIds.AUTHENTICATION_MANAGER,
-				AuthenticationManager.class);
-		Authentication auth = authenticationManager
-			.authenticate(UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken.unauthenticated("ben", "benspassword"));
-
-		assertThat(auth).isNotNull();
-	}
-
 	@Test
 	public void inetOrgContextMapperIsSupported() {
 		this.appCtx = new InMemoryXmlApplicationContext(

config/src/integration-test/java/org/springframework/security/config/ldap/LdapServerBeanDefinitionParserTests.java

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import org.springframework.ldap.core.LdapTemplate;
 import org.springframework.security.config.BeanIds;
 import org.springframework.security.config.util.InMemoryXmlApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.security.ldap.DefaultSpringSecurityContextSource;
-import org.springframework.security.ldap.server.UnboundIdContainer;
+import org.springframework.security.ldap.server.ApacheDSContainer;
 import org.springframework.test.util.ReflectionTestUtils;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ public class LdapServerBeanDefinitionParserTests {
 	@Test
 	public void defaultLdifFileIsSuccessful() {
 		this.appCtx = new InMemoryXmlApplicationContext("<ldap-server/>");
-		UnboundIdContainer dsContainer = this.appCtx.getBean(UnboundIdContainer.class);
+		ApacheDSContainer dsContainer = this.appCtx.getBean(ApacheDSContainer.class);
 
-		assertThat(ReflectionTestUtils.getField(dsContainer, "ldif")).isEqualTo("classpath*:*.ldif");
+		assertThat(ReflectionTestUtils.getField(dsContainer, "ldifResources")).isEqualTo("classpath*:*.ldif");
 	}
 
 	private int getDefaultPort() throws IOException {

config/src/integration-test/resources/logback-test.xml

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 	<logger name="org.springframework.security" level="${sec.log.level:-WARN}"/>
 
+	<logger name="org.apache.directory" level="ERROR"/>
 	<logger name="JdbmTable" level="INFO"/>
 	<logger name="JdbmIndex" level="INFO"/>
 	<logger name="org.apache.mina" level="WARN"/>

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/BeanIds.java

@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ public abstract class BeanIds {
 
 	public static final String METHOD_SECURITY_METADATA_SOURCE_ADVISOR = PREFIX + "methodSecurityMetadataSourceAdvisor";
 
+	public static final String EMBEDDED_APACHE_DS = PREFIX + "apacheDirectoryServerContainer";
+
 	public static final String EMBEDDED_UNBOUNDID = PREFIX + "unboundidServerContainer";
 
 	public static final String CONTEXT_SOURCE = PREFIX + "securityContextSource";

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/SecurityNamespaceHandler.java

@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public final class SecurityNamespaceHandler implements NamespaceHandler {
 			pc.getReaderContext()
 				.fatal("You cannot use a spring-security-2.0.xsd or spring-security-3.0.xsd or "
 						+ "spring-security-3.1.xsd schema or spring-security-3.2.xsd schema or spring-security-4.0.xsd schema "
-						+ "with Spring Security 7.0. Please update your schema declarations to the 7.0 schema.",
+						+ "with Spring Security 6.4. Please update your schema declarations to the 6.4 schema.",
 						element);
 		}
 		String name = pc.getDelegate().getLocalName(element);
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ public final class SecurityNamespaceHandler implements NamespaceHandler {
 
 	private boolean matchesVersionInternal(Element element) {
 		String schemaLocation = element.getAttributeNS("http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance", "schemaLocation");
-		return schemaLocation.matches("(?m).*spring-security-7\\.0.*.xsd.*")
+		return schemaLocation.matches("(?m).*spring-security-6\\.4.*.xsd.*")
 				|| schemaLocation.matches("(?m).*spring-security.xsd.*")
 				|| !schemaLocation.matches("(?m).*spring-security.*");
 	}

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/AbstractConfiguredSecurityBuilder.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2023 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -79,15 +79,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractConfiguredSecurityBuilder<O, B extends SecurityBui
 		this(objectPostProcessor, false);
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * @deprecated
-	 */
-	@Deprecated(since = "6.4", forRemoval = true)
-	protected AbstractConfiguredSecurityBuilder(
-			org.springframework.security.config.annotation.ObjectPostProcessor<Object> objectPostProcessor) {
-		this(objectPostProcessor, false);
-	}
-
 	/***
 	 * Creates a new instance with the provided {@link ObjectPostProcessor}. This post
 	 * processor must support Object since there are many types of objects that may be
@@ -103,18 +94,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractConfiguredSecurityBuilder<O, B extends SecurityBui
 		this.allowConfigurersOfSameType = allowConfigurersOfSameType;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * @deprecated
-	 */
-	@Deprecated(since = "6.4", forRemoval = true)
-	protected AbstractConfiguredSecurityBuilder(
-			org.springframework.security.config.annotation.ObjectPostProcessor<Object> objectPostProcessor,
-			boolean allowConfigurersOfSameType) {
-		Assert.notNull(objectPostProcessor, "objectPostProcessor cannot be null");
-		this.objectPostProcessor = objectPostProcessor;
-		this.allowConfigurersOfSameType = allowConfigurersOfSameType;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Similar to {@link #build()} and {@link #getObject()} but checks the state to
 	 * determine if {@link #build()} needs to be called first.

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/SecurityConfigurerAdapter.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2023 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -50,6 +50,17 @@ public abstract class SecurityConfigurerAdapter<O, B extends SecurityBuilder<O>>
 	public void configure(B builder) throws Exception {
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Return the {@link SecurityBuilder} when done using the {@link SecurityConfigurer}.
+	 * This is useful for method chaining.
+	 * @return the {@link SecurityBuilder} for further customizations
+	 * @deprecated For removal in 7.0. Use the lambda based configuration instead.
+	 */
+	@Deprecated(since = "6.1", forRemoval = true)
+	public B and() {
+		return getBuilder();
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Gets the {@link SecurityBuilder}. Cannot be null.
 	 * @return the {@link SecurityBuilder}
@@ -81,15 +92,6 @@ public abstract class SecurityConfigurerAdapter<O, B extends SecurityBuilder<O>>
 		this.objectPostProcessor.addObjectPostProcessor(objectPostProcessor);
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * @deprecated
-	 */
-	@Deprecated(since = "6.4", forRemoval = true)
-	public void addObjectPostProcessor(
-			org.springframework.security.config.annotation.ObjectPostProcessor<?> objectPostProcessor) {
-		this.objectPostProcessor.addObjectPostProcessor(objectPostProcessor);
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Sets the {@link SecurityBuilder} to be used. This is automatically set when using
 	 * {@link AbstractConfiguredSecurityBuilder#apply(SecurityConfigurerAdapter)}

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/authentication/builders/AuthenticationManagerBuilder.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2023 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -73,15 +73,6 @@ public class AuthenticationManagerBuilder
 		super(objectPostProcessor, true);
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * @deprecated
-	 */
-	@Deprecated(since = "6.4", forRemoval = true)
-	public AuthenticationManagerBuilder(
-			org.springframework.security.config.annotation.ObjectPostProcessor<Object> objectPostProcessor) {
-		super(objectPostProcessor, true);
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Allows providing a parent {@link AuthenticationManager} that will be tried if this
 	 * {@link AuthenticationManager} was unable to attempt to authenticate the provided

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/authentication/configuration/InitializeAuthenticationProviderBeanManagerConfigurer.java

@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 
 package org.springframework.security.config.annotation.authentication.configuration;
 
-import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
@@ -62,24 +63,62 @@ class InitializeAuthenticationProviderBeanManagerConfigurer extends GlobalAuthen
 			if (auth.isConfigured()) {
 				return;
 			}
-			String[] beanNames = InitializeAuthenticationProviderBeanManagerConfigurer.this.context
+			List<BeanWithName<AuthenticationProvider>> authenticationProviders = getBeansWithName(
-				.getBeanNamesForType(AuthenticationProvider.class);
+					AuthenticationProvider.class);
-			if (beanNames.length == 0) {
+			if (authenticationProviders.isEmpty()) {
 				return;
 			}
-			else if (beanNames.length > 1) {
+			else if (authenticationProviders.size() > 1) {
+				List<String> beanNames = authenticationProviders.stream().map(BeanWithName::getName).toList();
 				this.logger.info(LogMessage.format("Found %s AuthenticationProvider beans, with names %s. "
 						+ "Global Authentication Manager will not be configured with AuthenticationProviders. "
 						+ "Consider publishing a single AuthenticationProvider bean, or wiring your Providers directly "
-						+ "using the DSL.", beanNames.length, Arrays.toString(beanNames)));
+						+ "using the DSL.", authenticationProviders.size(), beanNames));
 				return;
 			}
-			AuthenticationProvider authenticationProvider = InitializeAuthenticationProviderBeanManagerConfigurer.this.context
+			AuthenticationProvider authenticationProvider = authenticationProviders.get(0).getBean();
-				.getBean(beanNames[0], AuthenticationProvider.class);
+			String authenticationProviderBeanName = authenticationProviders.get(0).getName();
+
 			auth.authenticationProvider(authenticationProvider);
 			this.logger.info(LogMessage.format(
 					"Global AuthenticationManager configured with AuthenticationProvider bean with name %s",
-					beanNames[0]));
+					authenticationProviderBeanName));
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * @return a list of beans of the requested class, along with their names. If
+		 * there are no registered beans of that type, the list is empty.
+		 */
+		private <T> List<BeanWithName<T>> getBeansWithName(Class<T> type) {
+			List<BeanWithName<T>> beanWithNames = new ArrayList<>();
+			String[] beanNames = InitializeAuthenticationProviderBeanManagerConfigurer.this.context
+				.getBeanNamesForType(type);
+			for (String beanName : beanNames) {
+				T bean = InitializeAuthenticationProviderBeanManagerConfigurer.this.context.getBean(beanName, type);
+				beanWithNames.add(new BeanWithName<>(bean, beanName));
+			}
+			return beanWithNames;
+		}
+
+		static class BeanWithName<T> {
+
+			private final T bean;
+
+			private final String name;
+
+			BeanWithName(T bean, String name) {
+				this.bean = bean;
+				this.name = name;
+			}
+
+			T getBean() {
+				return this.bean;
+			}
+
+			String getName() {
+				return this.name;
+			}
+
 		}
 
 	}

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/authentication/configuration/InitializeUserDetailsBeanManagerConfigurer.java

@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 
 package org.springframework.security.config.annotation.authentication.configuration;
 
-import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
@@ -66,10 +67,9 @@ class InitializeUserDetailsBeanManagerConfigurer extends GlobalAuthenticationCon
 
 		@Override
 		public void configure(AuthenticationManagerBuilder auth) throws Exception {
-			String[] beanNames = InitializeUserDetailsBeanManagerConfigurer.this.context
+			List<BeanWithName<UserDetailsService>> userDetailsServices = getBeansWithName(UserDetailsService.class);
-				.getBeanNamesForType(UserDetailsService.class);
 			if (auth.isConfigured()) {
-				if (beanNames.length > 0) {
+				if (!userDetailsServices.isEmpty()) {
 					this.logger.warn("Global AuthenticationManager configured with an AuthenticationProvider bean. "
 							+ "UserDetailsService beans will not be used by Spring Security for automatically configuring username/password login. "
 							+ "Consider removing the AuthenticationProvider bean. "
@@ -80,25 +80,30 @@ class InitializeUserDetailsBeanManagerConfigurer extends GlobalAuthenticationCon
 				return;
 			}
 
-			if (beanNames.length == 0) {
+			if (userDetailsServices.isEmpty()) {
 				return;
 			}
-			else if (beanNames.length > 1) {
+			else if (userDetailsServices.size() > 1) {
+				List<String> beanNames = userDetailsServices.stream().map(BeanWithName::getName).toList();
 				this.logger.warn(LogMessage.format("Found %s UserDetailsService beans, with names %s. "
 						+ "Global Authentication Manager will not use a UserDetailsService for username/password login. "
-						+ "Consider publishing a single UserDetailsService bean.", beanNames.length,
+						+ "Consider publishing a single UserDetailsService bean.", userDetailsServices.size(),
-						Arrays.toString(beanNames)));
+						beanNames));
 				return;
 			}
-			UserDetailsService userDetailsService = InitializeUserDetailsBeanManagerConfigurer.this.context
+			UserDetailsService userDetailsService = userDetailsServices.get(0).getBean();
-				.getBean(beanNames[0], UserDetailsService.class);
+			String userDetailsServiceBeanName = userDetailsServices.get(0).getName();
 			PasswordEncoder passwordEncoder = getBeanOrNull(PasswordEncoder.class);
 			UserDetailsPasswordService passwordManager = getBeanOrNull(UserDetailsPasswordService.class);
 			CompromisedPasswordChecker passwordChecker = getBeanOrNull(CompromisedPasswordChecker.class);
-			DaoAuthenticationProvider provider = new DaoAuthenticationProvider(userDetailsService);
+			DaoAuthenticationProvider provider;
 			if (passwordEncoder != null) {
-				provider.setPasswordEncoder(passwordEncoder);
+				provider = new DaoAuthenticationProvider(passwordEncoder);
 			}
+			else {
+				provider = new DaoAuthenticationProvider();
+			}
+			provider.setUserDetailsService(userDetailsService);
 			if (passwordManager != null) {
 				provider.setUserDetailsPasswordService(passwordManager);
 			}
@@ -108,7 +113,8 @@ class InitializeUserDetailsBeanManagerConfigurer extends GlobalAuthenticationCon
 			provider.afterPropertiesSet();
 			auth.authenticationProvider(provider);
 			this.logger.info(LogMessage.format(
-					"Global AuthenticationManager configured with UserDetailsService bean with name %s", beanNames[0]));
+					"Global AuthenticationManager configured with UserDetailsService bean with name %s",
+					userDetailsServiceBeanName));
 		}
 
 		/**
@@ -119,6 +125,41 @@ class InitializeUserDetailsBeanManagerConfigurer extends GlobalAuthenticationCon
 			return InitializeUserDetailsBeanManagerConfigurer.this.context.getBeanProvider(type).getIfUnique();
 		}
 
+		/**
+		 * @return a list of beans of the requested class, along with their names. If
+		 * there are no registered beans of that type, the list is empty.
+		 */
+		private <T> List<BeanWithName<T>> getBeansWithName(Class<T> type) {
+			List<BeanWithName<T>> beanWithNames = new ArrayList<>();
+			String[] beanNames = InitializeUserDetailsBeanManagerConfigurer.this.context.getBeanNamesForType(type);
+			for (String beanName : beanNames) {
+				T bean = InitializeUserDetailsBeanManagerConfigurer.this.context.getBean(beanName, type);
+				beanWithNames.add(new BeanWithName<>(bean, beanName));
+			}
+			return beanWithNames;
+		}
+
+		static class BeanWithName<T> {
+
+			private final T bean;
+
+			private final String name;
+
+			BeanWithName(T bean, String name) {
+				this.bean = bean;
+				this.name = name;
+			}
+
+			T getBean() {
+				return this.bean;
+			}
+
+			String getName() {
+				return this.name;
+			}
+
+		}
+
 	}
 
 }

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/authentication/configurers/ldap/LdapAuthenticationProviderConfigurer.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2021 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import org.springframework.security.authentication.AuthenticationProvider;
 import org.springframework.security.config.ObjectPostProcessor;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.SecurityConfigurerAdapter;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.authentication.ProviderManagerBuilder;
+import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configurers.ChannelSecurityConfigurer;
 import org.springframework.security.core.authority.mapping.GrantedAuthoritiesMapper;
 import org.springframework.security.core.authority.mapping.SimpleAuthorityMapper;
 import org.springframework.security.crypto.password.NoOpPasswordEncoder;
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ import org.springframework.security.ldap.authentication.LdapAuthenticator;
 import org.springframework.security.ldap.authentication.PasswordComparisonAuthenticator;
 import org.springframework.security.ldap.search.FilterBasedLdapUserSearch;
 import org.springframework.security.ldap.search.LdapUserSearch;
+import org.springframework.security.ldap.server.ApacheDSContainer;
 import org.springframework.security.ldap.server.UnboundIdContainer;
 import org.springframework.security.ldap.userdetails.DefaultLdapAuthoritiesPopulator;
 import org.springframework.security.ldap.userdetails.InetOrgPersonContextMapper;
@@ -59,8 +61,12 @@ import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 public class LdapAuthenticationProviderConfigurer<B extends ProviderManagerBuilder<B>>
 		extends SecurityConfigurerAdapter<AuthenticationManager, B> {
 
+	private static final String APACHEDS_CLASSNAME = "org.apache.directory.server.core.DefaultDirectoryService";
+
 	private static final String UNBOUNDID_CLASSNAME = "com.unboundid.ldap.listener.InMemoryDirectoryServer";
 
+	private static final boolean apacheDsPresent;
+
 	private static final boolean unboundIdPresent;
 
 	private String groupRoleAttribute = "cn";
@@ -95,6 +101,7 @@ public class LdapAuthenticationProviderConfigurer<B extends ProviderManagerBuild
 
 	static {
 		ClassLoader classLoader = LdapAuthenticationProviderConfigurer.class.getClassLoader();
+		apacheDsPresent = ClassUtils.isPresent(APACHEDS_CLASSNAME, classLoader);
 		unboundIdPresent = ClassUtils.isPresent(UNBOUNDID_CLASSNAME, classLoader);
 	}
 
@@ -126,23 +133,13 @@ public class LdapAuthenticationProviderConfigurer<B extends ProviderManagerBuild
 	/**
 	 * Adds an {@link ObjectPostProcessor} for this class.
 	 * @param objectPostProcessor
-	 * @return the {@link LdapAuthenticationProviderConfigurer} for further customizations
+	 * @return the {@link ChannelSecurityConfigurer} for further customizations
 	 */
 	public LdapAuthenticationProviderConfigurer<B> withObjectPostProcessor(ObjectPostProcessor<?> objectPostProcessor) {
 		addObjectPostProcessor(objectPostProcessor);
 		return this;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * @deprecated
-	 */
-	@Deprecated(since = "6.4", forRemoval = true)
-	public LdapAuthenticationProviderConfigurer<B> withObjectPostProcessor(
-			org.springframework.security.config.annotation.ObjectPostProcessor<?> objectPostProcessor) {
-		addObjectPostProcessor(objectPostProcessor);
-		return this;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Gets the {@link LdapAuthoritiesPopulator} and defaults to
 	 * {@link DefaultLdapAuthoritiesPopulator}
@@ -386,10 +383,6 @@ public class LdapAuthenticationProviderConfigurer<B extends ProviderManagerBuild
 		return this;
 	}
 
-	public B and() {
-		return getBuilder();
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public void configure(B builder) throws Exception {
 		LdapAuthenticationProvider provider = postProcess(build());
@@ -465,6 +458,8 @@ public class LdapAuthenticationProviderConfigurer<B extends ProviderManagerBuild
 	 */
 	public final class ContextSourceBuilder {
 
+		private static final String APACHEDS_CLASSNAME = "org.apache.directory.server.core.DefaultDirectoryService";
+
 		private static final String UNBOUNDID_CLASSNAME = "com.unboundid.ldap.listener.InMemoryDirectoryServer";
 
 		private static final int DEFAULT_PORT = 33389;
@@ -580,8 +575,14 @@ public class LdapAuthenticationProviderConfigurer<B extends ProviderManagerBuild
 			return contextSource;
 		}
 
-		private void startEmbeddedLdapServer() {
+		private void startEmbeddedLdapServer() throws Exception {
-			if (unboundIdPresent) {
+			if (apacheDsPresent) {
+				ApacheDSContainer apacheDsContainer = new ApacheDSContainer(this.root, this.ldif);
+				apacheDsContainer.setPort(getPort());
+				postProcess(apacheDsContainer);
+				this.port = apacheDsContainer.getLocalPort();
+			}
+			else if (unboundIdPresent) {
 				UnboundIdContainer unboundIdContainer = new UnboundIdContainer(this.root, this.ldif);
 				unboundIdContainer.setPort(getPort());
 				postProcess(unboundIdContainer);

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/authentication/configurers/provisioning/InMemoryUserDetailsManagerConfigurer.java

@@ -41,8 +41,4 @@ public class InMemoryUserDetailsManagerConfigurer<B extends ProviderManagerBuild
 		super(new InMemoryUserDetailsManager(new ArrayList<>()));
 	}
 
-	public B and() {
-		return getBuilder();
-	}
-
 }

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/authentication/configurers/userdetails/AbstractDaoAuthenticationConfigurer.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import org.springframework.security.crypto.password.PasswordEncoder;
 public abstract class AbstractDaoAuthenticationConfigurer<B extends ProviderManagerBuilder<B>, C extends AbstractDaoAuthenticationConfigurer<B, C, U>, U extends UserDetailsService>
 		extends UserDetailsAwareConfigurer<B, U> {
 
-	private DaoAuthenticationProvider provider;
+	private DaoAuthenticationProvider provider = new DaoAuthenticationProvider();
 
 	private final U userDetailsService;
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractDaoAuthenticationConfigurer<B extends ProviderMana
 	 */
 	AbstractDaoAuthenticationConfigurer(U userDetailsService) {
 		this.userDetailsService = userDetailsService;
-		this.provider = new DaoAuthenticationProvider(userDetailsService);
+		this.provider.setUserDetailsService(userDetailsService);
 		if (userDetailsService instanceof UserDetailsPasswordService) {
 			this.provider.setUserDetailsPasswordService((UserDetailsPasswordService) userDetailsService);
 		}
@@ -63,17 +63,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractDaoAuthenticationConfigurer<B extends ProviderMana
 		return (C) this;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * @deprecated
-	 */
-	@Deprecated(since = "6.4", forRemoval = true)
-	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-	public C withObjectPostProcessor(
-			org.springframework.security.config.annotation.ObjectPostProcessor<?> objectPostProcessor) {
-		addObjectPostProcessor(objectPostProcessor);
-		return (C) this;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Allows specifying the {@link PasswordEncoder} to use with the
 	 * {@link DaoAuthenticationProvider}. The default is to use plain text.

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/method/configuration/AuthorizationProxyConfiguration.java

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package org.springframework.security.config.annotation.method.configuration;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
 
 import org.aopalliance.intercept.MethodInterceptor;
 
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@ import org.springframework.security.aot.hint.SecurityHintsRegistrar;
 import org.springframework.security.authorization.AuthorizationProxyFactory;
 import org.springframework.security.authorization.method.AuthorizationAdvisor;
 import org.springframework.security.authorization.method.AuthorizationAdvisorProxyFactory;
-import org.springframework.security.authorization.method.AuthorizationAdvisorProxyFactory.TargetVisitor;
 import org.springframework.security.authorization.method.AuthorizeReturnObjectMethodInterceptor;
 import org.springframework.security.config.Customizer;
 
@@ -42,23 +40,21 @@ final class AuthorizationProxyConfiguration implements AopInfrastructureBean {
 	@Bean
 	@Role(BeanDefinition.ROLE_INFRASTRUCTURE)
 	static AuthorizationAdvisorProxyFactory authorizationProxyFactory(
-			ObjectProvider<AuthorizationAdvisor> authorizationAdvisors, ObjectProvider<TargetVisitor> targetVisitors,
 			ObjectProvider<Customizer<AuthorizationAdvisorProxyFactory>> customizers) {
-		List<AuthorizationAdvisor> advisors = new ArrayList<>();
+		AuthorizationAdvisorProxyFactory factory = new AuthorizationAdvisorProxyFactory(new ArrayList<>());
-		authorizationAdvisors.forEach(advisors::add);
-		List<TargetVisitor> visitors = new ArrayList<>();
-		targetVisitors.orderedStream().forEach(visitors::add);
-		visitors.add(TargetVisitor.defaults());
-		AuthorizationAdvisorProxyFactory factory = new AuthorizationAdvisorProxyFactory(advisors);
-		factory.setTargetVisitor(TargetVisitor.of(visitors.toArray(TargetVisitor[]::new)));
 		customizers.forEach((c) -> c.customize(factory));
 		return factory;
 	}
 
 	@Bean
 	@Role(BeanDefinition.ROLE_INFRASTRUCTURE)
-	static MethodInterceptor authorizeReturnObjectMethodInterceptor() {
+	static MethodInterceptor authorizeReturnObjectMethodInterceptor(ObjectProvider<AuthorizationAdvisor> provider,
-		return new AuthorizeReturnObjectMethodInterceptor();
+			AuthorizationAdvisorProxyFactory authorizationProxyFactory) {
+		provider.forEach(authorizationProxyFactory::addAdvisor);
+		AuthorizeReturnObjectMethodInterceptor interceptor = new AuthorizeReturnObjectMethodInterceptor(
+				authorizationProxyFactory);
+		authorizationProxyFactory.addAdvisor(interceptor);
+		return interceptor;
 	}
 
 	@Bean

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/method/configuration/AuthorizationProxyDataConfiguration.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2025 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -16,22 +16,13 @@
 
 package org.springframework.security.config.annotation.method.configuration;
 
-import java.util.List;
-
 import org.springframework.aop.framework.AopInfrastructureBean;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Role;
-import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
-import org.springframework.data.domain.PageImpl;
-import org.springframework.data.domain.SliceImpl;
-import org.springframework.data.geo.GeoPage;
-import org.springframework.data.geo.GeoResult;
-import org.springframework.data.geo.GeoResults;
 import org.springframework.security.aot.hint.SecurityHintsRegistrar;
 import org.springframework.security.authorization.AuthorizationProxyFactory;
-import org.springframework.security.authorization.method.AuthorizationAdvisorProxyFactory;
 import org.springframework.security.data.aot.hint.AuthorizeReturnObjectDataHintsRegistrar;
 
 @Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
@@ -43,45 +34,4 @@ final class AuthorizationProxyDataConfiguration implements AopInfrastructureBean
 		return new AuthorizeReturnObjectDataHintsRegistrar(proxyFactory);
 	}
 
-	@Bean
-	@Role(BeanDefinition.ROLE_INFRASTRUCTURE)
-	DataTargetVisitor dataTargetVisitor() {
-		return new DataTargetVisitor();
-	}
-
-	private static final class DataTargetVisitor implements AuthorizationAdvisorProxyFactory.TargetVisitor, Ordered {
-
-		private static final int DEFAULT_ORDER = 200;
-
-		@Override
-		public Object visit(AuthorizationAdvisorProxyFactory proxyFactory, Object target) {
-			if (target instanceof GeoResults<?> geoResults) {
-				return new GeoResults<>(proxyFactory.proxy(geoResults.getContent()), geoResults.getAverageDistance());
-			}
-			if (target instanceof GeoResult<?> geoResult) {
-				return new GeoResult<>(proxyFactory.proxy(geoResult.getContent()), geoResult.getDistance());
-			}
-			if (target instanceof GeoPage<?> geoPage) {
-				GeoResults<?> results = new GeoResults<>(proxyFactory.proxy(geoPage.getContent()),
-						geoPage.getAverageDistance());
-				return new GeoPage<>(results, geoPage.getPageable(), geoPage.getTotalElements());
-			}
-			if (target instanceof PageImpl<?> page) {
-				List<?> content = proxyFactory.proxy(page.getContent());
-				return new PageImpl<>(content, page.getPageable(), page.getTotalElements());
-			}
-			if (target instanceof SliceImpl<?> slice) {
-				List<?> content = proxyFactory.proxy(slice.getContent());
-				return new SliceImpl<>(content, slice.getPageable(), slice.hasNext());
-			}
-			return null;
-		}
-
-		@Override
-		public int getOrder() {
-			return DEFAULT_ORDER;
-		}
-
-	}
-
 }

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/method/configuration/AuthorizationProxyWebConfiguration.java

@@ -1,114 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2002-2025 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.springframework.security.config.annotation.method.configuration;
-
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-
-import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
-import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
-
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Role;
-import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
-import org.springframework.http.HttpEntity;
-import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
-import org.springframework.security.access.AccessDeniedException;
-import org.springframework.security.authorization.method.AuthorizationAdvisorProxyFactory;
-import org.springframework.security.web.util.ThrowableAnalyzer;
-import org.springframework.web.servlet.HandlerExceptionResolver;
-import org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView;
-import org.springframework.web.servlet.View;
-import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurer;
-import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.support.DefaultHandlerExceptionResolver;
-
-@Configuration
-class AuthorizationProxyWebConfiguration implements WebMvcConfigurer {
-
-	@Bean
-	@Role(BeanDefinition.ROLE_INFRASTRUCTURE)
-	AuthorizationAdvisorProxyFactory.TargetVisitor webTargetVisitor() {
-		return new WebTargetVisitor();
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public void extendHandlerExceptionResolvers(List<HandlerExceptionResolver> resolvers) {
-		for (int i = 0; i < resolvers.size(); i++) {
-			HandlerExceptionResolver resolver = resolvers.get(i);
-			if (resolver instanceof DefaultHandlerExceptionResolver) {
-				resolvers.add(i, new AccessDeniedExceptionResolver());
-				return;
-			}
-		}
-		resolvers.add(new AccessDeniedExceptionResolver());
-	}
-
-	static class WebTargetVisitor implements AuthorizationAdvisorProxyFactory.TargetVisitor, Ordered {
-
-		private static final int DEFAULT_ORDER = 100;
-
-		@Override
-		public Object visit(AuthorizationAdvisorProxyFactory proxyFactory, Object target) {
-			if (target instanceof ResponseEntity<?> entity) {
-				return new ResponseEntity<>(proxyFactory.proxy(entity.getBody()), entity.getHeaders(),
-						entity.getStatusCode());
-			}
-			if (target instanceof HttpEntity<?> entity) {
-				return new HttpEntity<>(proxyFactory.proxy(entity.getBody()), entity.getHeaders());
-			}
-			if (target instanceof ModelAndView mav) {
-				View view = mav.getView();
-				String viewName = mav.getViewName();
-				Map<String, Object> model = proxyFactory.proxy(mav.getModel());
-				ModelAndView proxied = (view != null) ? new ModelAndView(view, model)
-						: new ModelAndView(viewName, model);
-				proxied.setStatus(mav.getStatus());
-				return proxied;
-			}
-			return null;
-		}
-
-		@Override
-		public int getOrder() {
-			return DEFAULT_ORDER;
-		}
-
-	}
-
-	static class AccessDeniedExceptionResolver implements HandlerExceptionResolver {
-
-		final ThrowableAnalyzer throwableAnalyzer = new ThrowableAnalyzer();
-
-		@Override
-		public ModelAndView resolveException(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, Object handler,
-				Exception ex) {
-			Throwable[] causeChain = this.throwableAnalyzer.determineCauseChain(ex);
-			Throwable accessDeniedException = this.throwableAnalyzer
-				.getFirstThrowableOfType(AccessDeniedException.class, causeChain);
-			if (accessDeniedException != null) {
-				return new ModelAndView((model, req, res) -> {
-					throw ex;
-				});
-			}
-			return null;
-		}
-
-	}
-
-}

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/method/configuration/DeferringObservationAuthorizationManager.java

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2022 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.security.config.annotation.method.configuration;
+
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
+
+import io.micrometer.observation.ObservationRegistry;
+import org.aopalliance.intercept.MethodInvocation;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.ObjectProvider;
+import org.springframework.security.authorization.AuthorizationDecision;
+import org.springframework.security.authorization.AuthorizationManager;
+import org.springframework.security.authorization.AuthorizationResult;
+import org.springframework.security.authorization.ObservationAuthorizationManager;
+import org.springframework.security.authorization.method.MethodAuthorizationDeniedHandler;
+import org.springframework.security.authorization.method.MethodInvocationResult;
+import org.springframework.security.authorization.method.ThrowingMethodAuthorizationDeniedHandler;
+import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
+import org.springframework.util.function.SingletonSupplier;
+
+final class DeferringObservationAuthorizationManager<T>
+		implements AuthorizationManager<T>, MethodAuthorizationDeniedHandler {
+
+	private final Supplier<AuthorizationManager<T>> delegate;
+
+	private MethodAuthorizationDeniedHandler handler = new ThrowingMethodAuthorizationDeniedHandler();
+
+	DeferringObservationAuthorizationManager(ObjectProvider<ObservationRegistry> provider,
+			AuthorizationManager<T> delegate) {
+		this.delegate = SingletonSupplier.of(() -> {
+			ObservationRegistry registry = provider.getIfAvailable(() -> ObservationRegistry.NOOP);
+			if (registry.isNoop()) {
+				return delegate;
+			}
+			return new ObservationAuthorizationManager<>(registry, delegate);
+		});
+		if (delegate instanceof MethodAuthorizationDeniedHandler h) {
+			this.handler = h;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public AuthorizationDecision check(Supplier<Authentication> authentication, T object) {
+		return this.delegate.get().check(authentication, object);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object handleDeniedInvocation(MethodInvocation methodInvocation, AuthorizationResult authorizationResult) {
+		return this.handler.handleDeniedInvocation(methodInvocation, authorizationResult);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object handleDeniedInvocationResult(MethodInvocationResult methodInvocationResult,
+			AuthorizationResult authorizationResult) {
+		return this.handler.handleDeniedInvocationResult(methodInvocationResult, authorizationResult);
+	}
+
+}

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/method/configuration/DeferringObservationReactiveAuthorizationManager.java

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2023 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.security.config.annotation.method.configuration;
+
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
+
+import io.micrometer.observation.ObservationRegistry;
+import org.aopalliance.intercept.MethodInvocation;
+import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.ObjectProvider;
+import org.springframework.security.authorization.AuthorizationDecision;
+import org.springframework.security.authorization.AuthorizationResult;
+import org.springframework.security.authorization.ObservationReactiveAuthorizationManager;
+import org.springframework.security.authorization.ReactiveAuthorizationManager;
+import org.springframework.security.authorization.method.MethodAuthorizationDeniedHandler;
+import org.springframework.security.authorization.method.MethodInvocationResult;
+import org.springframework.security.authorization.method.ThrowingMethodAuthorizationDeniedHandler;
+import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
+import org.springframework.util.function.SingletonSupplier;
+
+final class DeferringObservationReactiveAuthorizationManager<T>
+		implements ReactiveAuthorizationManager<T>, MethodAuthorizationDeniedHandler {
+
+	private final Supplier<ReactiveAuthorizationManager<T>> delegate;
+
+	private MethodAuthorizationDeniedHandler handler = new ThrowingMethodAuthorizationDeniedHandler();
+
+	DeferringObservationReactiveAuthorizationManager(ObjectProvider<ObservationRegistry> provider,
+			ReactiveAuthorizationManager<T> delegate) {
+		this.delegate = SingletonSupplier.of(() -> {
+			ObservationRegistry registry = provider.getIfAvailable(() -> ObservationRegistry.NOOP);
+			if (registry.isNoop()) {
+				return delegate;
+			}
+			return new ObservationReactiveAuthorizationManager<>(registry, delegate);
+		});
+		if (delegate instanceof MethodAuthorizationDeniedHandler h) {
+			this.handler = h;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Mono<AuthorizationDecision> check(Mono<Authentication> authentication, T object) {
+		return this.delegate.get().check(authentication, object);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object handleDeniedInvocation(MethodInvocation methodInvocation, AuthorizationResult authorizationResult) {
+		return this.handler.handleDeniedInvocation(methodInvocation, authorizationResult);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object handleDeniedInvocationResult(MethodInvocationResult methodInvocationResult,
+			AuthorizationResult authorizationResult) {
+		return this.handler.handleDeniedInvocationResult(methodInvocationResult, authorizationResult);
+	}
+
+}

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/method/configuration/GlobalMethodSecurityConfiguration.java

@@ -407,16 +407,6 @@ public class GlobalMethodSecurityConfiguration implements ImportAware, SmartInit
 		this.objectPostProcessor = objectPostProcessor;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * @deprecated
-	 */
-	@Deprecated(since = "6.4", forRemoval = true)
-	@Autowired(required = false)
-	public void setObjectPostProcessor(
-			org.springframework.security.config.annotation.ObjectPostProcessor<Object> objectPostProcessor) {
-		this.objectPostProcessor = objectPostProcessor;
-	}
-
 	@Autowired(required = false)
 	public void setMethodSecurityExpressionHandler(List<MethodSecurityExpressionHandler> handlers) {
 		if (handlers.size() != 1) {

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/method/configuration/MethodSecuritySelector.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2025 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ final class MethodSecuritySelector implements ImportSelector {
 	private static final boolean isDataPresent = ClassUtils
 		.isPresent("org.springframework.security.data.aot.hint.AuthorizeReturnObjectDataHintsRegistrar", null);
 
-	private static final boolean isWebPresent = ClassUtils
-		.isPresent("org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet", null);
-
 	private static final boolean isObservabilityPresent = ClassUtils
 		.isPresent("io.micrometer.observation.ObservationRegistry", null);
 
@@ -70,9 +67,6 @@ final class MethodSecuritySelector implements ImportSelector {
 		if (isDataPresent) {
 			imports.add(AuthorizationProxyDataConfiguration.class.getName());
 		}
-		if (isWebPresent) {
-			imports.add(AuthorizationProxyWebConfiguration.class.getName());
-		}
 		if (isObservabilityPresent) {
 			imports.add(MethodObservationConfiguration.class.getName());
 		}

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/method/configuration/ReactiveAuthorizationManagerMethodSecurityConfiguration.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2025 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -83,11 +83,10 @@ final class ReactiveAuthorizationManagerMethodSecurityConfiguration
 
 	private final AuthorizationManagerAfterReactiveMethodInterceptor postAuthorizeMethodInterceptor;
 
-	ReactiveAuthorizationManagerMethodSecurityConfiguration(
+	@Autowired(required = false)
-			ObjectProvider<MethodSecurityExpressionHandler> expressionHandlers,
+	ReactiveAuthorizationManagerMethodSecurityConfiguration(MethodSecurityExpressionHandler expressionHandler,
 			ObjectProvider<ObjectPostProcessor<ReactiveAuthorizationManager<MethodInvocation>>> preAuthorizePostProcessor,
 			ObjectProvider<ObjectPostProcessor<ReactiveAuthorizationManager<MethodInvocationResult>>> postAuthorizePostProcessor) {
-		MethodSecurityExpressionHandler expressionHandler = expressionHandlers.getIfUnique();
 		if (expressionHandler != null) {
 			this.preFilterMethodInterceptor = new PreFilterAuthorizationReactiveMethodInterceptor(expressionHandler);
 			this.preAuthorizeAuthorizationManager = new PreAuthorizeReactiveAuthorizationManager(expressionHandler);

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/method/configuration/ReactiveMethodSecuritySelector.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2025 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2022 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ class ReactiveMethodSecuritySelector implements ImportSelector {
 	private static final boolean isDataPresent = ClassUtils
 		.isPresent("org.springframework.security.data.aot.hint.AuthorizeReturnObjectDataHintsRegistrar", null);
 
-	private static final boolean isWebPresent = ClassUtils.isPresent("org.springframework.web.server.ServerWebExchange",
-			null);
-
 	private static final boolean isObservabilityPresent = ClassUtils
 		.isPresent("io.micrometer.observation.ObservationRegistry", null);
 
@@ -64,9 +61,6 @@ class ReactiveMethodSecuritySelector implements ImportSelector {
 		if (isDataPresent) {
 			imports.add(AuthorizationProxyDataConfiguration.class.getName());
 		}
-		if (isWebPresent) {
-			imports.add(AuthorizationProxyWebConfiguration.class.getName());
-		}
 		if (isObservabilityPresent) {
 			imports.add(ReactiveMethodObservationConfiguration.class.getName());
 		}

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/rsocket/PayloadInterceptorOrder.java

@@ -33,16 +33,12 @@ public enum PayloadInterceptorOrder implements Ordered {
 	/**
 	 * Where basic authentication is placed.
 	 * @see RSocketSecurity#basicAuthentication(Customizer)
-	 * @deprecated please see {@link PayloadInterceptorOrder#AUTHENTICATION}
 	 */
-	@Deprecated
 	BASIC_AUTHENTICATION,
 	/**
 	 * Where JWT based authentication is performed.
 	 * @see RSocketSecurity#jwt(Customizer)
-	 * @deprecated please see {@link PayloadInterceptorOrder#AUTHENTICATION}
 	 */
-	@Deprecated
 	JWT_AUTHENTICATION,
 	/**
 	 * A generic placeholder for other types of authentication.

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/rsocket/RSocketSecurityConfiguration.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2019-2024 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2019 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 
 package org.springframework.security.config.annotation.rsocket;
 
-import java.util.Map;
-
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
@@ -64,12 +62,8 @@ class RSocketSecurityConfiguration {
 	}
 
 	@Autowired(required = false)
-	void setAuthenticationManagerPostProcessor(
+	void setAuthenticationManagerPostProcessor(ObjectPostProcessor<ReactiveAuthenticationManager> postProcessor) {
-			Map<String, ObjectPostProcessor<ReactiveAuthenticationManager>> postProcessors) {
+		this.postProcessor = postProcessor;
-		if (postProcessors.size() == 1) {
-			this.postProcessor = postProcessors.values().iterator().next();
-		}
-		this.postProcessor = postProcessors.get("rSocketAuthenticationManagerPostProcessor");
 	}
 
 	@Bean(name = RSOCKET_SECURITY_BEAN_NAME)

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/rsocket/ReactiveObservationConfiguration.java

@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ import org.springframework.security.authorization.ObservationReactiveAuthorizati
 import org.springframework.security.authorization.ReactiveAuthorizationManager;
 import org.springframework.security.config.ObjectPostProcessor;
 import org.springframework.security.config.observation.SecurityObservationSettings;
-import org.springframework.security.rsocket.api.PayloadExchange;
+import org.springframework.security.web.server.ObservationWebFilterChainDecorator;
+import org.springframework.security.web.server.WebFilterChainProxy.WebFilterChainDecorator;
+import org.springframework.web.server.ServerWebExchange;
 
 @Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
 @Role(BeanDefinition.ROLE_INFRASTRUCTURE)
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ class ReactiveObservationConfiguration {
 
 	@Bean
 	@Role(BeanDefinition.ROLE_INFRASTRUCTURE)
-	static ObjectPostProcessor<ReactiveAuthorizationManager<PayloadExchange>> rSocketAuthorizationManagerPostProcessor(
+	static ObjectPostProcessor<ReactiveAuthorizationManager<ServerWebExchange>> webAuthorizationManagerPostProcessor(
 			ObjectProvider<ObservationRegistry> registry, ObjectProvider<SecurityObservationSettings> predicate) {
 		return new ObjectPostProcessor<>() {
 			@Override
@@ -57,7 +59,7 @@ class ReactiveObservationConfiguration {
 
 	@Bean
 	@Role(BeanDefinition.ROLE_INFRASTRUCTURE)
-	static ObjectPostProcessor<ReactiveAuthenticationManager> rSocketAuthenticationManagerPostProcessor(
+	static ObjectPostProcessor<ReactiveAuthenticationManager> authenticationManagerPostProcessor(
 			ObjectProvider<ObservationRegistry> registry, ObjectProvider<SecurityObservationSettings> predicate) {
 		return new ObjectPostProcessor<>() {
 			@Override
@@ -69,4 +71,18 @@ class ReactiveObservationConfiguration {
 		};
 	}
 
+	@Bean
+	@Role(BeanDefinition.ROLE_INFRASTRUCTURE)
+	static ObjectPostProcessor<WebFilterChainDecorator> filterChainDecoratorPostProcessor(
+			ObjectProvider<ObservationRegistry> registry, ObjectProvider<SecurityObservationSettings> predicate) {
+		return new ObjectPostProcessor<>() {
+			@Override
+			public WebFilterChainDecorator postProcess(WebFilterChainDecorator object) {
+				ObservationRegistry r = registry.getIfUnique(() -> ObservationRegistry.NOOP);
+				boolean active = !r.isNoop() && predicate.getIfUnique(() -> all).shouldObserveRequests();
+				return active ? new ObservationWebFilterChainDecorator(r) : object;
+			}
+		};
+	}
+
 }

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/AbstractRequestMatcherRegistry.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2025 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.ResolvableType;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.security.config.ObjectPostProcessor;
-import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.ServletRegistrationsSupport.RegistrationMapping;
+import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configurers.AbstractConfigAttributeRequestMatcherRegistry;
 import org.springframework.security.web.servlet.util.matcher.MvcRequestMatcher;
 import org.springframework.security.web.util.matcher.AntPathRequestMatcher;
 import org.springframework.security.web.util.matcher.AnyRequestMatcher;
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractRequestMatcherRegistry<C> {
 
 	/**
 	 * Associates a list of {@link RequestMatcher} instances with the
-	 * {@link AbstractRequestMatcherRegistry}
+	 * {@link AbstractConfigAttributeRequestMatcherRegistry}
 	 * @param requestMatchers the {@link RequestMatcher} instances
 	 * @return the object that is chained after creating the {@link RequestMatcher}
 	 */
@@ -199,12 +199,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractRequestMatcherRegistry<C> {
 	 * @since 5.8
 	 */
 	public C requestMatchers(HttpMethod method, String... patterns) {
-		if (anyPathsDontStartWithLeadingSlash(patterns)) {
-			this.logger.warn("One of the patterns in " + Arrays.toString(patterns)
-					+ " is missing a leading slash. This is discouraged; please include the "
-					+ "leading slash in all your request matcher patterns. In future versions of "
-					+ "Spring Security, leaving out the leading slash will result in an exception.");
-		}
 		if (!mvcPresent) {
 			return requestMatchers(RequestMatchers.antMatchersAsArray(method, patterns));
 		}
@@ -218,63 +212,119 @@ public abstract class AbstractRequestMatcherRegistry<C> {
 		}
 		List<RequestMatcher> matchers = new ArrayList<>();
 		for (String pattern : patterns) {
-			if (RequestMatcherFactory.usesPathPatterns()) {
-				matchers.add(RequestMatcherFactory.matcher(method, pattern));
-			}
-			else {
 			AntPathRequestMatcher ant = new AntPathRequestMatcher(pattern, (method != null) ? method.name() : null);
 			MvcRequestMatcher mvc = createMvcMatchers(method, pattern).get(0);
 			matchers.add(new DeferredRequestMatcher((c) -> resolve(ant, mvc, c), mvc, ant));
 		}
-		}
 		return requestMatchers(matchers.toArray(new RequestMatcher[0]));
 	}
 
-	private boolean anyPathsDontStartWithLeadingSlash(String... patterns) {
+	private RequestMatcher resolve(AntPathRequestMatcher ant, MvcRequestMatcher mvc, ServletContext servletContext) {
-		for (String pattern : patterns) {
+		Map<String, ? extends ServletRegistration> registrations = mappableServletRegistrations(servletContext);
-			if (!pattern.startsWith("/")) {
+		if (registrations.isEmpty()) {
+			return new DispatcherServletDelegatingRequestMatcher(ant, mvc, new MockMvcRequestMatcher());
+		}
+		if (!hasDispatcherServlet(registrations)) {
+			return new DispatcherServletDelegatingRequestMatcher(ant, mvc, new MockMvcRequestMatcher());
+		}
+		ServletRegistration dispatcherServlet = requireOneRootDispatcherServlet(registrations);
+		if (dispatcherServlet != null) {
+			if (registrations.size() == 1) {
+				return mvc;
+			}
+			return new DispatcherServletDelegatingRequestMatcher(ant, mvc, servletContext);
+		}
+		dispatcherServlet = requireOnlyPathMappedDispatcherServlet(registrations);
+		if (dispatcherServlet != null) {
+			String mapping = dispatcherServlet.getMappings().iterator().next();
+			mvc.setServletPath(mapping.substring(0, mapping.length() - 2));
+			return mvc;
+		}
+		String errorMessage = computeErrorMessage(registrations.values());
+		throw new IllegalArgumentException(errorMessage);
+	}
+
+	private Map<String, ? extends ServletRegistration> mappableServletRegistrations(ServletContext servletContext) {
+		Map<String, ServletRegistration> mappable = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+		for (Map.Entry<String, ? extends ServletRegistration> entry : servletContext.getServletRegistrations()
+			.entrySet()) {
+			if (!entry.getValue().getMappings().isEmpty()) {
+				mappable.put(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
+			}
+		}
+		return mappable;
+	}
+
+	private boolean hasDispatcherServlet(Map<String, ? extends ServletRegistration> registrations) {
+		if (registrations == null) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		for (ServletRegistration registration : registrations.values()) {
+			if (isDispatcherServlet(registration)) {
 				return true;
 			}
 		}
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	private RequestMatcher resolve(AntPathRequestMatcher ant, MvcRequestMatcher mvc, ServletContext servletContext) {
+	private ServletRegistration requireOneRootDispatcherServlet(
-		ServletRegistrationsSupport registrations = new ServletRegistrationsSupport(servletContext);
+			Map<String, ? extends ServletRegistration> registrations) {
-		Collection<RegistrationMapping> mappings = registrations.mappings();
+		ServletRegistration rootDispatcherServlet = null;
-		if (mappings.isEmpty()) {
+		for (ServletRegistration registration : registrations.values()) {
-			return new DispatcherServletDelegatingRequestMatcher(ant, mvc, new MockMvcRequestMatcher());
+			if (!isDispatcherServlet(registration)) {
+				continue;
 			}
-		Collection<RegistrationMapping> dispatcherServletMappings = registrations.dispatcherServletMappings();
+			if (registration.getMappings().size() > 1) {
-		if (dispatcherServletMappings.isEmpty()) {
+				return null;
-			return new DispatcherServletDelegatingRequestMatcher(ant, mvc, new MockMvcRequestMatcher());
 			}
-		if (dispatcherServletMappings.size() > 1) {
+			if (!"/".equals(registration.getMappings().iterator().next())) {
-			String errorMessage = computeErrorMessage(servletContext.getServletRegistrations().values());
+				return null;
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException(errorMessage);
 			}
-		RegistrationMapping dispatcherServlet = dispatcherServletMappings.iterator().next();
+			rootDispatcherServlet = registration;
-		if (mappings.size() > 1 && !dispatcherServlet.isDefault()) {
-			String errorMessage = computeErrorMessage(servletContext.getServletRegistrations().values());
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException(errorMessage);
 		}
-		if (dispatcherServlet.isDefault()) {
+		return rootDispatcherServlet;
-			if (mappings.size() == 1) {
-				return mvc;
 	}
-			return new DispatcherServletDelegatingRequestMatcher(ant, mvc);
+
+	private ServletRegistration requireOnlyPathMappedDispatcherServlet(
+			Map<String, ? extends ServletRegistration> registrations) {
+		ServletRegistration pathDispatcherServlet = null;
+		for (ServletRegistration registration : registrations.values()) {
+			if (!isDispatcherServlet(registration)) {
+				return null;
+			}
+			if (registration.getMappings().size() > 1) {
+				return null;
+			}
+			String mapping = registration.getMappings().iterator().next();
+			if (!mapping.startsWith("/") || !mapping.endsWith("/*")) {
+				return null;
+			}
+			if (pathDispatcherServlet != null) {
+				return null;
+			}
+			pathDispatcherServlet = registration;
+		}
+		return pathDispatcherServlet;
+	}
+
+	private boolean isDispatcherServlet(ServletRegistration registration) {
+		Class<?> dispatcherServlet = ClassUtils.resolveClassName("org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet",
+				null);
+		try {
+			Class<?> clazz = Class.forName(registration.getClassName());
+			return dispatcherServlet.isAssignableFrom(clazz);
+		}
+		catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
+			return false;
 		}
-		return mvc;
 	}
 
 	private static String computeErrorMessage(Collection<? extends ServletRegistration> registrations) {
-		String template = """
+		String template = "This method cannot decide whether these patterns are Spring MVC patterns or not. "
-				This method cannot decide whether these patterns are Spring MVC patterns or not. \
+				+ "If this endpoint is a Spring MVC endpoint, please use requestMatchers(MvcRequestMatcher); "
-				This is because there is more than one mappable servlet in your servlet context: %s.
+				+ "otherwise, please use requestMatchers(AntPathRequestMatcher).\n\n"
-
+				+ "This is because there is more than one mappable servlet in your servlet context: %s.\n\n"
-				To address this, please create one PathPatternRequestMatcher.Builder#servletPath for each servlet that has \
+				+ "For each MvcRequestMatcher, call MvcRequestMatcher#setServletPath to indicate the servlet path.";
-				authorized endpoints and use them to construct request matchers manually.
-				""";
 		Map<String, Collection<String>> mappings = new LinkedHashMap<>();
 		for (ServletRegistration registration : registrations) {
 			mappings.put(registration.getClassName(), registration.getMappings());
@@ -453,12 +503,18 @@ public abstract class AbstractRequestMatcherRegistry<C> {
 
 	static class DispatcherServletRequestMatcher implements RequestMatcher {
 
+		private final ServletContext servletContext;
+
+		DispatcherServletRequestMatcher(ServletContext servletContext) {
+			this.servletContext = servletContext;
+		}
+
 		@Override
 		public boolean matches(HttpServletRequest request) {
 			String name = request.getHttpServletMapping().getServletName();
-			ServletRegistration registration = request.getServletContext().getServletRegistration(name);
+			ServletRegistration registration = this.servletContext.getServletRegistration(name);
 			Assert.notNull(registration,
-					() -> computeErrorMessage(request.getServletContext().getServletRegistrations().values()));
+					() -> computeErrorMessage(this.servletContext.getServletRegistrations().values()));
 			try {
 				Class<?> clazz = Class.forName(registration.getClassName());
 				return DispatcherServlet.class.isAssignableFrom(clazz);
@@ -478,8 +534,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractRequestMatcherRegistry<C> {
 
 		private final RequestMatcher dispatcherServlet;
 
-		DispatcherServletDelegatingRequestMatcher(AntPathRequestMatcher ant, MvcRequestMatcher mvc) {
+		DispatcherServletDelegatingRequestMatcher(AntPathRequestMatcher ant, MvcRequestMatcher mvc,
-			this(ant, mvc, new OrRequestMatcher(new MockMvcRequestMatcher(), new DispatcherServletRequestMatcher()));
+				ServletContext servletContext) {
+			this(ant, mvc, new OrRequestMatcher(new MockMvcRequestMatcher(),
+					new DispatcherServletRequestMatcher(servletContext)));
 		}
 
 		DispatcherServletDelegatingRequestMatcher(AntPathRequestMatcher ant, MvcRequestMatcher mvc,

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/HttpSecurityBuilder.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2025 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ public interface HttpSecurityBuilder<H extends HttpSecurityBuilder<H>>
 	 * <li>{@link DisableEncodeUrlFilter}</li>
 	 * <li>{@link ForceEagerSessionCreationFilter}</li>
 	 * <li>{@link ChannelProcessingFilter}</li>
-	 * <li>{@link org.springframework.security.web.transport.HttpsRedirectFilter}</li>
 	 * <li>{@link WebAsyncManagerIntegrationFilter}</li>
 	 * <li>{@link SecurityContextHolderFilter}</li>
 	 * <li>{@link SecurityContextPersistenceFilter}</li>

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/RequestMatcherFactory.java

@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2002-2025 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web;
-
-import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
-import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
-import org.springframework.security.web.servlet.util.matcher.PathPatternRequestMatcher;
-import org.springframework.security.web.util.matcher.AntPathRequestMatcher;
-import org.springframework.security.web.util.matcher.RequestMatcher;
-
-/**
- * This utility exists only to facilitate applications opting into using path patterns in
- * the HttpSecurity DSL. It is for internal use only.
- *
- * @deprecated
- */
-@Deprecated(forRemoval = true)
-public final class RequestMatcherFactory {
-
-	private static PathPatternRequestMatcher.Builder builder;
-
-	public static void setApplicationContext(ApplicationContext context) {
-		builder = context.getBeanProvider(PathPatternRequestMatcher.Builder.class).getIfUnique();
-	}
-
-	public static boolean usesPathPatterns() {
-		return builder != null;
-	}
-
-	public static RequestMatcher matcher(String path) {
-		return matcher(null, path);
-	}
-
-	public static RequestMatcher matcher(HttpMethod method, String path) {
-		if (builder != null) {
-			return builder.matcher(method, path);
-		}
-		return new AntPathRequestMatcher(path, (method != null) ? method.name() : null);
-	}
-
-	private RequestMatcherFactory() {
-
-	}
-
-}

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/ServletRegistrationsSupport.java

@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2002-2025 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web;
-
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Map;
-
-import jakarta.servlet.ServletContext;
-import jakarta.servlet.ServletRegistration;
-
-import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
-
-class ServletRegistrationsSupport {
-
-	private final Collection<RegistrationMapping> registrations;
-
-	ServletRegistrationsSupport(ServletContext servletContext) {
-		Map<String, ? extends ServletRegistration> registrations = servletContext.getServletRegistrations();
-		Collection<RegistrationMapping> mappings = new ArrayList<>();
-		for (Map.Entry<String, ? extends ServletRegistration> entry : registrations.entrySet()) {
-			if (!entry.getValue().getMappings().isEmpty()) {
-				for (String mapping : entry.getValue().getMappings()) {
-					mappings.add(new RegistrationMapping(entry.getValue(), mapping));
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		this.registrations = mappings;
-	}
-
-	Collection<RegistrationMapping> dispatcherServletMappings() {
-		Collection<RegistrationMapping> mappings = new ArrayList<>();
-		for (RegistrationMapping registration : this.registrations) {
-			if (registration.isDispatcherServlet()) {
-				mappings.add(registration);
-			}
-		}
-		return mappings;
-	}
-
-	Collection<RegistrationMapping> mappings() {
-		return this.registrations;
-	}
-
-	record RegistrationMapping(ServletRegistration registration, String mapping) {
-		boolean isDispatcherServlet() {
-			Class<?> dispatcherServlet = ClassUtils
-				.resolveClassName("org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet", null);
-			try {
-				Class<?> clazz = Class.forName(this.registration.getClassName());
-				return dispatcherServlet.isAssignableFrom(clazz);
-			}
-			catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
-				return false;
-			}
-		}
-
-		boolean isDefault() {
-			return "/".equals(this.mapping);
-		}
-	}
-
-}

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/builders/FilterOrderRegistration.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2025 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AuthenticationFilter;
 import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.UsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter;
 import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.logout.LogoutFilter;
 import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.ott.GenerateOneTimeTokenFilter;
-import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.ott.OneTimeTokenAuthenticationFilter;
 import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.preauth.AbstractPreAuthenticatedProcessingFilter;
 import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.preauth.x509.X509AuthenticationFilter;
 import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.rememberme.RememberMeAuthenticationFilter;
@@ -54,7 +53,6 @@ import org.springframework.security.web.session.ConcurrentSessionFilter;
 import org.springframework.security.web.session.DisableEncodeUrlFilter;
 import org.springframework.security.web.session.ForceEagerSessionCreationFilter;
 import org.springframework.security.web.session.SessionManagementFilter;
-import org.springframework.security.web.transport.HttpsRedirectFilter;
 import org.springframework.web.filter.CorsFilter;
 
 /**
@@ -79,7 +77,6 @@ final class FilterOrderRegistration {
 		put(DisableEncodeUrlFilter.class, order.next());
 		put(ForceEagerSessionCreationFilter.class, order.next());
 		put(ChannelProcessingFilter.class, order.next());
-		put(HttpsRedirectFilter.class, order.next());
 		order.next(); // gh-8105
 		put(WebAsyncManagerIntegrationFilter.class, order.next());
 		put(SecurityContextHolderFilter.class, order.next());
@@ -104,7 +101,6 @@ final class FilterOrderRegistration {
 				"org.springframework.security.saml2.provider.service.web.authentication.Saml2WebSsoAuthenticationFilter",
 				order.next());
 		put(UsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter.class, order.next());
-		put(OneTimeTokenAuthenticationFilter.class, order.next());
 		order.next(); // gh-8105
 		put(DefaultResourcesFilter.class, order.next());
 		put(DefaultLoginPageGeneratingFilter.class, order.next());

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/builders/WebSecurity.java

@@ -35,9 +35,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.ResolvableType;
 import org.springframework.security.access.PermissionEvaluator;
 import org.springframework.security.access.expression.SecurityExpressionHandler;
 import org.springframework.security.access.hierarchicalroles.RoleHierarchy;
-import org.springframework.security.authorization.AuthorizationDecision;
 import org.springframework.security.authorization.AuthorizationManager;
-import org.springframework.security.authorization.SingleResultAuthorizationManager;
 import org.springframework.security.config.ObjectPostProcessor;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.AbstractConfiguredSecurityBuilder;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.SecurityBuilder;
@@ -60,8 +58,6 @@ import org.springframework.security.web.access.WebInvocationPrivilegeEvaluator;
 import org.springframework.security.web.access.expression.DefaultWebSecurityExpressionHandler;
 import org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.AuthorizationFilter;
 import org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor;
-import org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.RequestAuthorizationContext;
-import org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.RequestMatcherDelegatingAuthorizationManager;
 import org.springframework.security.web.debug.DebugFilter;
 import org.springframework.security.web.firewall.CompositeRequestRejectedHandler;
 import org.springframework.security.web.firewall.HttpFirewall;
@@ -139,14 +135,6 @@ public final class WebSecurity extends AbstractConfiguredSecurityBuilder<Filter,
 		super(objectPostProcessor);
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * @deprecated
-	 */
-	@Deprecated(since = "6.4", forRemoval = true)
-	public WebSecurity(org.springframework.security.config.annotation.ObjectPostProcessor<Object> objectPostProcessor) {
-		super(objectPostProcessor);
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * <p>
 	 * Allows adding {@link RequestMatcher} instances that Spring Security should ignore.
@@ -235,8 +223,8 @@ public final class WebSecurity extends AbstractConfiguredSecurityBuilder<Filter,
 
 	/**
 	 * Set the {@link WebInvocationPrivilegeEvaluator} to be used. If this is not
-	 * specified, then a {@link AuthorizationManagerWebInvocationPrivilegeEvaluator} will
+	 * specified, then a {@link RequestMatcherDelegatingWebInvocationPrivilegeEvaluator}
-	 * be created based on the list of {@link SecurityFilterChain}.
+	 * will be created based on the list of {@link SecurityFilterChain}.
 	 * @param privilegeEvaluator the {@link WebInvocationPrivilegeEvaluator} to use
 	 * @return the {@link WebSecurity} for further customizations
 	 */
@@ -305,33 +293,34 @@ public final class WebSecurity extends AbstractConfiguredSecurityBuilder<Filter,
 						+ ".addSecurityFilterChainBuilder directly");
 		int chainSize = this.ignoredRequests.size() + this.securityFilterChainBuilders.size();
 		List<SecurityFilterChain> securityFilterChains = new ArrayList<>(chainSize);
-		RequestMatcherDelegatingAuthorizationManager.Builder builder = RequestMatcherDelegatingAuthorizationManager
+		List<RequestMatcherEntry<List<WebInvocationPrivilegeEvaluator>>> requestMatcherPrivilegeEvaluatorsEntries = new ArrayList<>();
-			.builder();
-		boolean mappings = false;
 		for (RequestMatcher ignoredRequest : this.ignoredRequests) {
 			WebSecurity.this.logger.warn("You are asking Spring Security to ignore " + ignoredRequest
 					+ ". This is not recommended -- please use permitAll via HttpSecurity#authorizeHttpRequests instead.");
 			SecurityFilterChain securityFilterChain = new DefaultSecurityFilterChain(ignoredRequest);
 			securityFilterChains.add(securityFilterChain);
-			builder.add(ignoredRequest, SingleResultAuthorizationManager.permitAll());
+			requestMatcherPrivilegeEvaluatorsEntries
-			mappings = true;
+				.add(getRequestMatcherPrivilegeEvaluatorsEntry(securityFilterChain));
 		}
+		boolean anyRequestConfigured = false;
 		for (SecurityBuilder<? extends SecurityFilterChain> securityFilterChainBuilder : this.securityFilterChainBuilders) {
 			SecurityFilterChain securityFilterChain = securityFilterChainBuilder.build();
+			Assert.isTrue(!anyRequestConfigured,
+					"A filter chain that matches any request has already been configured, which means that this filter chain ["
+							+ securityFilterChain
+							+ "] will never get invoked. Please use `HttpSecurity#securityMatcher` to ensure that there is only one filter chain configured for 'any request' and that the 'any request' filter chain is published last.");
+			if (securityFilterChain instanceof DefaultSecurityFilterChain defaultSecurityFilterChain) {
+				if (defaultSecurityFilterChain.getRequestMatcher() instanceof AnyRequestMatcher) {
+					anyRequestConfigured = true;
+				}
+			}
 			securityFilterChains.add(securityFilterChain);
-			mappings = addAuthorizationManager(securityFilterChain, builder) || mappings;
+			requestMatcherPrivilegeEvaluatorsEntries
+				.add(getRequestMatcherPrivilegeEvaluatorsEntry(securityFilterChain));
 		}
 		if (this.privilegeEvaluator == null) {
-			AuthorizationManager<HttpServletRequest> authorizationManager = mappings ? builder.build()
-					: SingleResultAuthorizationManager.permitAll();
-			AuthorizationManagerWebInvocationPrivilegeEvaluator privilegeEvaluator = new AuthorizationManagerWebInvocationPrivilegeEvaluator(
-					authorizationManager);
-			privilegeEvaluator.setServletContext(this.servletContext);
-			if (this.privilegeEvaluatorRequestTransformer != null) {
-				privilegeEvaluator.setRequestTransformer(this.privilegeEvaluatorRequestTransformer);
-			}
 			this.privilegeEvaluator = new RequestMatcherDelegatingWebInvocationPrivilegeEvaluator(
-					List.of(new RequestMatcherEntry<>(AnyRequestMatcher.INSTANCE, List.of(privilegeEvaluator))));
+					requestMatcherPrivilegeEvaluatorsEntries);
 		}
 		FilterChainProxy filterChainProxy = new FilterChainProxy(securityFilterChains);
 		if (this.httpFirewall != null) {
@@ -346,7 +335,6 @@ public final class WebSecurity extends AbstractConfiguredSecurityBuilder<Filter,
 					new HttpStatusRequestRejectedHandler());
 			filterChainProxy.setRequestRejectedHandler(requestRejectedHandler);
 		}
-		filterChainProxy.setFilterChainValidator(new WebSecurityFilterChainValidator());
 		filterChainProxy.setFilterChainDecorator(getFilterChainDecorator());
 		filterChainProxy.afterPropertiesSet();
 
@@ -364,33 +352,30 @@ public final class WebSecurity extends AbstractConfiguredSecurityBuilder<Filter,
 		return result;
 	}
 
-	private boolean addAuthorizationManager(SecurityFilterChain securityFilterChain,
+	private RequestMatcherEntry<List<WebInvocationPrivilegeEvaluator>> getRequestMatcherPrivilegeEvaluatorsEntry(
-			RequestMatcherDelegatingAuthorizationManager.Builder builder) {
+			SecurityFilterChain securityFilterChain) {
-		boolean mappings = false;
+		List<WebInvocationPrivilegeEvaluator> privilegeEvaluators = new ArrayList<>();
 		for (Filter filter : securityFilterChain.getFilters()) {
-			if (filter instanceof FilterSecurityInterceptor securityInterceptor) {
+			if (filter instanceof FilterSecurityInterceptor) {
-				DefaultWebInvocationPrivilegeEvaluator privilegeEvaluator = new DefaultWebInvocationPrivilegeEvaluator(
+				DefaultWebInvocationPrivilegeEvaluator defaultWebInvocationPrivilegeEvaluator = new DefaultWebInvocationPrivilegeEvaluator(
-						securityInterceptor);
+						(FilterSecurityInterceptor) filter);
-				privilegeEvaluator.setServletContext(this.servletContext);
+				defaultWebInvocationPrivilegeEvaluator.setServletContext(this.servletContext);
-				AuthorizationManager<RequestAuthorizationContext> authorizationManager = (authentication, context) -> {
+				privilegeEvaluators.add(defaultWebInvocationPrivilegeEvaluator);
-					HttpServletRequest request = context.getRequest();
-					boolean result = privilegeEvaluator.isAllowed(request.getContextPath(), request.getRequestURI(),
-							request.getMethod(), authentication.get());
-					return new AuthorizationDecision(result);
-				};
-				builder.add(securityFilterChain::matches, authorizationManager);
-				mappings = true;
 				continue;
 			}
-			if (filter instanceof AuthorizationFilter authorization) {
+			if (filter instanceof AuthorizationFilter) {
-				AuthorizationManager<HttpServletRequest> authorizationManager = authorization.getAuthorizationManager();
+				AuthorizationManager<HttpServletRequest> authorizationManager = ((AuthorizationFilter) filter)
-				builder.add(securityFilterChain::matches,
+					.getAuthorizationManager();
-						(authentication, context) -> (AuthorizationDecision) authorizationManager
+				AuthorizationManagerWebInvocationPrivilegeEvaluator evaluator = new AuthorizationManagerWebInvocationPrivilegeEvaluator(
-							.authorize(authentication, context.getRequest()));
+						authorizationManager);
-				mappings = true;
+				evaluator.setServletContext(this.servletContext);
+				if (this.privilegeEvaluatorRequestTransformer != null) {
+					evaluator.setRequestTransformer(this.privilegeEvaluatorRequestTransformer);
+				}
+				privilegeEvaluators.add(evaluator);
 			}
 		}
-		return mappings;
+		return new RequestMatcherEntry<>(securityFilterChain::matches, privilegeEvaluators);
 	}
 
 	@Override

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/builders/WebSecurityFilterChainValidator.java

@@ -1,113 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.builders;
-
-import java.util.List;
-
-import jakarta.servlet.Filter;
-import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
-import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
-
-import org.springframework.security.web.DefaultSecurityFilterChain;
-import org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy;
-import org.springframework.security.web.SecurityFilterChain;
-import org.springframework.security.web.UnreachableFilterChainException;
-import org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.AuthorizationFilter;
-import org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor;
-import org.springframework.security.web.util.matcher.AnyRequestMatcher;
-
-/**
- * A filter chain validator for filter chains built by {@link WebSecurity}
- *
- * @author Josh Cummings
- * @author Max Batischev
- * @since 6.5
- */
-final class WebSecurityFilterChainValidator implements FilterChainProxy.FilterChainValidator {
-
-	private final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());
-
-	@Override
-	public void validate(FilterChainProxy filterChainProxy) {
-		List<SecurityFilterChain> chains = filterChainProxy.getFilterChains();
-		checkForAnyRequestRequestMatcher(chains);
-		checkForDuplicateMatchers(chains);
-		checkAuthorizationFilters(chains);
-	}
-
-	private void checkForAnyRequestRequestMatcher(List<SecurityFilterChain> chains) {
-		DefaultSecurityFilterChain anyRequestFilterChain = null;
-		for (SecurityFilterChain chain : chains) {
-			if (anyRequestFilterChain != null) {
-				String message = "A filter chain that matches any request [" + anyRequestFilterChain
-						+ "] has already been configured, which means that this filter chain [" + chain
-						+ "] will never get invoked. Please use `HttpSecurity#securityMatcher` to ensure that there is only one filter chain configured for 'any request' and that the 'any request' filter chain is published last.";
-				throw new UnreachableFilterChainException(message, anyRequestFilterChain, chain);
-			}
-			if (chain instanceof DefaultSecurityFilterChain defaultChain) {
-				if (defaultChain.getRequestMatcher() instanceof AnyRequestMatcher) {
-					anyRequestFilterChain = defaultChain;
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	private void checkForDuplicateMatchers(List<SecurityFilterChain> chains) {
-		DefaultSecurityFilterChain filterChain = null;
-		for (SecurityFilterChain chain : chains) {
-			if (filterChain != null) {
-				if (chain instanceof DefaultSecurityFilterChain defaultChain) {
-					if (defaultChain.getRequestMatcher().equals(filterChain.getRequestMatcher())) {
-						throw new UnreachableFilterChainException(
-								"The FilterChainProxy contains two filter chains using the" + " matcher "
-										+ defaultChain.getRequestMatcher(),
-								filterChain, defaultChain);
-					}
-				}
-			}
-			if (chain instanceof DefaultSecurityFilterChain defaultChain) {
-				filterChain = defaultChain;
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	private void checkAuthorizationFilters(List<SecurityFilterChain> chains) {
-		Filter authorizationFilter = null;
-		Filter filterSecurityInterceptor = null;
-		for (SecurityFilterChain chain : chains) {
-			for (Filter filter : chain.getFilters()) {
-				if (filter instanceof AuthorizationFilter) {
-					authorizationFilter = filter;
-				}
-				if (filter instanceof FilterSecurityInterceptor) {
-					filterSecurityInterceptor = filter;
-				}
-			}
-			if (authorizationFilter != null && filterSecurityInterceptor != null) {
-				this.logger.warn(
-						"It is not recommended to use authorizeRequests in the configuration. Please only use authorizeHttpRequests");
-			}
-			if (filterSecurityInterceptor != null) {
-				this.logger.warn(
-						"Usage of authorizeRequests is deprecated. Please use authorizeHttpRequests in the configuration");
-			}
-			authorizationFilter = null;
-			filterSecurityInterceptor = null;
-		}
-	}
-
-}

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configuration/EnableWebSecurity.java

@@ -46,9 +46,8 @@ import org.springframework.security.web.SecurityFilterChain;
  *
  * 	@Bean
  * 	public SecurityFilterChain securityFilterChain(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
- * 		http.authorizeHttpRequests((authorize) -> authorize
+ * 		http.authorizeHttpRequests().requestMatchers("/public/**").permitAll().anyRequest()
- * 			.requestMatchers("/public/**").permitAll()
+ * 				.hasRole("USER").and()
- * 			.anyRequest().hasRole("USER"))
  * 				// Possibly more configuration ...
  * 				.formLogin() // enable form based log in
  * 				// set permitAll for all URLs associated with Form Login

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configuration/HttpSecurityConfiguration.java

@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.authentication.configurati
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.authentication.configurers.provisioning.InMemoryUserDetailsManagerConfigurer;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.authentication.configurers.provisioning.JdbcUserDetailsManagerConfigurer;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.authentication.configurers.userdetails.DaoAuthenticationConfigurer;
-import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.RequestMatcherFactory;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.builders.HttpSecurity;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configurers.AbstractHttpConfigurer;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configurers.DefaultLoginPageConfigurer;
@@ -105,7 +104,6 @@ class HttpSecurityConfiguration {
 	@Bean(HTTPSECURITY_BEAN_NAME)
 	@Scope("prototype")
 	HttpSecurity httpSecurity() throws Exception {
-		RequestMatcherFactory.setApplicationContext(this.context);
 		LazyPasswordEncoder passwordEncoder = new LazyPasswordEncoder(this.context);
 		AuthenticationManagerBuilder authenticationBuilder = new DefaultPasswordEncoderAuthenticationManagerBuilder(
 				this.objectPostProcessor, passwordEncoder);
@@ -180,17 +178,6 @@ class HttpSecurityConfiguration {
 			this.defaultPasswordEncoder = defaultPasswordEncoder;
 		}
 
-		/**
-		 * @deprecated
-		 */
-		@Deprecated(since = "6.4", forRemoval = true)
-		DefaultPasswordEncoderAuthenticationManagerBuilder(
-				org.springframework.security.config.annotation.ObjectPostProcessor<Object> objectPostProcessor,
-				PasswordEncoder defaultPasswordEncoder) {
-			super(objectPostProcessor);
-			this.defaultPasswordEncoder = defaultPasswordEncoder;
-		}
-
 		@Override
 		public InMemoryUserDetailsManagerConfigurer<AuthenticationManagerBuilder> inMemoryAuthentication()
 				throws Exception {

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configuration/OAuth2ClientConfiguration.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2025 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableListableBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionRegistry;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionRegistryPostProcessor;
-import org.springframework.context.ApplicationEventPublisher;
-import org.springframework.context.ApplicationEventPublisherAware;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationBeanNameGenerator;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
@@ -162,7 +160,7 @@ final class OAuth2ClientConfiguration {
 	 * @since 6.2.0
 	 */
 	static final class OAuth2AuthorizedClientManagerRegistrar
-			implements ApplicationEventPublisherAware, BeanDefinitionRegistryPostProcessor, BeanFactoryAware {
+			implements BeanDefinitionRegistryPostProcessor, BeanFactoryAware {
 
 		static final String BEAN_NAME = "authorizedClientManagerRegistrar";
 
@@ -181,8 +179,6 @@ final class OAuth2ClientConfiguration {
 
 		private final AnnotationBeanNameGenerator beanNameGenerator = new AnnotationBeanNameGenerator();
 
-		private ApplicationEventPublisher applicationEventPublisher;
-
 		private ListableBeanFactory beanFactory;
 
 		@Override
@@ -306,10 +302,6 @@ final class OAuth2ClientConfiguration {
 				authorizedClientProvider.setAccessTokenResponseClient(accessTokenResponseClient);
 			}
 
-			if (this.applicationEventPublisher != null) {
-				authorizedClientProvider.setApplicationEventPublisher(this.applicationEventPublisher);
-			}
-
 			return authorizedClientProvider;
 		}
 
@@ -431,11 +423,6 @@ final class OAuth2ClientConfiguration {
 			return objectProvider.getIfAvailable();
 		}
 
-		@Override
-		public void setApplicationEventPublisher(ApplicationEventPublisher applicationEventPublisher) {
-			this.applicationEventPublisher = applicationEventPublisher;
-		}
-
 	}
 
 }

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configuration/WebMvcSecurityConfiguration.java

@@ -78,8 +78,6 @@ class WebMvcSecurityConfiguration implements WebMvcConfigurer, ApplicationContex
 
 	private static final String HANDLER_MAPPING_INTROSPECTOR_BEAN_NAME = "mvcHandlerMappingIntrospector";
 
-	private static final String PATH_PATTERN_REQUEST_TRANSFORMER_BEAN_NAME = "pathPatternRequestTransformer";
-
 	private BeanResolver beanResolver;
 
 	private SecurityContextHolderStrategy securityContextHolderStrategy = SecurityContextHolder
@@ -121,6 +119,17 @@ class WebMvcSecurityConfiguration implements WebMvcConfigurer, ApplicationContex
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Used to ensure Spring MVC request matching is cached.
+	 *
+	 * Creates a {@link BeanDefinitionRegistryPostProcessor} that detects if a bean named
+	 * HANDLER_MAPPING_INTROSPECTOR_BEAN_NAME is defined. If so, it moves the
+	 * AbstractSecurityWebApplicationInitializer.DEFAULT_FILTER_NAME to another bean name
+	 * and then adds a {@link CompositeFilter} that contains
+	 * {@link HandlerMappingIntrospector#createCacheFilter()} and the original
+	 * FilterChainProxy under the original Bean name.
+	 * @return
+	 */
 	@Bean
 	static BeanDefinitionRegistryPostProcessor springSecurityHandlerMappingIntrospectorBeanDefinitionRegistryPostProcessor() {
 		return new BeanDefinitionRegistryPostProcessor() {
@@ -135,8 +144,6 @@ class WebMvcSecurityConfiguration implements WebMvcConfigurer, ApplicationContex
 				}
 
 				String hmiRequestTransformerBeanName = HANDLER_MAPPING_INTROSPECTOR_BEAN_NAME + "RequestTransformer";
-				if (!registry.containsBeanDefinition(PATH_PATTERN_REQUEST_TRANSFORMER_BEAN_NAME)
-						&& !registry.containsBeanDefinition(hmiRequestTransformerBeanName)) {
 				if (!registry.containsBeanDefinition(hmiRequestTransformerBeanName)) {
 					BeanDefinition hmiRequestTransformer = BeanDefinitionBuilder
 						.rootBeanDefinition(HandlerMappingIntrospectorRequestTransformer.class)
@@ -144,7 +151,6 @@ class WebMvcSecurityConfiguration implements WebMvcConfigurer, ApplicationContex
 						.getBeanDefinition();
 					registry.registerBeanDefinition(hmiRequestTransformerBeanName, hmiRequestTransformer);
 				}
-				}
 
 				BeanDefinition filterChainProxy = registry
 					.getBeanDefinition(AbstractSecurityWebApplicationInitializer.DEFAULT_FILTER_NAME);
@@ -172,11 +178,7 @@ class WebMvcSecurityConfiguration implements WebMvcConfigurer, ApplicationContex
 	/**
 	 * {@link FactoryBean} to defer creation of
 	 * {@link HandlerMappingIntrospector#createCacheFilter()}
-	 *
-	 * @deprecated see {@link WebSecurityConfiguration} for
-	 * {@link org.springframework.web.util.pattern.PathPattern} replacement
 	 */
-	@Deprecated
 	static class HandlerMappingIntrospectorCacheFilterFactoryBean
 			implements ApplicationContextAware, FactoryBean<Filter> {
 
@@ -205,11 +207,7 @@ class WebMvcSecurityConfiguration implements WebMvcConfigurer, ApplicationContex
 	 * Extends {@link FilterChainProxy} to provide as much passivity as possible but
 	 * delegates to {@link CompositeFilter} for
 	 * {@link #doFilter(ServletRequest, ServletResponse, FilterChain)}.
-	 *
-	 * @deprecated see {@link WebSecurityConfiguration} for
-	 * {@link org.springframework.web.util.pattern.PathPattern} replacement
 	 */
-	@Deprecated
 	static class CompositeFilterChainProxy extends FilterChainProxy {
 
 		/**

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configuration/WebSecurityConfiguration.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2025 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2022 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -16,29 +16,16 @@
 
 package org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import jakarta.servlet.Filter;
-import jakarta.servlet.FilterChain;
-import jakarta.servlet.ServletException;
-import jakarta.servlet.ServletRequest;
-import jakarta.servlet.ServletResponse;
-import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 
-import org.springframework.beans.BeanMetadataElement;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanClassLoaderAware;
-import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.ObjectProvider;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanFactoryPostProcessor;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableListableBeanFactory;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionRegistry;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionRegistryPostProcessor;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ManagedList;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.DependsOn;
@@ -58,18 +45,11 @@ import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.builders.HttpSecurity;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.builders.WebSecurity;
 import org.springframework.security.config.crypto.RsaKeyConversionServicePostProcessor;
 import org.springframework.security.context.DelegatingApplicationListener;
-import org.springframework.security.core.context.SecurityContextHolderStrategy;
 import org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy;
 import org.springframework.security.web.FilterInvocation;
 import org.springframework.security.web.SecurityFilterChain;
 import org.springframework.security.web.access.WebInvocationPrivilegeEvaluator;
 import org.springframework.security.web.context.AbstractSecurityWebApplicationInitializer;
-import org.springframework.security.web.debug.DebugFilter;
-import org.springframework.security.web.firewall.HttpFirewall;
-import org.springframework.security.web.firewall.RequestRejectedHandler;
-import org.springframework.web.filter.CompositeFilter;
-import org.springframework.web.filter.ServletRequestPathFilter;
-import org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.HandlerMappingIntrospector;
 
 /**
  * Uses a {@link WebSecurity} to create the {@link FilterChainProxy} that performs the web
@@ -85,16 +65,26 @@ import org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.HandlerMappingIntrospector;
  * @see WebSecurity
  */
 @Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
-public class WebSecurityConfiguration implements ImportAware {
+public class WebSecurityConfiguration implements ImportAware, BeanClassLoaderAware {
 
 	private WebSecurity webSecurity;
 
 	private Boolean debugEnabled;
 
+	private List<SecurityConfigurer<Filter, WebSecurity>> webSecurityConfigurers;
+
 	private List<SecurityFilterChain> securityFilterChains = Collections.emptyList();
 
 	private List<WebSecurityCustomizer> webSecurityCustomizers = Collections.emptyList();
 
+	private ClassLoader beanClassLoader;
+
+	@Autowired(required = false)
+	private ObjectPostProcessor<Object> objectObjectPostProcessor;
+
+	@Autowired(required = false)
+	private HttpSecurity httpSecurity;
+
 	@Bean
 	public static DelegatingApplicationListener delegatingApplicationListener() {
 		return new DelegatingApplicationListener();
@@ -112,15 +102,14 @@ public class WebSecurityConfiguration implements ImportAware {
 	 * @throws Exception
 	 */
 	@Bean(name = AbstractSecurityWebApplicationInitializer.DEFAULT_FILTER_NAME)
-	public Filter springSecurityFilterChain(ObjectProvider<HttpSecurity> provider) throws Exception {
+	public Filter springSecurityFilterChain() throws Exception {
 		boolean hasFilterChain = !this.securityFilterChains.isEmpty();
 		if (!hasFilterChain) {
 			this.webSecurity.addSecurityFilterChainBuilder(() -> {
-				HttpSecurity httpSecurity = provider.getObject();
+				this.httpSecurity.authorizeHttpRequests((authorize) -> authorize.anyRequest().authenticated());
-				httpSecurity.authorizeHttpRequests((authorize) -> authorize.anyRequest().authenticated());
+				this.httpSecurity.formLogin(Customizer.withDefaults());
-				httpSecurity.formLogin(Customizer.withDefaults());
+				this.httpSecurity.httpBasic(Customizer.withDefaults());
-				httpSecurity.httpBasic(Customizer.withDefaults());
+				return this.httpSecurity.build();
-				return httpSecurity.build();
 			});
 		}
 		for (SecurityFilterChain securityFilterChain : this.securityFilterChains) {
@@ -178,6 +167,7 @@ public class WebSecurityConfiguration implements ImportAware {
 		for (SecurityConfigurer<Filter, WebSecurity> webSecurityConfigurer : webSecurityConfigurers) {
 			this.webSecurity.apply(webSecurityConfigurer);
 		}
+		this.webSecurityConfigurers = webSecurityConfigurers;
 	}
 
 	@Autowired(required = false)
@@ -206,49 +196,9 @@ public class WebSecurityConfiguration implements ImportAware {
 		}
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Used to ensure Spring MVC request matching is cached.
-	 *
-	 * Creates a {@link BeanDefinitionRegistryPostProcessor} that detects if a bean named
-	 * HANDLER_MAPPING_INTROSPECTOR_BEAN_NAME is defined. If so, it moves the
-	 * AbstractSecurityWebApplicationInitializer.DEFAULT_FILTER_NAME to another bean name
-	 * and then adds a {@link CompositeFilter} that contains
-	 * {@link HandlerMappingIntrospector#createCacheFilter()} and the original
-	 * FilterChainProxy under the original Bean name.
-	 * @return
-	 */
-	@Bean
-	static BeanDefinitionRegistryPostProcessor springSecurityPathPatternParserBeanDefinitionRegistryPostProcessor() {
-		return new BeanDefinitionRegistryPostProcessor() {
 	@Override
-			public void postProcessBeanFactory(ConfigurableListableBeanFactory beanFactory) throws BeansException {
+	public void setBeanClassLoader(ClassLoader classLoader) {
-			}
+		this.beanClassLoader = classLoader;
-
-			@Override
-			public void postProcessBeanDefinitionRegistry(BeanDefinitionRegistry registry) throws BeansException {
-				BeanDefinition filterChainProxy = registry
-					.getBeanDefinition(AbstractSecurityWebApplicationInitializer.DEFAULT_FILTER_NAME);
-
-				if (filterChainProxy.getResolvableType().isInstance(CompositeFilterChainProxy.class)) {
-					return;
-				}
-
-				BeanDefinitionBuilder pppCacheFilterBldr = BeanDefinitionBuilder
-					.rootBeanDefinition(ServletRequestPathFilter.class)
-					.setRole(BeanDefinition.ROLE_INFRASTRUCTURE);
-
-				ManagedList<BeanMetadataElement> filters = new ManagedList<>();
-				filters.add(pppCacheFilterBldr.getBeanDefinition());
-				filters.add(filterChainProxy);
-				BeanDefinitionBuilder compositeSpringSecurityFilterChainBldr = BeanDefinitionBuilder
-					.rootBeanDefinition(CompositeFilterChainProxy.class)
-					.addConstructorArgValue(filters);
-
-				registry.removeBeanDefinition(AbstractSecurityWebApplicationInitializer.DEFAULT_FILTER_NAME);
-				registry.registerBeanDefinition(AbstractSecurityWebApplicationInitializer.DEFAULT_FILTER_NAME,
-						compositeSpringSecurityFilterChainBldr.getBeanDefinition());
-			}
-		};
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -284,121 +234,4 @@ public class WebSecurityConfiguration implements ImportAware {
 
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Extends {@link FilterChainProxy} to provide as much passivity as possible but
-	 * delegates to {@link CompositeFilter} for
-	 * {@link #doFilter(ServletRequest, ServletResponse, FilterChain)}.
-	 */
-	static class CompositeFilterChainProxy extends FilterChainProxy {
-
-		/**
-		 * Used for {@link #doFilter(ServletRequest, ServletResponse, FilterChain)}
-		 */
-		private final Filter doFilterDelegate;
-
-		private final FilterChainProxy springSecurityFilterChain;
-
-		/**
-		 * Creates a new instance
-		 * @param filters the Filters to delegate to. One of which must be
-		 * FilterChainProxy.
-		 */
-		CompositeFilterChainProxy(List<? extends Filter> filters) {
-			this.doFilterDelegate = createDoFilterDelegate(filters);
-			this.springSecurityFilterChain = findFilterChainProxy(filters);
-		}
-
-		@Override
-		public void afterPropertiesSet() {
-			this.springSecurityFilterChain.afterPropertiesSet();
-		}
-
-		@Override
-		public void doFilter(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response, FilterChain chain)
-				throws IOException, ServletException {
-			this.doFilterDelegate.doFilter(request, response, chain);
-		}
-
-		@Override
-		public List<Filter> getFilters(String url) {
-			return this.springSecurityFilterChain.getFilters(url);
-		}
-
-		@Override
-		public List<SecurityFilterChain> getFilterChains() {
-			return this.springSecurityFilterChain.getFilterChains();
-		}
-
-		@Override
-		public void setSecurityContextHolderStrategy(SecurityContextHolderStrategy securityContextHolderStrategy) {
-			this.springSecurityFilterChain.setSecurityContextHolderStrategy(securityContextHolderStrategy);
-		}
-
-		@Override
-		public void setFilterChainValidator(FilterChainValidator filterChainValidator) {
-			this.springSecurityFilterChain.setFilterChainValidator(filterChainValidator);
-		}
-
-		@Override
-		public void setFilterChainDecorator(FilterChainDecorator filterChainDecorator) {
-			this.springSecurityFilterChain.setFilterChainDecorator(filterChainDecorator);
-		}
-
-		@Override
-		public void setFirewall(HttpFirewall firewall) {
-			this.springSecurityFilterChain.setFirewall(firewall);
-		}
-
-		@Override
-		public void setRequestRejectedHandler(RequestRejectedHandler requestRejectedHandler) {
-			this.springSecurityFilterChain.setRequestRejectedHandler(requestRejectedHandler);
-		}
-
-		/**
-		 * Used through reflection by Spring Security's Test support to lookup the
-		 * FilterChainProxy Filters for a specific HttpServletRequest.
-		 * @param request
-		 * @return
-		 */
-		private List<? extends Filter> getFilters(HttpServletRequest request) {
-			List<SecurityFilterChain> filterChains = this.springSecurityFilterChain.getFilterChains();
-			for (SecurityFilterChain chain : filterChains) {
-				if (chain.matches(request)) {
-					return chain.getFilters();
-				}
-			}
-			return null;
-		}
-
-		/**
-		 * Creates the Filter to delegate to for doFilter
-		 * @param filters the Filters to delegate to.
-		 * @return the Filter for doFilter
-		 */
-		private static Filter createDoFilterDelegate(List<? extends Filter> filters) {
-			CompositeFilter delegate = new CompositeFilter();
-			delegate.setFilters(filters);
-			return delegate;
-		}
-
-		/**
-		 * Find the FilterChainProxy in a List of Filter
-		 * @param filters
-		 * @return non-null FilterChainProxy
-		 * @throws IllegalStateException if the FilterChainProxy cannot be found
-		 */
-		private static FilterChainProxy findFilterChainProxy(List<? extends Filter> filters) {
-			for (Filter filter : filters) {
-				if (filter instanceof FilterChainProxy fcp) {
-					return fcp;
-				}
-				if (filter instanceof DebugFilter debugFilter) {
-					return debugFilter.getFilterChainProxy();
-				}
-			}
-			throw new IllegalStateException("Couldn't find FilterChainProxy in " + filters);
-		}
-
-	}
-
 }

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configurers/AbstractAuthenticationFilterConfigurer.java

@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import java.util.Collections;
 
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 
-import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.security.authentication.AuthenticationDetailsSource;
 import org.springframework.security.authentication.AuthenticationManager;
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.HttpSecurityBuilder;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.EnableWebSecurity;
 import org.springframework.security.web.AuthenticationEntryPoint;
 import org.springframework.security.web.PortMapper;
-import org.springframework.security.web.PortResolver;
 import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter;
 import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AuthenticationFailureHandler;
 import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AuthenticationSuccessHandler;
@@ -274,10 +272,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractAuthenticationFilterConfigurer<B extends HttpSecur
 		if (portMapper != null) {
 			this.authenticationEntryPoint.setPortMapper(portMapper);
 		}
-		PortResolver portResolver = getBeanOrNull(http, PortResolver.class);
-		if (portResolver != null) {
-			this.authenticationEntryPoint.setPortResolver(portResolver);
-		}
 		RequestCache requestCache = http.getSharedObject(RequestCache.class);
 		if (requestCache != null) {
 			this.defaultSuccessHandler.setRequestCache(requestCache);
@@ -418,14 +412,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractAuthenticationFilterConfigurer<B extends HttpSecur
 		this.authenticationEntryPoint = new LoginUrlAuthenticationEntryPoint(loginPage);
 	}
 
-	private <C> C getBeanOrNull(B http, Class<C> clazz) {
-		ApplicationContext context = http.getSharedObject(ApplicationContext.class);
-		if (context == null) {
-			return null;
-		}
-		return context.getBeanProvider(clazz).getIfUnique();
-	}
-
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	private T getSelf() {
 		return (T) this;

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configurers/AbstractConfigAttributeRequestMatcherRegistry.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2025 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@ import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.springframework.security.access.ConfigAttribute;
-import org.springframework.security.authorization.AuthorizationManager;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.AbstractRequestMatcherRegistry;
-import org.springframework.security.core.annotation.SecurityAnnotationScanner;
 import org.springframework.security.web.util.matcher.RequestMatcher;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
@@ -38,14 +36,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * @see ChannelSecurityConfigurer
  * @see UrlAuthorizationConfigurer
  * @see ExpressionUrlAuthorizationConfigurer
- * @deprecated In modern Spring Security APIs, each API manages its own configuration
- * context. As such there is no direct replacement for this interface. In the case of
- * method security, please see {@link SecurityAnnotationScanner} and
- * {@link AuthorizationManager}. In the case of channel security, please see
- * {@code HttpsRedirectFilter}. In the case of web security, please see
- * {@link AuthorizationManager}.
  */
-@Deprecated
 public abstract class AbstractConfigAttributeRequestMatcherRegistry<C> extends AbstractRequestMatcherRegistry<C> {
 
 	private List<UrlMapping> urlMappings = new ArrayList<>();

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configurers/AbstractHttpConfigurer.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2025 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2022 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import org.springframework.security.web.DefaultSecurityFilterChain;
  * {@link HttpSecurity}.
  *
  * @author Rob Winch
- * @author Ding Hao
  */
 public abstract class AbstractHttpConfigurer<T extends AbstractHttpConfigurer<T, B>, B extends HttpSecurityBuilder<B>>
 		extends SecurityConfigurerAdapter<DefaultSecurityFilterChain, B> {
@@ -55,24 +54,18 @@ public abstract class AbstractHttpConfigurer<T extends AbstractHttpConfigurer<T,
 		return (T) this;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * @deprecated
-	 */
-	@Deprecated(since = "6.4", forRemoval = true)
-	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-	public T withObjectPostProcessor(
-			org.springframework.security.config.annotation.ObjectPostProcessor<?> objectPostProcessor) {
-		addObjectPostProcessor(objectPostProcessor);
-		return (T) this;
-	}
-
 	protected SecurityContextHolderStrategy getSecurityContextHolderStrategy() {
 		if (this.securityContextHolderStrategy != null) {
 			return this.securityContextHolderStrategy;
 		}
 		ApplicationContext context = getBuilder().getSharedObject(ApplicationContext.class);
-		this.securityContextHolderStrategy = context.getBeanProvider(SecurityContextHolderStrategy.class)
+		String[] names = context.getBeanNamesForType(SecurityContextHolderStrategy.class);
-			.getIfUnique(SecurityContextHolder::getContextHolderStrategy);
+		if (names.length == 1) {
+			this.securityContextHolderStrategy = context.getBean(SecurityContextHolderStrategy.class);
+		}
+		else {
+			this.securityContextHolderStrategy = SecurityContextHolder.getContextHolderStrategy();
+		}
 		return this.securityContextHolderStrategy;
 	}
 

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configurers/AbstractInterceptUrlConfigurer.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2025 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2022 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractInterceptUrlConfigurer<C extends AbstractIntercept
 		return securityInterceptor;
 	}
 
-	@Deprecated
 	public abstract class AbstractInterceptUrlRegistry<R extends AbstractInterceptUrlRegistry<R, T>, T>
 			extends AbstractConfigAttributeRequestMatcherRegistry<T> {