* https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/issues/11026[gh-11026] - Use `RequestAttributeSecurityContextRepository` instead of `NullSecurityContextRepository`
* https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/issues/11899[gh-11899] - Use `MvcRequestMatcher` by default if Spring MVC is present.
You can configure a different `RequestMatcher` by using the https://docs.spring.io/spring-security/reference/servlet/appendix/namespace/http.html#nsa-http-attributes[request-matcher attribute from <http>].
* Change use-authorization-manager="true" to default
If the application uses `use-expressions="true"` or `access-decision-manager-ref` switch to `use-expressions="false"` or `authorization-manager-ref`, respectively.
If application relies on the implicit `<intercept-url pattern="/**" access="permitAll"/>`, this is no longer implicit and needs to be specified.
* https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/issues/11960[gh-11960] - Default to Xor CSRF protection for xref:servlet/exploits/csrf.adoc#servlet-csrf-configure-request-handler[servlet] and xref:reactive/exploits/csrf.adoc#webflux-csrf-configure-request-handler[reactive]
* https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/issues/12019[gh-12019] - Remove deprecated method `setTokenFromMultipartDataEnabled` from `CsrfWebFilter`
* https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/issues/12020[gh-12020] - Remove deprecated method `tokenFromMultipartDataEnabled` from Java Configuration
* https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/issues/11027[gh-11027], https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/issues/11466[gh-11466] - Authorization on every dispatcher type
* https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/issues/11110[gh-11110] - Require explicit session saves by default
* https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/issues/11057[gh-11057] - Remove `MessageSourceAware` from `ExceptionTranslationWebFilter`
* xref:servlet/integrations/observability.adoc[Instrumentation] of `AuthenticationManager`, `AuthorizationManager`, and `FilterChainProxy`
* xref:reactive/integrations/observability.adoc[Instrumentation] of `ReactiveAuthenticationManager`, `ReactiveAuthorizationManager`, and `WebFilterChainProxy`