Gradle 9.6.0

What's new in this version:

Fixed:
- Unresolved directive in build_services.adoc in build_services.html page
- Gradle TAPI version 9.5.0 strictly depends on slf4j-api version 2.0.17
- Gradle 9.5.0: Accessor classes are generated for source set configurations, but using the configurations without quotes fails the build
- IndexOutOfBoundsException in DefaultResolvedComponentResult.getDependenciesForVariant
- Deprecate implicit property and method lookup in project hierarchy
- Regression in Gradle 9: Cucumber JUnit Platform tests break retry execution and lose test names in Develocity Build Scans
- Typo: "warmning" in AndroidHomeWarmupTask log message
- KotlinDslScriptsModel can return sources that do not match the generated Gradle API classpath for branch snapshot builds
- 2-column table formatted with 3 columns
- Specify project in wrapper update command
- Consider including the command to regenerate a lockfile in the comments at the top
- DCL: Project feature apply actions fire in wrong order under declarative DSL
- Update default PMD version
- Duplicate IP problems reported on `rootProject` and `parent` accessors
- Double word "report" in build-logic/buildquality/src/main/kotlin/gradlebuild/incubation/action/IncubatingApiReportAggregationWorkAction.kt
- Get rid of `task-execution-access-pre-stable` internal CC flag
- Deprecate Kotlin DSL delegated properties
- `filter.excludeTest` doesn't filter JUnit5 nested test classes and excluding top-level class also excludes nested classes
- DCL: Dependencies - unresolved function call signature for 'project'
- StackOverflowError due to side effects in CompositeDomainObjectSet
- Slow fingerprinting and incremental compilation on some cloud storages
- DCL: Features are applied in wrong order
- Gradle TAPI client cannot pass environment variables when running in `noexec` environment
- Make the AGP plugin updates more automatable
- https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/performance.html refers to aggregate tasks
- Investigate `IncrementalBuildIntegrationTest.private inputs in superclass are respected()` failure on Provider API branch
- Deprecate `project.properties` method
- Client process can OOM when buffering output during user input prompt
- IllegalStateException: No target component for edge
- Remove Groovy DSL support for project types/features
- DCL: Remove apply action via lambda api
- Upgrade LittleProxy test dependency from xyz.rogfam to io.github.littleproxy
- Use full name hashing only as a fallback in HTML test report
- `validatePlugins` fails with `NoClassDefFoundError` for implementation dependencies used only privately in superclass tasks
- Don't advise explicit use of `ObjectFactory` when registering extensions
- Update list of supported architectures of the Kotlin embedded compiler
- Compiling on 9.5 while maintaining test support for non-declarative in 9.4
- Deprecate the use of org.gradle.api.Project as a dependency notation in DependencyHandler
- Changing project properties not used at configuration through system properties/environment variables should not invalidate configuration cache
- Make building commit distributions CC-compatible
- Misleading message from toolchains used via javaLauncher with CC enabled
- Duplicate Documentation
- Editing of build logic is broken after syncing gradle/gradle with IP
- ListProperty and MapProperty used as ad hoc task inputs should be implicitly finalized when the configuration cache is used
- Clean up `severity` property on the Problems API
- Test.setScanForTestClasses(false) causes all junit4 tests to be skipped
- Develocity plugin issues when Isolated Project is enabled
- DCL: accessors for ProjectFeatures in defaults in KTS have no ProjectType receiver
- Problem resolutions are dissociated from their description in the build failure message
- Runtime Error 'Cannot invoke "java.util.List.get(int)" because "path" is null' when getting message of ModuleVersionResolveException
- DeprecationLogger has not been initialized error when using TestKit to run Gradle 3.4
- Don't serialize concurrency primitives with Configuration Cache
- DCL: Support testFixtures (or any DependencyModifier)
- Improve detection of non-interactive build invocations
- Fix invalid applicationName reference when generating gradlew scripts
- Support task inputs implemented as a package-private record
- Clearer error message when dotted keys are used in libs.versions.toml
- Proxy server authentication is not preemptive
- Deprecate project.properties
- Potential Memory Leaks and Logical Inconsistencies in WeakIdentityHashMap Implementation
- Isolated Projects diagnostics mode
- Gradle TAPI process hangs after the build is complete when a project has daemon JVM criteria different from the TAPI process JVM
- Calls to kotlin extension `Path.readText()` not captured in configuration cache
- Problems API internal classes should follow naming pattern
- Closures creating objects in object containers results in project isolation failure
- Lambdas with cyclic references are serialized incorrectly by CC
- Configuration step cant find private method after first run on same daemon
- Deprecate accessing unsupported injected types at execution time
- Deprecate calling Task.getTaskDependencies and Task.getDependsOn at execution time
- Deprecate calling Task.getExtensions at execution time
- Make all None parameters behave identically
- Renaming test file causing test class to be deleted
- Fingerprinting slow on linux
- Track LICENSE changes properly in gradle code base
- networkTimeout is added by the `wrapper` task but it is an incubating feature
- Check that all code snippets are used and delete unused snippets
- Project isolation unexpected "cannot dynamically look up a method in parent project"
- Configuration cache has unexpected behavior with computed inputs
- Document How To Create A Skinny War Using Ear Plugin
- Make `idea` plugin tasks compatible with the configuration cache or deprecate them
- Make `eclipse` plugin support the configuration cache or deprecate them
- 9.6.0 regression - IllegalStateException: log4j12:2.0.Edge 'org.slf4j:slf4j-bom:2.0.18' (platform-compile) -> dependency: org.slf4j:slf4j-18, scope: Compile, optional: false has no target nodes.
- `ConcurrentModificationException` during dependency graph resolution (9.6.0-rc-1)
- Task `properties` is not compatible with Isolated Projects
- Improve HTML test results reports