Closes gh-26102

Closes gh-26101

Closes gh-26100

Closes gh-26091

* pr/26086:
  Fix Docker update detection on CI

Closes gh-26086

See gh-26086

Increase timeout in `SampleSessionApplicationTests` to fix flaky local
builds.

Closes gh-26081

Closes gh-25909

Closes gh-25903

Closes gh-25911

Closes gh-25908

Closes gh-25906

Closes gh-25902

This commit removes `org.springframework.data.annotation.Persistent`
from the annotation types used for MongoDB entity scanning to align
with Spring Data MongoDB.

Fixes gh-25797

Closes gh-26029

This commit harmonizes our auto-configuration so that default converters
are configured the same way ElasticsearchConfigurationSupport does.

Closes gh-25087

Closes gh-26024

Closes gh-25843

Closes gh-26020

Closes gh-26019

Closes gh-26018

Closes gh-26017

Closes gh-26016

Closes gh-26015

Closes gh-26014

Closes gh-26013

Closes gh-26012

Closes gh-26011

Closes gh-26010

Closes gh-26009

Closes gh-26008

Closes gh-26007

Closes gh-26006

Closes gh-25992

Fixes gh-21478

Closes gh-25990