Closes gh-26257

Closes gh-26256

Closes gh-26255

See gh-26248

Closes gh-26251

See gh-26248

Closes gh-26250

Closes gh-26247

Closes gh-26248

Closes gh-26246

Closes gh-26245

Fixes gh-26240

Closes gh-26242

Closes gh-26241

See gh-26201

Closes gh-26239

Revert 0588e989 so that `@ConfigurationProperties` can again be
bound using values from the `RandomValuePropertySource`.

Fixes gh-26201

See gh-6313

Closes gh-26237

Closes gh-26236

Fixes gh-26234

Closes gh-26233

Prior to this commit, the `spring.web.resources.cache.use-last-modified`
configuration property support was lost during a merge operation right
before 2.4.2.

This is due to an invalid test that missed this unintended change. This
commit fixes both problems.

Fixes gh-26212

See gh-6313

See gh-6313

See gh-6313

* pr/26200:
  Test Maven plugin against latest Maven versions

Closes gh-26200

See gh-26200

Closes gh-26211

Closes gh-26210

* pr/26209:
  Align Maven version in system requirements with what is actually tested

Closes gh-26209

See gh-26209

Closes gh-24247

Closes gh-26193