--- title: Podcast: Phil Webb on Spring Boot 4.1 | daily.dev description: Josh Long interviews Spring Boot cofounder Phil Webb about the upcoming Spring Boot 4.1 release. Key topics include new Spring gRPC support, a MongoDB batch... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/podcast-phil-webb-on-spring-boot-4-1-sffmxpv0h twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Podcast: Phil Webb on Spring Boot 4.1 | daily.dev og:description: Josh Long interviews Spring Boot cofounder Phil Webb about the upcoming Spring Boot 4.1 release. Key topics include new Spring gRPC support, a MongoDB batch... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/podcast-phil-webb-on-spring-boot-4-1-sffmxpv0h og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/sFfMxpv0h.png og:image:alt: Podcast: Phil Webb on Spring Boot 4.1 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Podcast: Phil Webb on Spring Boot 4.1 **[Collections](https://daily.dev/sources/collections)** · 1 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Josh Long interviews Spring Boot cofounder Phil Webb about the upcoming Spring Boot 4.1 release. Key topics include new Spring gRPC support, a MongoDB batch starter, security and observability improvements, and refinements to service connections. ## Content Josh Long ([@starbuxman](https://twitter.com/starbuxman)) sat down with Spring Boot cofounder Phil Webb to talk through the Spring Boot 4.1 release. Topics covered include: - Spring gRPC support - MongoDB batch starter - Security and observability improvements - Service connections and other refinements in 4.1 Worth a listen if you're tracking where Spring Boot is headed. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Spring Office Hours Podcast: S5E21 - Pro Spring Boot 4 with Felipe Gutierrez](https://daily.dev/posts/spring-office-hours-podcast-s5e21---pro-spring-boot-4-with-felipe-gutierrez-adxhu0oeb) · Spring · 2 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#java](https://daily.dev/tags/java), [#observability](https://daily.dev/tags/observability), [#mongodb](https://daily.dev/tags/mongodb), [#spring-boot](https://daily.dev/tags/spring-boot), [#grpc](https://daily.dev/tags/grpc) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/podcast-phil-webb-on-spring-boot-4-1-sffmxpv0h) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Podcast: Phil Webb on Spring Boot 4.1","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/podcast-phil-webb-on-spring-boot-4-1-sffmxpv0h","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/podcast-phil-webb-on-spring-boot-4-1-sffmxpv0h"},"datePublished":"2026-08-06T10:44:13.106Z","dateModified":"2026-08-06T10:45:08.445Z","description":"Josh Long interviews Spring Boot cofounder Phil Webb about the upcoming Spring Boot 4.1 release. 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