This Week in Spring features a recap of recent Spring Framework, Spring Boot, and Spring AI updates. The author recently presented on these topics in Portugal and Germany, enjoying participation in keynotes and standalone sessions. Purnima Padmanaban discusses how Spring and Broadcom address evolving security challenges. Craig Walls continues his Spring AI recipe series with a focus on MCP logging. A user shares positive experiences with Spring Boot, citing reduced costs, faster issue resolution, and fewer crashes compared to Node. The Kotlin Conf 2026 keynote recording is available for viewing. The author enjoyed a discussion on patching Spring applications with DaShaun Carter. Spring AI releases 1.0.8, 1.1.7, and 2.0.0-M7 are now available. The author also spoke with Hadi Hariri of Kotlin and JetBrains.