Release 1.9-RC

What's Changed

Features and improvements

• Implement ACL authorization for workspace admins in the GeoServer REST API by @groldan in #504
• Enable logstash-formatted JSON logging to the console by @groldan in #487
• Include application, http, and geoserver ows request properties in the logging MDC by @groldan in #508
• Geonode authentication extension integration by @groldan in #475

Bug fixes

• Build LayerGroupContainmentCache's cache asynchronously by @groldan in #473
• Fix RepositoryCatalogFacadeImpl's query of PublishedInfo.class by @groldan in #476
• Avoid exceptions when gateway-shared-auth is disabled after being enabled by @groldan in #496
• Add routes to /webresources/wfs/** and /webresources/wms/** by @groldan in #507
• Fix for GWC not storing tiles when using datadir or jdbcconfig catalog back-ends by @groldan in #511

Build and misc

• Upgrade gs-acl to 2.3.0 by @groldan in #515
• Switch main branch to GeoServer 2.26-SNAPSHOT by @groldan in #504
• Dependency upgrade: spring-cloud:2021.0.8 -> 2021.0.9 by @groldan in #477
• Allow to disable gateway-shared-auth global filter in the gateway by @groldan in #495
• docs(README): intended link gateway configuration by @guspan-tanadi in #505

New Contributors

• @guspan-tanadi made their first contribution in #505

Full Changelog: v1.8.11...v1.9-RC