Release Notes for Apache Storm 2.8.4

Issues addressed in 2.8.4.

enhancement

• [#8392] - fix: replace 5 bare except clauses with except Exception

dependencies

• [#8389] - Bump org.objenesis:objenesis from 3.4 to 3.5
• [#8388] - Bump org.testng:testng from 7.11.0 to 7.12.0
• [#8387] - Bump com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind from 2.20.1 to 2.21.0
• [#8386] - Bump commons-codec:commons-codec from 1.20.0 to 1.21.0
• [#8385] - Bump com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations from 2.45.0 to 2.46.0
• [#8384] - Bump byte-buddy.version from 1.18.3 to 1.18.4
• [#8383] - Bump com.fasterxml.jackson:jackson-bom from 2.20.1 to 2.21.0
• [#8382] - Bump spring.version from 7.0.2 to 7.0.3
• [#8381] - Bump org.checkerframework:checker-qual from 3.52.1 to 3.53.0
• [#8380] - Bump org.junit:junit-bom from 6.0.1 to 6.0.2
• [#8379] - Bump org.apache:apache from 35 to 37
• [#8378] - Bump org.codehaus.mojo:license-maven-plugin from 2.7.0 to 2.7.1
• [#8377] - Bump org.apache.xbean:xbean-spring from 4.29 to 4.30
• [#8376] - Bump metrics.version from 4.2.37 to 4.2.38
• [#8375] - Bump dropwizard.version from 5.0.0 to 5.0.1
• [#8374] - Bump redis.clients:jedis from 7.2.0 to 7.2.1
• [#8372] - Bump jetty.version from 12.1.5 to 12.1.6
• [#8356] - Bump org.apache.commons:commons-text from 1.14.0 to 1.15.0
• [#8355] - Bump org.apache.maven:maven-resolver-provider from 3.9.11 to 3.9.12
• [#8354] - Bump maven-resolver.version from 1.9.24 to 1.9.25
• [#8353] - Bump org.clojure:clojure from 1.12.3 to 1.12.4
• [#8352] - Bump testcontainers.version from 1.21.3 to 1.21.4
• [#8351] - Bump org.apache.xbean:xbean-spring from 4.28 to 4.29
• [#8350] - Bump spring.version from 6.2.12 to 7.0.2
• [#8349] - Bump org.codehaus.mojo:exec-maven-plugin from 3.6.2 to 3.6.3
• [#8348] - Bump io.netty:netty-bom from 4.2.7.Final to 4.2.9.Final
• [#8347] - Bump org.apache.commons:commons-exec from 1.5.0 to 1.6.0
• [#8346] - Bump org.checkerframework:checker-qual from 3.52.0 to 3.52.1
• [#8345] - Bump org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-bom from 2.25.2 to 2.25.3
• [#8344] - Bump byte-buddy.version from 1.18.2 to 1.18.3
• [#8343] - Bump jetty.version from 12.1.4 to 12.1.5
• [#8342] - Bump redis.clients:jedis from 7.1.0 to 7.2.0
• [#8341] - Bump asm.version from 9.9 to 9.9.1
• [#8340] - Bump org.clojure:tools.logging from 1.3.0 to 1.3.1
• [#8324] - Bump redis.clients:jedis from 7.0.0 to 7.1.0
• [#8323] - Bump com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations from 2.43.0 to 2.45.0
• [#8322] - Bump org.codehaus.mojo:taglist-maven-plugin from 3.2.1 to 3.2.2
• [#8321] - Bump commons-io:commons-io from 2.20.0 to 2.21.0
• [#8320] - Bump org.apache.commons:commons-lang3 from 3.19.0 to 3.20.0
• [#8319] - Bump bouncycastle.version from 1.82 to 1.83
• [#8318] - Bump activemq.version from 6.1.8 to 6.2.0
• [#8317] - Bump org.apache.commons:commons-configuration2 from 2.12.0 to 2.13.0
• [#8316] - Bump commons-cli:commons-cli from 1.10.0 to 1.11.0
• [#8315] - Bump jetty.version from 12.1.1 to 12.1.4
• [#8314] - Bump prometheus.client.version from 1.4.2 to 1.4.3
• [#8313] - Bump org.apache.hbase:hbase-client from 2.6.3-hadoop3 to 2.6.4-hadoop3
• [#8312] - Bump storm.kafka.client.version from 4.1.0 to 4.1.1
• [#8310] - Bump byte-buddy.version from 1.17.8 to 1.18.2
• [#8304] - Bump org.checkerframework:checker-qual from 3.51.1 to 3.52.0
• [#8303] - Bump commons-codec:commons-codec from 1.19.0 to 1.20.0
• [#8301] - Bump org.junit:junit-bom from 6.0.0 to 6.0.1
• [#8300] - Bump com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind and com.fasterxml.jackson:jackson-bom from 2.20.0 to 2.20.1
• [#8298] - Bump com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:caffeine from 3.2.2 to 3.2.3
• [#8297] - Bump prometheus.client.version from 1.4.1 to 1.4.2
• [#8294] - Bump org.apache.xbean:xbean-spring from 4.27 to 4.28
• [#8292] - Bump com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations from 2.42.0 to 2.43.0
• [#8291] - Bump activemq.version from 6.1.7 to 6.1.8