Merge branch '3.1.x' into 3.2.x

Closes gh-40120

Author: wilkinsona

.github/workflows/build-and-deploy-snapshot.yml

@@ -59,3 +59,60 @@ jobs:
           status: ${{ job.status }}
           build-scan-url: ${{ steps.build.outputs.build-scan-url }}
           run-name: ${{ format('{0} | Linux | Java 17', github.ref_name) }}
+      - name: Read version from gradle.properties
+        id: read-version
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          version=$(sed -n 's/version=\(.*\)/\1/p' gradle.properties)
+          echo "Version is $version"
+          echo "version=$version" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+    outputs:
+      version: ${{ steps.read-version.outputs.version }}
+  run-verification-tests:
+    name: Verify ${{ needs.build-and-deploy-snapshot.outputs.version }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: build-and-deploy-snapshot
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out release verification tests
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: spring-projects/spring-boot-release-verification
+          ref: 'main'
+          token: ${{ secrets.GH_ACTIONS_REPO_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Check out send notification action
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          path: spring-boot
+          sparse-checkout: .github/actions/send-notification
+      - name: Set up Java
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          distribution: 'liberica'
+          java-version: 17
+      - name: Set up Gradle
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@417ae3ccd767c252f5661f1ace9f835f9654f2b5
+        with:
+          cache-read-only: false
+      - name: Configure Gradle properties
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p $HOME/.gradle
+          echo 'org.gradle.daemon=false' >> $HOME/.gradle/gradle.properties
+      - name: Run release verification tests
+        env:
+          RVT_VERSION: ${{ needs.build-and-deploy-snapshot.outputs.version }}
+          RVT_RELEASE_TYPE: oss
+        run: ./gradlew spring-boot-release-verification-tests:test
+      - name: Upload build reports on failure
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        if: failure()
+        with:
+          name: build-reports
+          path: '**/build/reports/'
+      - name: Send notification
+        uses: ./spring-boot/.github/actions/send-notification
+        if: always()
+        with:
+          webhook-url: ${{ secrets.GOOGLE_CHAT_WEBHOOK_URL }}
+          status: ${{ job.status }}
+          run-name: ${{ format('{0} | Verification | {1}', github.ref_name, needs.build-and-deploy-snapshot.outputs.version) }}