Recipes for migrating from Spring Cloud Contract to Stubborn Contract

[DidierLoiseau]

What problem are you trying to solve?

I’m creating this issue following the recent announcement that Spring Cloud Contract will become Stubborn Contract.

There is no release yet, but it will be required to foresee at least package and dependency changes, and it seems this will apply even for past releases of Spring Cloud because it is no longer maintained: the repository is already archived (although I assume the spring-cloud-dependencies will still point to the latest version in case of patch releases of existing release trains, so the migration will become mandatory with Spring Cloud 2026.x).

What precondition(s) should be checked before applying this recipe?

Any usage of Spring Cloud Contract.

Describe the situation before applying the recipe

This will require at least to update packages and dependencies, but possibly more.

import org.springframework.cloud.contract.[…];

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-cloud-contract-[…]</artifactId>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

Describe the situation after applying the recipe

(Exact package and dependency names to be determined)

import sh.stubborn.contract.[…];

        <dependency>
            <groupId>sh.stubborn</groupId>
            <artifactId>stubborn-contract-[…]</artifactId>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

Have you considered any alternatives or workarounds?

No, Spring Cloud will no longer maintain and deliver Spring Cloud Contract, so there won’t be an alternative to the migration.

Any additional context

• Stubborn Contract: The Official Continuation of Spring Cloud Contract
• Transition Guide: Stubborn Contract (no instructions are described yet)

Are you interested in contributing this recipe to OpenRewrite?

Not currently as it is not required yet, I’m just creating this issue to have it on the radar.

[timtebeek]

Hi! Thanks for logging the issue; indeed saw the announcement that Marcin is taking back over. Seems like a great candidate for some recipes, and ideally straightforward with mostly declarative recipes for the dependencies and package change (initially).

[timtebeek]

@yeikel I know you'd been looking for areas where you could contribute; this seems like a perfect & timely candidate.

[DidierLoiseau]

Oh wow, you were really quick 😄 Note that there is no release of Stubborn Contract and no instructions available yet 😉.

[abhinav-phi]

Hi @timtebeek,

I'd like to work on this issue. If it's still available, could you please assign it to me?

Thanks!

[timtebeek]

hi! It's still available; welcome to get started; we assign the issue once there's s pull request, until then it's open to anyone.