Merge branch '3.1.x'

Closes gh-38038

spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/features/external-config.adoc

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+[[features.external-config.typesafe-configuration-properties.relaxed-binding.caching]]
+===== Caching
+Relaxed binding uses a cache to improve performance. By default, this caching is only applied to immutable property sources.
+To customize this behavior, for example to enable caching for mutable property sources, use `ConfigurationPropertyCaching`.
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 [[features.external-config.typesafe-configuration-properties.merging-complex-types]]
 ==== Merging Complex Types
 When lists are configured in more than one place, overriding works by replacing the entire list.