[release] fix(lib-cache-tiered-redis): expose Caffeine as an api dependency (1.2.1)

lib-cache-tiered-redis/README.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Add this dependency to your `build.gradle`:
 
 ```gradle
 dependencies {
-    implementation 'io.seqera:lib-cache-tiered-redis:1.2.0'
+    implementation 'io.seqera:lib-cache-tiered-redis:1.2.1'
 }
 ```
 

lib-cache-tiered-redis/VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.2.0
+1.2.1

lib-cache-tiered-redis/build.gradle

@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ version = "${project.file('VERSION').text.trim()}"
 dependencies {
     api project(':lib-serde')
 
-    // Caffeine for L1 cache
-    implementation 'com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:caffeine:3.1.8'
+    // Caffeine for L1 cache. api: AbstractTieredCache keeps the L1 in a Caffeine-typed field, so a
+    // subclass declared as a Micronaut bean needs Caffeine to compile its bean definition
+    api 'com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:caffeine:3.1.8'
 
     // Jedis for Redis L2 cache
     implementation 'redis.clients:jedis:5.1.3'

lib-cache-tiered-redis/changelog.txt

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # lib-cache-tiered-redis changelog
 
+1.2.1 - 23 Oct 2026
+- Expose Caffeine as an api dependency, so a subclass declared as a Micronaut bean gets its bean definition generated
+
 1.2.0 - 23 Oct 2026
 - Add optional L1 TTL (getL1Ttl) so an instance sees a value rewritten in L2 by another instance