Merge branch '2.x' into 3.0

Author: cowtowncoder

release-notes/VERSION-2.x

@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ a pure JSON library.
 #1477: Add `JsonGenerator.has(StreamWriteCapability)` convenience method
 #1500: Add checks for surrogate pairing for UTF-8 generation
  (fix by @cowtowncoder, w/ Claude code)
+#1512: Number-parsing fix for `UTF8DataInputJsonParser`
+ (reported by @ventusfortis)
 - Add shading for FastDoubleParser JDK 23 class overrides
 
 2.20.1 (30-Oct-2025)
@@ -90,6 +92,11 @@ No changes since 2.19.1
  (requested by Ilenia S)
  (fixed by @pjfanning)
 
+(not yet released)
+
+#1512: Number-parsing fix for `UTF8DataInputJsonParser`
+ (reported by @ventusfortis)
+
 2.18.5 (27-Oct-2025)
  (same as 2.18.4.1 on 10-June-2025)
 

src/main/java/tools/jackson/core/json/UTF8DataInputJsonParser.java

@@ -831,6 +831,7 @@ private final String _nextName() throws IOException
             break;
         case '.': // as per [core#611]
             t = _parseFloatThatStartsWithPeriod(false, false);
+            break;
         case '0':
         case '1':
         case '2':