diff --git a/framework-docs/framework-docs.gradle b/framework-docs/framework-docs.gradle
index 83ab4ed43a9..a4cd3851a58 100644
--- a/framework-docs/framework-docs.gradle
+++ b/framework-docs/framework-docs.gradle
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ antora {
 	]
 }
 
+node {
+	version = '24.15.0'
+}
+
 tasks.named("generateAntoraYml") {
 	asciidocAttributes = project.provider( {
 		return  ["spring-version": project.version ]
diff --git a/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/core/beans/java/composing-configuration-classes.adoc b/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/core/beans/java/composing-configuration-classes.adoc
index 89257f072f5..3bd4eaf272e 100644
--- a/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/core/beans/java/composing-configuration-classes.adoc
+++ b/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/core/beans/java/composing-configuration-classes.adoc
@@ -610,6 +610,19 @@ Kotlin::
 See the {spring-framework-api}/context/annotation/Conditional.html[`@Conditional`]
 javadoc for more detail.
 
+[NOTE]
+====
+A `@Conditional` annotation declared on an enclosing `@Configuration` class is only
+applied to the registration of a nested `@Configuration` class if the nested class is
+reached through the parser's recursion from its enclosing class, or via `@Import`. If a
+nested class is discovered independently of its enclosing class — for example, via
+`@ComponentScan` or by directly registering it against the application context — it is
+processed using only its own `@Conditional` annotations. Thus, if you wish to ensure that
+the same `@Conditional` annotations apply in such scenarios, you must redeclare the
+relevant annotations on the nested class, or extract them into a composed annotation
+which you apply to both the enclosing class and the nested class.
+====
+
 
 [[beans-java-combining]]
 == Combining Java and XML Configuration
diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/Configuration.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/Configuration.java
index 95d683ca359..6be5fafc8b6 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/Configuration.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/Configuration.java
@@ -341,6 +341,18 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
  * with the {@code @Profile} annotation to provide two options of the same bean to the
  * enclosing {@code @Configuration} class.
  *
+ * <p>A {@link Conditional @Conditional} annotation declared on an enclosing
+ * {@code @Configuration} class is only applied to the registration of a nested
+ * {@code @Configuration} class if the nested class is reached through the parser's
+ * recursion from its enclosing class, or via {@link Import @Import}. If a nested
+ * class is discovered independently of its enclosing class &mdash; for example,
+ * via {@link ComponentScan @ComponentScan} or by directly registering it against
+ * the application context &mdash; it is processed using only its own
+ * {@code @Conditional} annotations. Thus, if you wish to ensure that the same
+ * {@code @Conditional} annotations apply in such scenarios, you must redeclare
+ * the relevant annotations on the nested class, or extract them into a composed
+ * annotation which you apply to both the enclosing class and the nested class.
+ *
  * <h2>Configuring lazy initialization</h2>
  *
  * <p>By default, {@code @Bean} methods will be <em>eagerly instantiated</em> at container