diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/Gson.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/Gson.java
index 45336a87e9..d6814fc5ea 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/Gson.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/Gson.java
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ public final class Gson {
   static final FieldNamingStrategy DEFAULT_FIELD_NAMING_STRATEGY = FieldNamingPolicy.IDENTITY;
   static final ToNumberStrategy DEFAULT_OBJECT_TO_NUMBER_STRATEGY = ToNumberPolicy.DOUBLE;
   static final ToNumberStrategy DEFAULT_NUMBER_TO_NUMBER_STRATEGY = ToNumberPolicy.LAZILY_PARSED_NUMBER;
+  static final MissingFieldValueStrategy DEFAULT_MISSING_FIELD_VALUE_STRATEGY = MissingFieldValueStrategy.DO_NOTHING;
+  static final UnknownFieldStrategy DEFAULT_UNKNOWN_FIELD_STRATEGY = UnknownFieldStrategy.IGNORE;
 
   private static final String JSON_NON_EXECUTABLE_PREFIX = ")]}'\n";
 
@@ -195,6 +197,8 @@ public final class Gson {
   final List<TypeAdapterFactory> builderHierarchyFactories;
   final ToNumberStrategy objectToNumberStrategy;
   final ToNumberStrategy numberToNumberStrategy;
+  final MissingFieldValueStrategy missingFieldValueStrategy;
+  final UnknownFieldStrategy unknownFieldStrategy;
   final List<ReflectionAccessFilter> reflectionFilters;
 
   /**
@@ -242,6 +246,7 @@ public Gson() {
         LongSerializationPolicy.DEFAULT, DEFAULT_DATE_PATTERN, DateFormat.DEFAULT, DateFormat.DEFAULT,
         Collections.<TypeAdapterFactory>emptyList(), Collections.<TypeAdapterFactory>emptyList(),
         Collections.<TypeAdapterFactory>emptyList(), DEFAULT_OBJECT_TO_NUMBER_STRATEGY, DEFAULT_NUMBER_TO_NUMBER_STRATEGY,
+        DEFAULT_MISSING_FIELD_VALUE_STRATEGY, DEFAULT_UNKNOWN_FIELD_STRATEGY,
         Collections.<ReflectionAccessFilter>emptyList());
   }
 
@@ -255,6 +260,7 @@ public Gson() {
       List<TypeAdapterFactory> builderHierarchyFactories,
       List<TypeAdapterFactory> factoriesToBeAdded,
       ToNumberStrategy objectToNumberStrategy, ToNumberStrategy numberToNumberStrategy,
+      MissingFieldValueStrategy missingFieldValueStrategy, UnknownFieldStrategy unknownFieldStrategy,
       List<ReflectionAccessFilter> reflectionFilters) {
     this.excluder = excluder;
     this.fieldNamingStrategy = fieldNamingStrategy;
@@ -276,6 +282,8 @@ public Gson() {
     this.builderHierarchyFactories = builderHierarchyFactories;
     this.objectToNumberStrategy = objectToNumberStrategy;
     this.numberToNumberStrategy = numberToNumberStrategy;
+    this.missingFieldValueStrategy = missingFieldValueStrategy;
+    this.unknownFieldStrategy = unknownFieldStrategy;
     this.reflectionFilters = reflectionFilters;
 
     List<TypeAdapterFactory> factories = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -341,7 +349,8 @@ public Gson() {
     factories.add(jsonAdapterFactory);
     factories.add(TypeAdapters.ENUM_FACTORY);
     factories.add(new ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory(
-        constructorConstructor, fieldNamingStrategy, excluder, jsonAdapterFactory, reflectionFilters));
+        constructorConstructor, fieldNamingStrategy, excluder, jsonAdapterFactory,
+        missingFieldValueStrategy, unknownFieldStrategy, reflectionFilters));
 
     this.factories = Collections.unmodifiableList(factories);
   }
diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/GsonBuilder.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/GsonBuilder.java
index f8f1b27f80..b9267eaef8 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/GsonBuilder.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/GsonBuilder.java
@@ -22,10 +22,12 @@
 import static com.google.gson.Gson.DEFAULT_FORMATTING_STYLE;
 import static com.google.gson.Gson.DEFAULT_JSON_NON_EXECUTABLE;
 import static com.google.gson.Gson.DEFAULT_LENIENT;
+import static com.google.gson.Gson.DEFAULT_MISSING_FIELD_VALUE_STRATEGY;
 import static com.google.gson.Gson.DEFAULT_NUMBER_TO_NUMBER_STRATEGY;
 import static com.google.gson.Gson.DEFAULT_OBJECT_TO_NUMBER_STRATEGY;
 import static com.google.gson.Gson.DEFAULT_SERIALIZE_NULLS;
 import static com.google.gson.Gson.DEFAULT_SPECIALIZE_FLOAT_VALUES;
+import static com.google.gson.Gson.DEFAULT_UNKNOWN_FIELD_STRATEGY;
 import static com.google.gson.Gson.DEFAULT_USE_JDK_UNSAFE;
 
 import com.google.gson.annotations.Since;
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@
  * use {@code new Gson()}. {@code GsonBuilder} is best used by creating it, and then invoking its
  * various configuration methods, and finally calling create.</p>
  *
- * <p>The following is an example shows how to use the {@code GsonBuilder} to construct a Gson
+ * <p>The following example shows how to use the {@code GsonBuilder} to construct a Gson
  * instance:
  *
  * <pre>
@@ -73,8 +75,8 @@
  *
  * <p>NOTES:
  * <ul>
- * <li> the order of invocation of configuration methods does not matter.</li>
- * <li> The default serialization of {@link Date} and its subclasses in Gson does
+ * <li>the order of invocation of configuration methods does not matter.</li>
+ * <li>the default serialization of {@link Date} and its subclasses in Gson does
  *  not contain time-zone information. So, if you are using date/time instances,
  *  use {@code GsonBuilder} and its {@code setDateFormat} methods.</li>
  * </ul>
@@ -104,6 +106,8 @@ public final class GsonBuilder {
   private boolean useJdkUnsafe = DEFAULT_USE_JDK_UNSAFE;
   private ToNumberStrategy objectToNumberStrategy = DEFAULT_OBJECT_TO_NUMBER_STRATEGY;
   private ToNumberStrategy numberToNumberStrategy = DEFAULT_NUMBER_TO_NUMBER_STRATEGY;
+  private MissingFieldValueStrategy missingFieldValueStrategy = DEFAULT_MISSING_FIELD_VALUE_STRATEGY;
+  private UnknownFieldStrategy unknownFieldStrategy = DEFAULT_UNKNOWN_FIELD_STRATEGY;
   private final ArrayDeque<ReflectionAccessFilter> reflectionFilters = new ArrayDeque<>();
 
   /**
@@ -141,6 +145,8 @@ public GsonBuilder() {
     this.useJdkUnsafe = gson.useJdkUnsafe;
     this.objectToNumberStrategy = gson.objectToNumberStrategy;
     this.numberToNumberStrategy = gson.numberToNumberStrategy;
+    this.missingFieldValueStrategy = gson.missingFieldValueStrategy;
+    this.unknownFieldStrategy = gson.unknownFieldStrategy;
     this.reflectionFilters.addAll(gson.reflectionFilters);
   }
 
@@ -388,6 +394,37 @@ public GsonBuilder setObjectToNumberStrategy(ToNumberStrategy objectToNumberStra
     return this;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Configures Gson to apply a specific missing field value strategy during deserialization.
+   * The strategy is used during reflection-based deserialization when the JSON data does
+   * not contain a value for a field. A field with explicit JSON null is not considered missing.
+   *
+   * @param missingFieldValueStrategy strategy handling missing field values
+   * @return a reference to this {@code GsonBuilder} object to fulfill the "Builder" pattern
+   * @see MissingFieldValueStrategy#DO_NOTHING The default missing field value strategy
+   * @since $next-version$
+   */
+  public GsonBuilder setMissingFieldValueStrategy(MissingFieldValueStrategy missingFieldValueStrategy) {
+    this.missingFieldValueStrategy = Objects.requireNonNull(missingFieldValueStrategy);
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Configures Gson to apply a specific unknown field strategy during deserialization.
+   * The strategy is used during reflection-based deserialization when an unknown field
+   * is encountered in the JSON data. If a field which is excluded from deserialization
+   * appears in the JSON data it is considered unknown as well.
+   *
+   * @param unknownFieldStrategy strategy handling unknown fields
+   * @return a reference to this {@code GsonBuilder} object to fulfill the "Builder" pattern
+   * @see UnknownFieldStrategy#IGNORE The default unknown field strategy
+   * @since $next-version$
+   */
+  public GsonBuilder setUnknownFieldStrategy(UnknownFieldStrategy unknownFieldStrategy) {
+    this.unknownFieldStrategy = Objects.requireNonNull(unknownFieldStrategy);
+    return this;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Configures Gson to apply a specific number strategy during deserialization of {@link Number}.
    *
@@ -782,7 +819,8 @@ public Gson create() {
         serializeSpecialFloatingPointValues, useJdkUnsafe, longSerializationPolicy,
         datePattern, dateStyle, timeStyle, new ArrayList<>(this.factories),
         new ArrayList<>(this.hierarchyFactories), factories,
-        objectToNumberStrategy, numberToNumberStrategy, new ArrayList<>(reflectionFilters));
+        objectToNumberStrategy, numberToNumberStrategy,
+        missingFieldValueStrategy, unknownFieldStrategy, new ArrayList<>(reflectionFilters));
   }
 
   private void addTypeAdaptersForDate(String datePattern, int dateStyle, int timeStyle,
diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/MissingFieldValueStrategy.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/MissingFieldValueStrategy.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8845b2b5a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/MissingFieldValueStrategy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package com.google.gson;
+
+import com.google.gson.internal.reflect.ReflectionHelper;
+import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+
+/**
+ * A strategy defining how to handle missing field values during reflection-based deserialization.
+ *
+ * @see GsonBuilder#setMissingFieldValueStrategy(MissingFieldValueStrategy)
+ * @since $next-version$
+ */
+public interface MissingFieldValueStrategy {
+  /**
+   * This strategy does nothing when a missing field is detected, it preserves the initial field
+   * value, if any.
+   *
+   * <p>This is the default missing field value strategy.
+   */
+  MissingFieldValueStrategy DO_NOTHING = new MissingFieldValueStrategy() {
+    @Override
+    public Object handleMissingField(TypeToken<?> declaringType, Object instance, Field field, TypeToken<?> resolvedFieldType) {
+      // Preserve initial field value
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+      return "MissingFieldValueStrategy.DO_NOTHING";
+    }
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * This strategy throws an exception when a missing field is detected.
+   */
+  MissingFieldValueStrategy THROW_EXCEPTION = new MissingFieldValueStrategy() {
+    @Override
+    public Object handleMissingField(TypeToken<?> declaringType, Object instance, Field field, TypeToken<?> resolvedFieldType) {
+      // TODO: Proper exception
+      throw new RuntimeException("Missing value for field '" + ReflectionHelper.fieldToString(field) + "'");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+      return "MissingFieldValueStrategy.THROW_EXCEPTION";
+    }
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Called when a missing field value is detected. Implementations can either throw an exception or
+   * return a default value.
+   *
+   * <p>Returning {@code null} will keep the initial field value, if any. For example when returning
+   * {@code null} for the field {@code String f = "default"}, the field will still have the value
+   * {@code "default"} afterwards (assuming the constructor of the class was called, see also
+   * {@link GsonBuilder#disableJdkUnsafe()}). The type of the returned value has to match the
+   * type of the field, no narrowing or widening numeric conversion is performed.
+   *
+   * <p>The {@code instance} represents an instance of the declaring type with the so far already
+   * deserialized fields. It is intended to be used for looking up existing field values to derive
+   * the missing field value from them. Manipulating {@code instance} in any way is not recommended.<br>
+   * For Record classes (Java 16 feature) the {@code instance} is {@code null}.
+   *
+   * <p>{@code resolvedFieldType} is the type of the field with type variables being resolved, if
+   * possible. For example if {@code class MyClass<T>} has a field {@code T myField} and
+   * {@code MyClass<String>} is deserialized, then {@code resolvedFieldType} will be {@code String}.
+   *
+   * @param declaringType type declaring the field
+   * @param instance instance of the declaring type, {@code null} for Record classes
+   * @param field field whose value is missing
+   * @param resolvedFieldType resolved type of the field
+   * @return the field value, or {@code null}
+   */
+  // TODO: Should this really expose `instance`? Only use case would be to derive value from other fields
+  //   but besides that user should not directly manipulate `instance` but return new value instead
+  Object handleMissingField(TypeToken<?> declaringType, Object instance, Field field, TypeToken<?> resolvedFieldType);
+}
diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/ReflectionAccessFilter.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/ReflectionAccessFilter.java
index 7736ec7aa0..7c1733b309 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/ReflectionAccessFilter.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/ReflectionAccessFilter.java
@@ -124,6 +124,10 @@ enum FilterResult {
         ? FilterResult.BLOCK_INACCESSIBLE
         : FilterResult.INDECISIVE;
     }
+
+    @Override public String toString() {
+      return "ReflectionAccessFilter.BLOCK_INACCESSIBLE_JAVA";
+    }
   };
 
   /**
@@ -149,6 +153,10 @@ enum FilterResult {
         ? FilterResult.BLOCK_ALL
         : FilterResult.INDECISIVE;
     }
+
+    @Override public String toString() {
+      return "ReflectionAccessFilter.BLOCK_ALL_JAVA";
+    }
   };
 
   /**
@@ -173,6 +181,10 @@ enum FilterResult {
         ? FilterResult.BLOCK_ALL
         : FilterResult.INDECISIVE;
     }
+
+    @Override public String toString() {
+      return "ReflectionAccessFilter.BLOCK_ALL_ANDROID";
+    }
   };
 
   /**
@@ -198,6 +210,10 @@ enum FilterResult {
         ? FilterResult.BLOCK_ALL
         : FilterResult.INDECISIVE;
     }
+
+    @Override public String toString() {
+      return "ReflectionAccessFilter.BLOCK_ALL_PLATFORM";
+    }
   };
 
   /**
diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/UnknownFieldStrategy.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/UnknownFieldStrategy.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ec4e5206f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/UnknownFieldStrategy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+package com.google.gson;
+
+import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken;
+import com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * A strategy defining how to handle unknown fields during reflection-based deserialization.
+ *
+ * @see GsonBuilder#setUnknownFieldStrategy(UnknownFieldStrategy)
+ * @since $next-version$
+ */
+public interface UnknownFieldStrategy {
+  /**
+   * This strategy ignores the unknown field.
+   *
+   * <p>This is the default unknown field strategy.
+   */
+  UnknownFieldStrategy IGNORE = new UnknownFieldStrategy() {
+    @Override
+    public void handleUnknownField(TypeToken<?> declaringType, Object instance, String fieldName,
+        JsonReader jsonReader, Gson gson) throws IOException {
+      jsonReader.skipValue();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+      return "UnknownFieldStrategy.IGNORE";
+    }
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * This strategy throws an exception when an unknown field is encountered.
+   *
+   * <p><b>Note:</b> Be careful when using this strategy; while it might sound tempting
+   * to strictly validate that the JSON data matches the expected format, this strategy
+   * makes it difficult to add new fields to the JSON structure in a backward compatible way.
+   * Usually it suffices to use only {@link MissingFieldValueStrategy#THROW_EXCEPTION} for
+   * validation and to ignore unknown fields.
+   */
+  UnknownFieldStrategy THROW_EXCEPTION = new UnknownFieldStrategy() {
+    @Override
+    public void handleUnknownField(TypeToken<?> declaringType, Object instance, String fieldName,
+        JsonReader jsonReader, Gson gson) throws IOException {
+      // TODO: Proper exception
+      throw new RuntimeException("Unknown field '" + fieldName + "' for " + declaringType.getRawType() + " at path " + jsonReader.getPath());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+      return "UnknownFieldStrategy.THROW_EXCEPTION";
+    }
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Called when an unknown field is encountered. Implementations can throw an exception,
+   * store the field value in {@code instance} or ignore the unknown field.
+   *
+   * <p>The {@code jsonReader} is positioned to read the value of the unknown field. If an
+   * implementation of this method does not throw an exception it must consume the value, either
+   * by reading it with methods like {@link JsonReader#nextString()} (possibly after peeking
+   * at the value type first), or by skipping it with {@link JsonReader#skipValue()}.<br>
+   * The {@code gson} object can be used to read from the {@code jsonReader}. It is the same
+   * instance which was originally used to perform the deserialization.
+   *
+   * <p>The {@code instance} represents an instance of the declaring type with the so far already
+   * deserialized fields. It can be used to store the value of the unknown field, for example
+   * if it declares a {@code transient Map<String, Object>} field for all unknown values.<br>
+   * For Record classes (Java 16 feature) the {@code instance} is {@code null}.
+   *
+   * @param declaringType type declaring the field
+   * @param instance instance of the declaring type, {@code null} for Record classes
+   * @param fieldName name of the unknown field
+   * @param jsonReader reader to be used to read or skip the field value
+   * @param gson {@code Gson} instance which can be used to read the field value from {@code jsonReader}
+   * @throws IOException if reading or skipping the field value fails
+   */
+  void handleUnknownField(TypeToken<?> declaringType, Object instance, String fieldName, JsonReader jsonReader, Gson gson) throws IOException;
+}
diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/bind/ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/bind/ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java
index 9194fc33bf..985d841e4b 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/bind/ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/bind/ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java
@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@
 import com.google.gson.JsonIOException;
 import com.google.gson.JsonParseException;
 import com.google.gson.JsonSyntaxException;
+import com.google.gson.MissingFieldValueStrategy;
 import com.google.gson.ReflectionAccessFilter;
 import com.google.gson.ReflectionAccessFilter.FilterResult;
 import com.google.gson.TypeAdapter;
 import com.google.gson.TypeAdapterFactory;
+import com.google.gson.UnknownFieldStrategy;
 import com.google.gson.annotations.JsonAdapter;
 import com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName;
 import com.google.gson.internal.$Gson$Types;
@@ -63,16 +65,21 @@ public final class ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory implements TypeAdapterFactory {
   private final FieldNamingStrategy fieldNamingPolicy;
   private final Excluder excluder;
   private final JsonAdapterAnnotationTypeAdapterFactory jsonAdapterFactory;
+  private final MissingFieldValueStrategy missingFieldValueStrategy;
+  private final UnknownFieldStrategy unknownFieldStrategy;
   private final List<ReflectionAccessFilter> reflectionFilters;
 
   public ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory(ConstructorConstructor constructorConstructor,
       FieldNamingStrategy fieldNamingPolicy, Excluder excluder,
       JsonAdapterAnnotationTypeAdapterFactory jsonAdapterFactory,
+      MissingFieldValueStrategy missingFieldValueStrategy, UnknownFieldStrategy unknownFieldStrategy,
       List<ReflectionAccessFilter> reflectionFilters) {
     this.constructorConstructor = constructorConstructor;
     this.fieldNamingPolicy = fieldNamingPolicy;
     this.excluder = excluder;
     this.jsonAdapterFactory = jsonAdapterFactory;
+    this.missingFieldValueStrategy = missingFieldValueStrategy;
+    this.unknownFieldStrategy = unknownFieldStrategy;
     this.reflectionFilters = reflectionFilters;
   }
 
@@ -122,13 +129,15 @@ public <T> TypeAdapter<T> create(Gson gson, final TypeToken<T> type) {
     // on JVMs that do not support records.
     if (ReflectionHelper.isRecord(raw)) {
       @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-      TypeAdapter<T> adapter = (TypeAdapter<T>) new RecordAdapter<>(raw,
+      TypeAdapter<T> adapter = new RecordAdapter<>(gson,
+          missingFieldValueStrategy, unknownFieldStrategy, type, (Class<T>) raw,
           getBoundFields(gson, type, raw, blockInaccessible, true), blockInaccessible);
       return adapter;
     }
 
     ObjectConstructor<T> constructor = constructorConstructor.get(type);
-    return new FieldReflectionAdapter<>(constructor, getBoundFields(gson, type, raw, blockInaccessible, false));
+    return new FieldReflectionAdapter<>(gson, missingFieldValueStrategy, unknownFieldStrategy,
+        constructor, type, getBoundFields(gson, type, raw, blockInaccessible, false));
   }
 
   private static <M extends AccessibleObject & Member> void checkAccessible(Object object, M member) {
@@ -170,7 +179,7 @@ private BoundField createBoundField(
       // Will never actually be used, but we set it to avoid confusing nullness-analysis tools
       writeTypeAdapter = typeAdapter;
     }
-    return new BoundField(name, field, serialize, deserialize) {
+    return new BoundField(name, field, fieldType, serialize, deserialize) {
       @Override void write(JsonWriter writer, Object source)
           throws IOException, IllegalAccessException {
         if (!serialized) return;
@@ -217,6 +226,11 @@ void readIntoArray(JsonReader reader, int index, Object[] target) throws IOExcep
       void readIntoField(JsonReader reader, Object target)
           throws IOException, IllegalAccessException {
         Object fieldValue = typeAdapter.read(reader);
+        putIntoField(fieldValue, target);
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      void putIntoField(Object fieldValue, Object target) throws IllegalAccessException {
         if (fieldValue != null || !isPrimitive) {
           if (blockInaccessible) {
             checkAccessible(target, field);
@@ -320,25 +334,30 @@ static abstract class BoundField {
     final Field field;
     /** Name of the underlying field */
     final String fieldName;
+    final TypeToken<?> resolvedType;
     final boolean serialized;
     final boolean deserialized;
 
-    protected BoundField(String name, Field field, boolean serialized, boolean deserialized) {
+    protected BoundField(String name, Field field, TypeToken<?> resolvedType, boolean serialized, boolean deserialized) {
       this.name = name;
       this.field = field;
       this.fieldName = field.getName();
+      this.resolvedType = resolvedType;
       this.serialized = serialized;
       this.deserialized = deserialized;
     }
 
-    /** Read this field value from the source, and append its JSON value to the writer */
+    /** Reads this field value from the source, and append its JSON value to the writer */
     abstract void write(JsonWriter writer, Object source) throws IOException, IllegalAccessException;
 
-    /** Read the value into the target array, used to provide constructor arguments for records */
+    /** Reads the value into the target array, used to provide constructor arguments for records */
     abstract void readIntoArray(JsonReader reader, int index, Object[] target) throws IOException, JsonParseException;
 
-    /** Read the value from the reader, and set it on the corresponding field on target via reflection */
+    /** Reads the value from the reader, and set it on the corresponding field on target via reflection */
     abstract void readIntoField(JsonReader reader, Object target) throws IOException, IllegalAccessException;
+
+    /** Puts the field value {@code fieldValue} into the field of {@code target} */
+    abstract void putIntoField(Object fieldValue, Object target) throws IllegalAccessException;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -356,10 +375,33 @@ protected BoundField(String name, Field field, boolean serialized, boolean deser
    */
   // This class is public because external projects check for this class with `instanceof` (even though it is internal)
   public static abstract class Adapter<T, A> extends TypeAdapter<T> {
+    final Gson gson;
+    final MissingFieldValueStrategy missingFieldValueStrategy;
+    final UnknownFieldStrategy unknownFieldStrategy;
+    final TypeToken<T> type;
     final Map<String, BoundField> boundFields;
-
-    Adapter(Map<String, BoundField> boundFields) {
+    /** Fields to consider for missing field handling; {@code null} if missing fields should be ignored */
+    final Map<Field, BoundField> missingFieldsToCheck;
+
+    Adapter(Gson gson, MissingFieldValueStrategy missingFieldValueStrategy, UnknownFieldStrategy unknownFieldStrategy,
+        TypeToken<T> type, Map<String, BoundField> boundFields) {
+      this.gson = gson;
+      this.missingFieldValueStrategy = missingFieldValueStrategy;
+      this.unknownFieldStrategy = unknownFieldStrategy;
+      this.type = type;
       this.boundFields = boundFields;
+
+      if (missingFieldValueStrategy == MissingFieldValueStrategy.DO_NOTHING) {
+        missingFieldsToCheck = null;
+      } else {
+        // Track the underlying Field because there might be multiple BoundField entries when using @SerializedName
+        missingFieldsToCheck = new LinkedHashMap<>(boundFields.size());
+        for (BoundField boundField : this.boundFields.values()) {
+          if (boundField.deserialized) {
+            missingFieldsToCheck.put(boundField.field, boundField);
+          }
+        }
+      }
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -388,6 +430,7 @@ public T read(JsonReader in) throws IOException {
       }
 
       A accumulator = createAccumulator();
+      Map<Field, BoundField> missingFields = missingFieldsToCheck == null ? null : new LinkedHashMap<>(missingFieldsToCheck);
 
       try {
         in.beginObject();
@@ -395,9 +438,25 @@ public T read(JsonReader in) throws IOException {
           String name = in.nextName();
           BoundField field = boundFields.get(name);
           if (field == null || !field.deserialized) {
-            in.skipValue();
+            try {
+              unknownFieldStrategy.handleUnknownField(type, createObjectForFieldStrategy(accumulator), name, in, gson);
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+              // Don't wrap IOException; it is most likely unrelated to unknownFieldStrategy, but instead caused by JSON data
+              throw e;
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+              // UnknownFieldStrategy.THROW_EXCEPTION provides enough context, can directly rethrow
+              if (unknownFieldStrategy == UnknownFieldStrategy.THROW_EXCEPTION) {
+                throw e;
+              }
+              // TODO Proper exception type
+              throw new RuntimeException("Failed handling unknown field '" + name + "' for " + type.getRawType() + " at path " + in.getPath(), e);
+            }
           } else {
             readField(accumulator, in, field);
+
+            if (missingFields != null) {
+              missingFields.remove(field.field);
+            }
           }
         }
       } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
@@ -406,26 +465,70 @@ public T read(JsonReader in) throws IOException {
         throw ReflectionHelper.createExceptionForUnexpectedIllegalAccess(e);
       }
       in.endObject();
+
+      if (missingFields != null && !missingFields.isEmpty()) {
+        for (Map.Entry<Field, BoundField> fieldEntry : missingFields.entrySet()) {
+          Field field = fieldEntry.getKey();
+          BoundField boundField = fieldEntry.getValue();
+          Object newValue;
+          try {
+            newValue = missingFieldValueStrategy.handleMissingField(type, createObjectForFieldStrategy(accumulator), field, boundField.resolvedType);
+          } catch (Exception e) {
+            // TODO Proper exception type
+            throw new RuntimeException("Failed handling missing field '" + ReflectionHelper.fieldToString(field) + "' at path " + in.getPath(), e);
+          }
+
+          // For null values keep the existing initial value
+          if (newValue != null) {
+            try {
+              addMissingFieldValue(accumulator, boundField, newValue);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+              // TODO Proper exception type
+              throw new RuntimeException("Failed storing " + newValue.getClass().getName() + " provided by " + missingFieldValueStrategy + " into field '" + ReflectionHelper.fieldToString(field) + "' at path " + in.getPreviousPath(), e);
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
       return finalize(accumulator);
     }
 
-    /** Create the Object that will be used to collect each field value */
+    /** Creates the Object that will be used to collect each field value */
     abstract A createAccumulator();
+
+    /**
+     * Creates the Object based on the accumulator that will be passed as {@code instance}
+     * to the {@link MissingFieldValueStrategy} and {@link UnknownFieldStrategy}.
+     *
+     * @return the object for missing and unknown field strategies, can be {@code null}
+     */
+    abstract Object createObjectForFieldStrategy(A accumulator);
+
     /**
-     * Read a single BoundField into the accumulator. The JsonReader will be pointed at the
+     * Reads a single BoundField into the accumulator. The JsonReader will be pointed at the
      * start of the value for the BoundField to read from.
      */
     abstract void readField(A accumulator, JsonReader in, BoundField field)
         throws IllegalAccessException, IOException;
-    /** Convert the accumulator to a final instance of T. */
+
+    /**
+     * Called for the {@link MissingFieldValueStrategy} to add {@code value} as value
+     * for {@code field}.
+     *
+     * @param value the field value, must not be {@code null}
+     */
+    abstract void addMissingFieldValue(A accumulator, BoundField field, Object value);
+
+    /** Converts the accumulator to a final instance of T. */
     abstract T finalize(A accumulator);
   }
 
   private static final class FieldReflectionAdapter<T> extends Adapter<T, T> {
     private final ObjectConstructor<T> constructor;
 
-    FieldReflectionAdapter(ObjectConstructor<T> constructor, Map<String, BoundField> boundFields) {
-      super(boundFields);
+    FieldReflectionAdapter(Gson gson, MissingFieldValueStrategy missingFieldValueStrategy, UnknownFieldStrategy unknownFieldStrategy,
+        ObjectConstructor<T> constructor, TypeToken<T> type, Map<String, BoundField> boundFields) {
+      super(gson, missingFieldValueStrategy, unknownFieldStrategy, type, boundFields);
       this.constructor = constructor;
     }
 
@@ -434,12 +537,27 @@ T createAccumulator() {
       return constructor.construct();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    Object createObjectForFieldStrategy(T accumulator) {
+      // Let missing and unknown field strategies directly access constructed object
+      return accumulator;
+    }
+
     @Override
     void readField(T accumulator, JsonReader in, BoundField field)
         throws IllegalAccessException, IOException {
       field.readIntoField(in, accumulator);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    void addMissingFieldValue(T accumulator, BoundField field, Object value) {
+      try {
+        field.putIntoField(value, accumulator);
+      } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
+        throw ReflectionHelper.createExceptionForUnexpectedIllegalAccess(e);
+      }
+    }
+
     @Override
     T finalize(T accumulator) {
       return accumulator;
@@ -456,8 +574,9 @@ private static final class RecordAdapter<T> extends Adapter<T, Object[]> {
     // Map from component names to index into the constructors arguments.
     private final Map<String, Integer> componentIndices = new HashMap<>();
 
-    RecordAdapter(Class<T> raw, Map<String, BoundField> boundFields, boolean blockInaccessible) {
-      super(boundFields);
+    RecordAdapter(Gson gson, MissingFieldValueStrategy missingFieldValueStrategy, UnknownFieldStrategy unknownFieldStrategy,
+        TypeToken<T> type, Class<T> raw, Map<String, BoundField> boundFields, boolean blockInaccessible) {
+      super(gson, missingFieldValueStrategy, unknownFieldStrategy, type, boundFields);
       constructor = ReflectionHelper.getCanonicalRecordConstructor(raw);
 
       if (blockInaccessible) {
@@ -501,19 +620,37 @@ Object[] createAccumulator() {
     }
 
     @Override
-    void readField(Object[] accumulator, JsonReader in, BoundField field) throws IOException {
+    Object createObjectForFieldStrategy(Object[] accumulator) {
+      // Don't let missing and unknown field strategies directly access internal accumulator object
+      // TODO: In the future maybe provide a Map-like object which encapsulates accumulator,
+      //   but restricts operations only to valid component names / property names?
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    private int getComponentIndex(String fieldName) {
       // Obtain the component index from the name of the field backing it
-      Integer componentIndex = componentIndices.get(field.fieldName);
+      Integer componentIndex = componentIndices.get(fieldName);
       if (componentIndex == null) {
         throw new IllegalStateException(
             "Could not find the index in the constructor '" + ReflectionHelper.constructorToString(constructor) + "'"
-                + " for field with name '" + field.fieldName + "',"
+                + " for field with name '" + fieldName + "',"
                 + " unable to determine which argument in the constructor the field corresponds"
                 + " to. This is unexpected behavior, as we expect the RecordComponents to have the"
                 + " same names as the fields in the Java class, and that the order of the"
                 + " RecordComponents is the same as the order of the canonical constructor parameters.");
       }
-      field.readIntoArray(in, componentIndex, accumulator);
+      return componentIndex;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    void readField(Object[] accumulator, JsonReader in, BoundField field) throws IOException {
+      field.readIntoArray(in, getComponentIndex(field.fieldName), accumulator);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    void addMissingFieldValue(Object[] accumulator, BoundField field, Object value) {
+      assert(value != null);
+      accumulator[getComponentIndex(field.fieldName)] = value;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/GsonTest.java b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/GsonTest.java
index c1e9e9d785..35259ffc21 100644
--- a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/GsonTest.java
+++ b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/GsonTest.java
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ public void testOverridesDefaultExcluder() {
         DateFormat.DEFAULT, new ArrayList<TypeAdapterFactory>(),
         new ArrayList<TypeAdapterFactory>(), new ArrayList<TypeAdapterFactory>(),
         CUSTOM_OBJECT_TO_NUMBER_STRATEGY, CUSTOM_NUMBER_TO_NUMBER_STRATEGY,
+        MissingFieldValueStrategy.THROW_EXCEPTION, UnknownFieldStrategy.THROW_EXCEPTION,
         Collections.<ReflectionAccessFilter>emptyList());
 
     assertThat(gson.excluder).isEqualTo(CUSTOM_EXCLUDER);
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ public void testClonedTypeAdapterFactoryListsAreIndependent() {
         DateFormat.DEFAULT, new ArrayList<TypeAdapterFactory>(),
         new ArrayList<TypeAdapterFactory>(), new ArrayList<TypeAdapterFactory>(),
         CUSTOM_OBJECT_TO_NUMBER_STRATEGY, CUSTOM_NUMBER_TO_NUMBER_STRATEGY,
+        MissingFieldValueStrategy.THROW_EXCEPTION, UnknownFieldStrategy.THROW_EXCEPTION,
         Collections.<ReflectionAccessFilter>emptyList());
 
     Gson clone = original.newBuilder()
diff --git a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/Java17MissingFieldValueStrategyTest.java b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/Java17MissingFieldValueStrategyTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dfcb655eeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/Java17MissingFieldValueStrategyTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,197 @@
+package com.google.gson;
+
+import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+
+import com.google.gson.annotations.Expose;
+import com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName;
+import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class Java17MissingFieldValueStrategyTest {
+  @Test
+  public void testDoNothing() {
+    Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setMissingFieldValueStrategy(MissingFieldValueStrategy.DO_NOTHING).create();
+
+    CustomRecord deserialized = gson.fromJson("{\"a\": \"custom-a\"}", CustomRecord.class);
+    assertThat(deserialized.a).isEqualTo("custom-a");
+    assertThat(deserialized.b).isEqualTo(null);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testThrowException() {
+    Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setMissingFieldValueStrategy(MissingFieldValueStrategy.THROW_EXCEPTION).create();
+
+    CustomRecord deserialized = gson.fromJson("{\"a\": \"custom-a\", \"b\": \"custom-b\"}", CustomRecord.class);
+    assertThat(deserialized.a).isEqualTo("custom-a");
+    assertThat(deserialized.b).isEqualTo("custom-b");
+
+    try {
+      gson.fromJson("{\"a\": \"custom-a\"}", CustomRecord.class);
+      fail();
+    }
+    // TODO: Adjust this once a more specific exception is thrown
+    catch (RuntimeException expected) {
+      assertThat(expected).hasMessageThat().isEqualTo("Failed handling missing field '" + CustomRecord.class.getName() + "#b' at path $");
+      assertThat(expected).hasCauseThat().hasMessageThat().isEqualTo("Missing value for field '" + CustomRecord.class.getName() + "#b'");
+    }
+
+    try {
+      gson.fromJson("{\"b\": \"custom-b\"}", CustomRecord.class);
+      fail();
+    }
+    // TODO: Adjust this once a more specific exception is thrown
+    catch (RuntimeException expected) {
+      assertThat(expected).hasMessageThat().isEqualTo("Failed handling missing field '" + CustomRecord.class.getName() + "#a' at path $");
+      assertThat(expected).hasCauseThat().hasMessageThat().isEqualTo("Missing value for field '" + CustomRecord.class.getName() + "#a'");
+    }
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Should only report missing field once, even if {@code @SerializedName} specifies multiple names.
+   */
+  @Test
+  public void testSerializedName() throws Exception {
+    List<Field> missingFields = new ArrayList<>();
+    Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setMissingFieldValueStrategy(new MissingFieldValueStrategy() {
+      @Override
+      public Object handleMissingField(TypeToken<?> declaringType, Object instance, Field field,
+          TypeToken<?> resolvedFieldType) {
+        missingFields.add(field);
+        return 1;
+      }
+    }).create();
+
+    WithSerializedName deserialized = gson.fromJson("{}", WithSerializedName.class);
+    assertThat(deserialized.a).isEqualTo(1);
+    Field field = WithSerializedName.class.getDeclaredField("a");
+    assertThat(missingFields).containsExactly(field);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Should handle serialization and deserialization exclusions correctly.
+   */
+  @Test
+  public void testExcluded() throws Exception {
+    List<Field> missingFields = new ArrayList<>();
+    Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setMissingFieldValueStrategy(new MissingFieldValueStrategy() {
+      @Override
+      public Object handleMissingField(TypeToken<?> declaringType, Object instance, Field field,
+          TypeToken<?> resolvedFieldType) {
+        missingFields.add(field);
+        return null;
+      }
+    }).excludeFieldsWithoutExposeAnnotation().create();
+
+    gson.fromJson("{}", WithExclusions.class);
+    Field field1 = WithExclusions.class.getDeclaredField("both");
+    Field field2 = WithExclusions.class.getDeclaredField("deserialize");
+    assertThat(missingFields).containsExactly(field1, field2);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testResolvedFieldType() {
+    List<TypeToken<?>> fieldTypes = new ArrayList<>();
+    Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setMissingFieldValueStrategy(new MissingFieldValueStrategy() {
+      @Override
+      public Object handleMissingField(TypeToken<?> declaringType, Object instance, Field field,
+          TypeToken<?> resolvedFieldType) {
+        fieldTypes.add(resolvedFieldType);
+        return null;
+      }
+    }).create();
+
+    gson.fromJson("{}", new TypeToken<WithTypeVariable<String>>() {});
+    assertThat(fieldTypes).containsExactly(TypeToken.get(String.class));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testCustom() {
+    Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setMissingFieldValueStrategy(new MissingFieldValueStrategy() {
+      @Override
+      public Object handleMissingField(TypeToken<?> declaringType, Object instance, Field field, TypeToken<?> resolvedFieldType) {
+        assertThat(declaringType).isEqualTo(TypeToken.get(CustomRecord.class));
+        // Due to how Record instances are constructed currently cannot provide access to instance
+        assertThat(instance).isNull();
+        assertThat(field.getDeclaringClass()).isEqualTo(CustomRecord.class);
+
+        if (field.getName().equals("a")) {
+          // Preserve existing value
+          return null;
+        }
+        return "field-" + field.getName();
+      }
+    }).create();
+
+    CustomRecord deserialized = gson.fromJson("{}", CustomRecord.class);
+    assertThat(deserialized.a).isEqualTo(null);
+    assertThat(deserialized.b).isEqualTo("field-b");
+
+
+    gson = new GsonBuilder().setMissingFieldValueStrategy(new MissingFieldValueStrategy() {
+      @Override
+      public Object handleMissingField(TypeToken<?> declaringType, Object instance, Field field, TypeToken<?> resolvedFieldType) {
+        // Preserve existing value
+        return null;
+      }
+    }).create();
+    RecordWithInt deserialized2 = gson.fromJson("{}", RecordWithInt.class);
+    // Uses default value for primitive
+    assertThat(deserialized2.a).isEqualTo(0);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testBadNewFieldValue() {
+    Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setMissingFieldValueStrategy(new MissingFieldValueStrategy() {
+      @Override
+      public Object handleMissingField(TypeToken<?> declaringType, Object instance, Field field, TypeToken<?> resolvedFieldType) {
+        return 1;
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      public String toString() {
+        return "my-strategy";
+      }
+    }).create();
+
+    try {
+      gson.fromJson("{\"a\": \"custom-a\"}", CustomRecord.class);
+      fail();
+    }
+    // TODO: Adjust this once a more specific exception is thrown
+    catch (RuntimeException expected) {
+      // Exception currently does not point out usage of MissingFieldValueStrategy
+      assertThat(expected).hasMessageThat().isEqualTo("Failed to invoke constructor 'com.google.gson.Java17MissingFieldValueStrategyTest$CustomRecord(String, String)'"
+          + " with args [custom-a, 1]");
+      assertThat(expected).hasCauseThat().isNotNull();
+    }
+  }
+
+  record CustomRecord(String a, String b) {}
+
+  record RecordWithInt(int a) {}
+
+  record WithSerializedName(
+    @SerializedName(value = "b", alternate = {"c", "d", "e"})
+    int a
+  ) {}
+
+  record WithExclusions(
+    @Expose(deserialize = true, serialize = true)
+    int both,
+    @Expose(deserialize = true, serialize = false)
+    int deserialize,
+    @Expose(deserialize = false, serialize = true)
+    int serialize,
+    @Expose(deserialize = false, serialize = false)
+    int none
+  ) {}
+
+  record WithTypeVariable<T>(
+    T a
+  ) {}
+}
diff --git a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/Java17UnknownFieldStrategyTest.java b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/Java17UnknownFieldStrategyTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2262fe14d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/Java17UnknownFieldStrategyTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+package com.google.gson;
+
+import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+
+import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken;
+import com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class Java17UnknownFieldStrategyTest {
+  @Test
+  public void testIgnore() {
+    Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setUnknownFieldStrategy(UnknownFieldStrategy.IGNORE).create();
+
+    CustomRecord deserialized = gson.fromJson("{\"a\": 1, \"b\": 2}", CustomRecord.class);
+    assertThat(deserialized.a).isEqualTo(1);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testThrowException() {
+    Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setUnknownFieldStrategy(UnknownFieldStrategy.THROW_EXCEPTION).create();
+
+    CustomRecord deserialized = gson.fromJson("{\"a\": 1}", CustomRecord.class);
+    assertThat(deserialized.a).isEqualTo(1);
+
+    try {
+      gson.fromJson("{\"a\": 1, \"b\": 2}", CustomRecord.class);
+      fail();
+    }
+    // TODO: Adjust this once a more specific exception is thrown
+    catch (RuntimeException expected) {
+      assertThat(expected).hasMessageThat().isEqualTo("Unknown field 'b' for " + CustomRecord.class + " at path $.b");
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testCustomThrowing() {
+    Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setUnknownFieldStrategy(new UnknownFieldStrategy() {
+      @Override
+      public void handleUnknownField(TypeToken<?> declaringType, Object instance, String fieldName,
+          JsonReader jsonReader, Gson gson) throws IOException {
+        throw new RuntimeException("my-exception");
+      }
+    }).create();
+
+    try {
+      gson.fromJson("{\"a\": 1, \"b\": 2}", CustomRecord.class);
+      fail();
+    }
+    // TODO: Adjust this once a more specific exception is thrown
+    catch (RuntimeException expected) {
+      assertThat(expected).hasMessageThat().isEqualTo("Failed handling unknown field 'b' for " + CustomRecord.class + " at path $.b");
+      assertThat(expected).hasCauseThat().hasMessageThat().isEqualTo("my-exception");
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testCustom() {
+    Map<String, Object> unknownFieldsMap = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+    Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setUnknownFieldStrategy(new UnknownFieldStrategy() {
+      @Override
+      public void handleUnknownField(TypeToken<?> declaringType, Object instance, String fieldName,
+          JsonReader jsonReader, Gson gson) throws IOException {
+        assertThat(declaringType).isEqualTo(TypeToken.get(CustomRecord.class));
+        // Due to how Record instances are constructed currently cannot provide access to instance
+        assertThat(instance).isNull();
+        assertThat(jsonReader).isNotNull();
+        assertThat(gson).isNotNull();
+
+        Object value = gson.fromJson(jsonReader, Object.class);
+        unknownFieldsMap.put(fieldName, value);
+      }
+    }).create();
+
+    CustomRecord deserialized = gson.fromJson("{\"a\": 1, \"b\": 2}", CustomRecord.class);
+    assertThat(deserialized.a).isEqualTo(1);
+    assertThat(unknownFieldsMap).containsExactly("b", 2.0);
+  }
+
+  record CustomRecord(int a) { }
+}
diff --git a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/MissingFieldValueStrategyTest.java b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/MissingFieldValueStrategyTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..edd63cd53e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/MissingFieldValueStrategyTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
+package com.google.gson;
+
+import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+
+import com.google.gson.annotations.Expose;
+import com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName;
+import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class MissingFieldValueStrategyTest {
+  @Test
+  public void testDoNothing() {
+    Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setMissingFieldValueStrategy(MissingFieldValueStrategy.DO_NOTHING).create();
+
+    CustomClass deserialized = gson.fromJson("{\"a\": \"custom-a\"}", CustomClass.class);
+    assertThat(deserialized.a).isEqualTo("custom-a");
+    assertThat(deserialized.b).isEqualTo("default-b");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testThrowException() {
+    Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setMissingFieldValueStrategy(MissingFieldValueStrategy.THROW_EXCEPTION).create();
+
+    CustomClass deserialized = gson.fromJson("{\"a\": \"custom-a\", \"b\": \"custom-b\"}", CustomClass.class);
+    assertThat(deserialized.a).isEqualTo("custom-a");
+    assertThat(deserialized.b).isEqualTo("custom-b");
+
+    try {
+      gson.fromJson("{\"a\": \"custom-a\"}", CustomClass.class);
+      fail();
+    }
+    // TODO: Adjust this once a more specific exception is thrown
+    catch (RuntimeException expected) {
+      assertThat(expected).hasMessageThat().isEqualTo("Failed handling missing field '" + CustomClass.class.getName() + "#b' at path $");
+      assertThat(expected).hasCauseThat().hasMessageThat().isEqualTo("Missing value for field '" + CustomClass.class.getName() + "#b'");
+    }
+
+    try {
+      gson.fromJson("{\"b\": \"custom-b\"}", CustomClass.class);
+      fail();
+    }
+    // TODO: Adjust this once a more specific exception is thrown
+    catch (RuntimeException expected) {
+      assertThat(expected).hasMessageThat().isEqualTo("Failed handling missing field '" + CustomClass.class.getName() + "#a' at path $");
+      assertThat(expected).hasCauseThat().hasMessageThat().isEqualTo("Missing value for field '" + CustomClass.class.getName() + "#a'");
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Should only report missing field once, even if {@code @SerializedName} specifies multiple names.
+   */
+  @Test
+  public void testSerializedName() throws Exception {
+    List<Field> missingFields = new ArrayList<>();
+    Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setMissingFieldValueStrategy(new MissingFieldValueStrategy() {
+      @Override
+      public Object handleMissingField(TypeToken<?> declaringType, Object instance, Field field,
+          TypeToken<?> resolvedFieldType) {
+        missingFields.add(field);
+        return 1;
+      }
+    }).create();
+
+    WithSerializedName deserialized = gson.fromJson("{}", WithSerializedName.class);
+    assertThat(deserialized.a).isEqualTo(1);
+    Field field = WithSerializedName.class.getDeclaredField("a");
+    assertThat(missingFields).containsExactly(field);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Should handle serialization and deserialization exclusions correctly.
+   */
+  @Test
+  public void testExcluded() throws Exception {
+    List<Field> missingFields = new ArrayList<>();
+    Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setMissingFieldValueStrategy(new MissingFieldValueStrategy() {
+      @Override
+      public Object handleMissingField(TypeToken<?> declaringType, Object instance, Field field,
+          TypeToken<?> resolvedFieldType) {
+        missingFields.add(field);
+        return null;
+      }
+    }).excludeFieldsWithoutExposeAnnotation().create();
+
+    gson.fromJson("{}", WithExclusions.class);
+    Field field1 = WithExclusions.class.getDeclaredField("both");
+    Field field2 = WithExclusions.class.getDeclaredField("deserialize");
+    assertThat(missingFields).containsExactly(field1, field2);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testResolvedFieldType() {
+    List<TypeToken<?>> fieldTypes = new ArrayList<>();
+    Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setMissingFieldValueStrategy(new MissingFieldValueStrategy() {
+      @Override
+      public Object handleMissingField(TypeToken<?> declaringType, Object instance, Field field,
+          TypeToken<?> resolvedFieldType) {
+        fieldTypes.add(resolvedFieldType);
+        return null;
+      }
+    }).create();
+
+    gson.fromJson("{}", new TypeToken<WithTypeVariable<String>>() {});
+    assertThat(fieldTypes).containsExactly(TypeToken.get(String.class));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testCustom() {
+    Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setMissingFieldValueStrategy(new MissingFieldValueStrategy() {
+      @Override
+      public Object handleMissingField(TypeToken<?> declaringType, Object instance, Field field, TypeToken<?> resolvedFieldType) {
+        assertThat(declaringType).isEqualTo(TypeToken.get(CustomClass.class));
+        assertThat(instance).isInstanceOf(CustomClass.class);
+        assertThat(field.getDeclaringClass()).isEqualTo(CustomClass.class);
+
+        try {
+          Object existingValue = field.get(instance);
+          return "field-" + field.getName() + "-" + existingValue;
+        } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
+          throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+      }
+    }).create();
+
+    CustomClass deserialized = gson.fromJson("{}", CustomClass.class);
+    assertThat(deserialized.a).isEqualTo("field-a-default-a");
+    assertThat(deserialized.b).isEqualTo("field-b-default-b");
+
+
+    gson = new GsonBuilder().setMissingFieldValueStrategy(new MissingFieldValueStrategy() {
+      @Override
+      public Object handleMissingField(TypeToken<?> declaringType, Object instance, Field field, TypeToken<?> resolvedFieldType) {
+        if (field.getName().equals("a")) {
+          // Preserve existing value
+          return null;
+        }
+        return "field-" + field.getName();
+      }
+    }).create();
+
+    deserialized = gson.fromJson("{}", CustomClass.class);
+    assertThat(deserialized.a).isEqualTo("default-a");
+    assertThat(deserialized.b).isEqualTo("field-b");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testBadNewFieldValue() {
+    Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setMissingFieldValueStrategy(new MissingFieldValueStrategy() {
+      @Override
+      public Object handleMissingField(TypeToken<?> declaringType, Object instance, Field field, TypeToken<?> resolvedFieldType) {
+        return 1;
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      public String toString() {
+        return "my-strategy";
+      }
+    }).create();
+
+    try {
+      gson.fromJson("{\"a\": \"custom-a\"}", CustomClass.class);
+      fail();
+    }
+    // TODO: Adjust this once a more specific exception is thrown
+    catch (RuntimeException expected) {
+      assertThat(expected).hasMessageThat().isEqualTo("Failed storing java.lang.Integer provided by my-strategy"
+          + " into field '" + CustomClass.class.getName() + "#b' at path $");
+      assertThat(expected).hasCauseThat().isNotNull();
+    }
+  }
+
+  private static class CustomClass {
+    String a = "default-a";
+    String b = "default-b";
+  }
+
+  static class WithSerializedName {
+    @SerializedName(value = "b", alternate = {"c", "d", "e"})
+    int a;
+  }
+
+  static class WithExclusions {
+    @Expose(deserialize = true, serialize = true)
+    int both;
+    @Expose(deserialize = true, serialize = false)
+    int deserialize;
+    @Expose(deserialize = false, serialize = true)
+    int serialize;
+    @Expose(deserialize = false, serialize = false)
+    int none;
+  }
+
+  private static class WithTypeVariable<T> {
+    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
+    T a;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/UnknownFieldStrategyTest.java b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/UnknownFieldStrategyTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5be0fb993c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/UnknownFieldStrategyTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+package com.google.gson;
+
+
+import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+
+import com.google.gson.annotations.Expose;
+import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken;
+import com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class UnknownFieldStrategyTest {
+  @Test
+  public void testIgnore() {
+    Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setUnknownFieldStrategy(UnknownFieldStrategy.IGNORE).create();
+
+    CustomClass deserialized = gson.fromJson("{\"a\": 1, \"b\": 2}", CustomClass.class);
+    assertThat(deserialized.a).isEqualTo(1);
+    assertThat(deserialized.unknownFields).isEmpty();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testThrowException() {
+    Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setUnknownFieldStrategy(UnknownFieldStrategy.THROW_EXCEPTION).create();
+
+    CustomClass deserialized = gson.fromJson("{\"a\": 1}", CustomClass.class);
+    assertThat(deserialized.a).isEqualTo(1);
+    assertThat(deserialized.unknownFields).isEmpty();
+
+    try {
+      gson.fromJson("{\"a\": 1, \"b\": 2}", CustomClass.class);
+      fail();
+    }
+    // TODO: Adjust this once a more specific exception is thrown
+    catch (RuntimeException expected) {
+      assertThat(expected).hasMessageThat().isEqualTo("Unknown field 'b' for " + CustomClass.class + " at path $.b");
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testCustomThrowing() {
+    Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setUnknownFieldStrategy(new UnknownFieldStrategy() {
+      @Override
+      public void handleUnknownField(TypeToken<?> declaringType, Object instance, String fieldName,
+          JsonReader jsonReader, Gson gson) throws IOException {
+        throw new RuntimeException("my-exception");
+      }
+    }).create();
+
+    try {
+      gson.fromJson("{\"a\": 1, \"b\": 2}", CustomClass.class);
+      fail();
+    }
+    // TODO: Adjust this once a more specific exception is thrown
+    catch (RuntimeException expected) {
+      assertThat(expected).hasMessageThat().isEqualTo("Failed handling unknown field 'b' for " + CustomClass.class + " at path $.b");
+      assertThat(expected).hasCauseThat().hasMessageThat().isEqualTo("my-exception");
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testCustomThrowingAfterRead() {
+    Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setUnknownFieldStrategy(new UnknownFieldStrategy() {
+      @Override
+      public void handleUnknownField(TypeToken<?> declaringType, Object instance, String fieldName,
+          JsonReader jsonReader, Gson gson) throws IOException {
+        // Consume the value before throwing exception
+        jsonReader.skipValue();
+        throw new RuntimeException("my-exception");
+      }
+    }).create();
+
+    try {
+      gson.fromJson("{\"a\": 1, \"b\": 2}", CustomClass.class);
+      fail();
+    }
+    // TODO: Adjust this once a more specific exception is thrown
+    catch (RuntimeException expected) {
+      assertThat(expected).hasMessageThat().isEqualTo("Failed handling unknown field 'b' for " + CustomClass.class + " at path $.b");
+      assertThat(expected).hasCauseThat().hasMessageThat().isEqualTo("my-exception");
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Provides a simple example for how to store unknown values in an extra field on the class.
+   *
+   * <p><b>Important</b>: Do not use this code in production; it is not properly handling the
+   * case where no such field exists, or when the deserialized class is a Record.
+   */
+  @Test
+  public void testCustom() {
+    Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setUnknownFieldStrategy(new UnknownFieldStrategy() {
+      @Override
+      public void handleUnknownField(TypeToken<?> declaringType, Object instance, String fieldName,
+          JsonReader jsonReader, Gson gson) throws IOException {
+        assertThat(declaringType).isEqualTo(TypeToken.get(CustomClass.class));
+        assertThat(instance).isInstanceOf(CustomClass.class);
+        assertThat(jsonReader).isNotNull();
+        assertThat(gson).isNotNull();
+
+        try {
+          Field unknownFieldsField = declaringType.getRawType().getDeclaredField("unknownFields");
+
+          @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+          Map<String, Object> unknownFieldsMap = (Map<String, Object>) unknownFieldsField.get(instance);
+          if (unknownFieldsMap.containsKey(fieldName)) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Already contains value for " + fieldName);
+          }
+
+          Object value = gson.fromJson(jsonReader, Object.class);
+          unknownFieldsMap.put(fieldName, value);
+        } catch (NoSuchFieldException | IllegalAccessException e) {
+          throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+      }
+    }).create();
+
+    CustomClass deserialized = gson.fromJson("{\"a\": 1, \"b\": 2}", CustomClass.class);
+    assertThat(deserialized.a).isEqualTo(1);
+    assertThat(deserialized.unknownFields).containsExactly("b", 2.0);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testExcludedConsideredUnknown() {
+    List<String> unknownFields = new ArrayList<>();
+    Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setUnknownFieldStrategy(new UnknownFieldStrategy() {
+      @Override
+      public void handleUnknownField(TypeToken<?> declaringType, Object instance, String fieldName,
+          JsonReader jsonReader, Gson gson) throws IOException {
+        jsonReader.skipValue();
+        unknownFields.add(fieldName);
+      }
+    }).excludeFieldsWithoutExposeAnnotation().create();
+
+    WithExcluded obj = new WithExcluded();
+    obj.a = 1;
+    String json = gson.toJson(obj);
+    // Serialization should include field
+    assertThat(json).isEqualTo("{\"a\":1}");
+
+    WithExcluded deserialized = gson.fromJson(json, WithExcluded.class);
+    assertThat(deserialized.a).isEqualTo(0);
+    // Excluded field should be considered unknown
+    assertThat(unknownFields).containsExactly("a");
+  }
+
+  private static class CustomClass {
+    int a;
+
+    transient Map<String, Object> unknownFields = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+  }
+
+  private static class WithExcluded {
+    @Expose(deserialize = false, serialize = true)
+    int a;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/functional/ArrayTest.java b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/functional/ArrayTest.java
index b88eda578e..570eef4b29 100644
--- a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/functional/ArrayTest.java
+++ b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/functional/ArrayTest.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
diff --git a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/functional/PrettyPrintingTest.java b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/functional/PrettyPrintingTest.java
index 5496065119..de3ca47c51 100644
--- a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/functional/PrettyPrintingTest.java
+++ b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/functional/PrettyPrintingTest.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
-import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -92,7 +91,7 @@ public void testPrettyPrintListOfPrimitiveArrays() {
     assertThat(json).isEqualTo("[\n  [\n    1,\n    2\n  ],\n  [\n    3,\n    4\n  ],\n  [\n    5,\n    6\n  ],"
         + "\n  [\n    7,\n    8\n  ],\n  [\n    9,\n    0\n  ],\n  [\n    10\n  ]\n]");
   }
-  
+
   @Test
   public void testMap() {
     Map<String, Integer> map = new LinkedHashMap<>();
diff --git a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/functional/UncategorizedTest.java b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/functional/UncategorizedTest.java
index 358fc5a9a1..8ec5b4af91 100644
--- a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/functional/UncategorizedTest.java
+++ b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/functional/UncategorizedTest.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 import com.google.gson.common.TestTypes.ClassOverridingEquals;
 import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken;
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
-import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;