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Hibernate ORM 7.0.8.Final released

Today, we published a new release of Hibernate ORM 7.0: 7.0.8.Final.

You can find the full list of 7.0.8.Final changes here.

What's new

• See the website for requirements and compatibilities.
• See the What's New guide for details about new features and capabilities.
• See the Migration Guide for details about migration from version 6.6 to 7.0.

Conclusion

For additional details, see:

• the release page
• the Migration Guide
• the Introduction Guide
• the User Guide

See also the following resources related to supported APIs:

• the compatibility policy
• the incubating API report (@Incubating)
• the deprecated API report (@Deprecated + @Remove)
• the internal API report (internal packages, @Internal)

Visit the website for details on getting in touch with us.

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Changes in 7.0.8.Final (July 27, 2025)

https://hibernate.atlassian.net/projects/HHH/versions/34429

** Bug * [HHH-19655] - Connection leak with PhysicalConnectionHandlingMode.IMMEDIATE_ACQUISITION_AND_HOLD * [HHH-19651] - DB2 for i detection not working reliably * [HHH-19575] - empty Struct should be fetched intact or not null * [HHH-19524] - @​OneToOne relationship unnecessary joins in nativeQuery * [HHH-16253] - [Envers] Schema Validation Failure With Audited (N)Clob Column with Hibernate 6 on H2

** Improvement * [HHH-19654] - Upgrade hibernate-models to 1.0.1

** Task * [HHH-19639] - Add getter for EmbeddableFetchImpl#nullIndicatorResult

• 7b8dfa9 Pre-steps for release : 7.0.8.Final
• c5ad23a Fix connection leaks in hibernate-testing connection provider delegates
• 02acad3 HHH-19655 Fix connection leak with PhysicalConnectionHandlingMode.IMMEDIATE_A...
• e320ecd HHH-19651: Make the DB2i detection more reliable
• c29bd4a HHH-16253 - Schema Validation Failure With Audited (N)Clob Column
• 5b73852 HHH-19524 @​OneToOne relationship unnecessary joins in nativeQuery
• 1f43f26 HHH-19524 Add test for issue
• 0bbf4b6 HHH-19575 Backwards compatibility for Hibernate Reactive
• 9553e2d Adjust the changelog to match what was release
• 8f13b0e HHH-19575 Ensure null struct is fetched as null embeddable
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