chore(deps): bump org.hibernate.orm:hibernate-core from 6.6.18.Final to 7.4.4.Final

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Bumps org.hibernate.orm:hibernate-core from 6.6.18.Final to 7.4.4.Final.

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Release 7.4.4

Hibernate ORM 7.4.4.Final released

Today, we published a new release of Hibernate ORM 7.4: 7.4.4.Final.

You can find the full list of 7.4.4.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.

Conclusion

For additional details, see:

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

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.

Release 7.4.3

Hibernate ORM 7.4.3.Final released

Today, we published a new release of Hibernate ORM 7.4: 7.4.3.Final.

You can find the full list of 7.4.3.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.

Conclusion

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Changelog

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Changes in 7.4.4.Final (July 05, 2026)

https://hibernate.atlassian.net/projects/HHH/versions/39929

** Bug * HHH-20647 Binding an NClob attribute fails on PostgreSQL with "Could not convert 'java.sql.NClob' to 'java.sql.Clob'" * HHH-20634 Property based id generator configuration no longer working for EmbeddedId * HHH-20633 Unnecessary cast to SessionFactoryImplementor in AuditLogFactory * HHH-20614 AnnotationBasedGenerator is not initialized when the interface is implemented by an (abstract) superclass instead of the concrete class (after upgrading to hibernate 7.3/7.4) * HHH-20586 GlobalRegistrationsImpl is not extracting query hints correctly * HHH-20582 Envers ToOneRelationMetadataGenerator.checkMappedByAudited fails when inverse @OneToOne mappedBy points to a property declared on a superclass @Entity * HHH-20550 SqmSelectStatement.createCountQuery() doesn't copy CTE statements * HHH-20467 StackOverflow with Converters with unbounded Generics * HHH-20318 Unable to update CLOB column * HHH-20146 Cascade delete with bytecode enhancement throws transient exception * HHH-19569 Hibernate 6 alias injection in native query problem when using Joined Inheritance

** Task * HHH-20642 Handle renaming of Panache Next to Quarkus Data in hibernate-processor and add name SPI

Changes in 7.4.3.Final (June 28, 2026)

https://hibernate.atlassian.net/projects/HHH/versions/39790

** Bug * HHH-20621 NullPointerException in CacheEntityLoaderHelper.loadFromSessionCache with JOINED inheritance, lazy ManyToOne proxy to parent type, and join fetch on subtype query * HHH-20606 Single @Id from @MappedSuperclass is lost when an @IdClass entity shares the same superclass * HHH-20588 @​Formula properties generate invalid SQL when used with paginated queries that include collection fetches * HHH-20524 Inline dirty checking + @​DynamicUpdate: a dirty scalar sorting after a nested-embeddable path is omitted from the UPDATE (silent data loss)

** Improvement * HHH-20538 Improve AltibaseDialect compatibility with Hibernate ORM 8.0/7.4

** Task * HHH-20609 Guard against connection leaks

Changes in 7.4.2.Final (June 21, 2026)

https://hibernate.atlassian.net/projects/HHH/versions/39622

** Bug * HHH-20587 Log "Attempt to stop an already-stopped RegionFactory" is a warning but should just be debug * HHH-20561 NullPointerException in Query.setCacheRetrieveMode() and Query.setCacheStoreMode() * HHH-20425 Identifier not detected while @Id is placed in @MappedSuperClass and combined with @Access

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Commits

• 0f115c4 [Jenkins release job] Preparing release 7.4.4.Final
• 3578615 [Jenkins release job] changelog.txt updated by release build 7.4.4.Final
• 0ac8b71 HHH-20647 Handle Clob unwrap/wrap in NClobJavaType
• 1621b05 HHH-20318 Fix CCE in Clob/NClob unwrap CharacterStream branch
• bfd89d8 HHH-20622 locate() with start position returns wrong value when pattern is no...
• e187168 HHH-20467 Resolve type variables to bounds when context is not parameterized
• 057a026 HHH-20146: Fix multi-level cascade delete with bytecode enhancement
• c23d31a HHH-20582 Accommodate PR feedback in tests
• 68a0f61 HHH-20582 Walk superclass auditing data when resolving @​OneToOne mappedBy
• 86c220c HHH-20642 Extract Quarkus Data type names into a ServiceLoader SPI
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