A first Alpha of ORM 8.0 has just been released implementing support for JPA 4.0 (as of its first milestone).
The vast majority of things are implemented, but a few still remain (default fetch type for to-one associations and @ExcludedFromVersioning, e.g.).



Details about the release can be found at https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-orm/releases/tag/8.0.0.Alpha1.



Details about JPA 4.0 can be found at https://in.relation.to/2026/01/20/JPA-4-M1/.

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Hibernate ORM 8.0.0.Alpha1 has been released, implementing support for JPA 4.0 (first milestone). Most features are implemented, with a few remaining items such as default fetch type for to-one associations and @ExcludedFromVersioning. Release details are available on GitHub, and JPA 4.0 specifics are covered in a separate post.

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