Documentation by series
8.0
8.0.0.Beta1 2026-06-16 development
Jakarta Persistence 4.0
7.4
7.4.5.Final 2026-07-12 latest stable
@Temporal, @Audited, Limits & fetch joins, hbm.xml transformation, CacheMode.REFRESH_SESSION
7.3
7.3.12.Final 2026-07-12 limited-support
@NaturalIdClass, tenant-specific credentials, entities and embeddables with no default constructor, check constraints on List order columns
6.6
6.6.54.Final 2026-06-28 limited-support
Jakarta Data, @ConcreteProxy, Extended Array Support, Embeddable Inheritance
7.2
7.2.23.Final 2026-07-12 limited-support
Pessimistic Locking Improvements, @EmbeddedTable, FindMultipleOptions, Vector Support for SQL Server
7.1
7.1.34.Final 2026-07-12 limited-support
Resource Scanning, Locking Improvements
7.0
7.0.10.Final 2025-08-10 end-of-life
Apache License, Jakarta Persistence 3.2, Java 17, QuerySpecification, mapping.xsd, Hibernate Models
6.5
6.5.3.Final 2024-09-18 end-of-life
Java Time Handling, Configurable Query Cache Layout, records as @IdClass, auto-enabled Filters, Key-based Pagination, Jakarta Data (tech preview)
6.4
6.4.10.Final 2024-08-06 end-of-life
soft-delete, array functions, non-String tenant-id
6.3
6.3.1.Final 2023-09-19 end-of-life
Jakarta Persistence 3.1, query methods, finder methods
6.2
6.2.52.Final 2026-05-03 limited-support
Jakarta Persistence 3.1, records, structs, value generation, partitioning, SQL MERGE
6.1
6.1.7.Final 2023-02-07 end-of-life
Subquery in FROM clause, JDBC Array support, Unified Mapping XSD
6.0
6.0.2.Final 2022-05-25 end-of-life
Performance, HQL, Criteria, Type System
5.6
5.6.15.Final 2023-02-06 end-of-life
Dropped support for Javassist, Performance
5.5
5.5.9.Final 2021-12-16 end-of-life
Introducing support for Jakarta JPA
5.4
5.4.33.Final 2021-12-16 end-of-life
EntityGraph improvements, JDK 11 support
5.3
5.3.39.Final 2026-06-29 end-of-life
JPA 2.2, inheritance caching
5.2
5.2.18.Final 2018-11-16 end-of-life
5.1
5.1.17.Final 2018-11-28 end-of-life
5.0
5.0.12.Final 2017-01-19 end-of-life
4.3
4.3.11.Final 2015-08-05 end-of-life
4.2
4.2.21.Final 2015-10-23 end-of-life
4.1
4.1.12.Final 2013-04-25 end-of-life
Documentation is not currently available for this series.
4.0
4.0.1.Final 2012-01-11 end-of-life
Documentation is not currently available for this series.
3.6
3.6.10.Final 2012-02-09 end-of-life
Documentation is not currently available for this series.
3.5
3.5.6-Final 2010-09-15 end-of-life
Documentation is not currently available for this series.
3.3
3.3.2.GA 2009-06-24 end-of-life
Documentation is not currently available for this series.
3.2
3.2.7.ga 2009-07-14 end-of-life
Documentation is not currently available for this series.
3.1
3.1.3 2006-04-26 end-of-life
Documentation is not currently available for this series.
3.0
3.0.5 2005-11-18 end-of-life
Documentation is not currently available for this series.
2.1
2.1.8 2005-01-10 end-of-life
Documentation is not currently available for this series.
2.0
2.0.3 2003-08-27 end-of-life
Documentation is not currently available for this series.
1.2
1.2.5 2003-05-10 end-of-life
Documentation is not currently available for this series.
1.1
1.1.8 2002-10-28 end-of-life
Documentation is not currently available for this series.
1.0
1.0rc3 2002-07-03 end-of-life
Documentation is not currently available for this series.
