[hibernate-issues] [Hibernate-JIRA] Commented: (HHH-5559) JPA 2 orphanRemoval on OneToOne relation does not work properly

JPA 2 orphanRemoval on OneToOne relation does not work properly --------------------------------------------------------------- Key: HHH-5559 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-5559 Project: Hibernate Core Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: 3.5.0.Beta-1, 3.5.0-Beta-2, 3.5.0-Beta-3, 3.5.0-Beta-4, 3.5.0-CR-1, 3.5.0-CR-2, 3.5.0-Final, 3.5.1, 3.5.2, 3.5.3, 3.5.4, 3.6.0.Beta1, 3.6.0.Beta2, 3.5.5, 3.6.0.Beta3, 3.6.0.Beta4 Environment: Hibernate 2.5 (tested with 3.5.4) Reporter: loic descotte I have an class A with a oneToRelation with a classe B : @Entity public class A{ @OneToOne(cascade = {CascadeType.ALL}, orphanRemoval=true) B b; ... } If i do this : A a = new A(); B b1 = new B(); a.setB(b1); em.persist(a); B b2 = new B(); a.setB(b2); em.update(a); As b1 become an orphan, Hibernate should remove it from the database. But it still remains in the DB.