Christian Beikov ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?accountId=557058%... ) *commented* on HHH-15530 ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-15530?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiYTQwZD... ) Re: Lazy loading is not working when @NotFound IGNORE is used ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-15530?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiYTQwZD... ) Read the updated documentation section about the @NotFound mapping: https://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/orm/5.6/userguide/html_single/Hibernate_... ( https://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/orm/5.6/userguide/html_single/Hibernate_... ) This is a bug fix, as the way this worked before was broken. NotFoundAction.IGNORE simply can't work with FetchType.LAZY , because in order to ignore a missing target row, the target row must be joined so that we can see if it exists. NotFoundAction.EXCEPTION is a way to eagerly throw an exception, but usually, when you use FetchType.LAZY with a broken FK value and without the @NotFound mapping, you will get an exception when loading that proxy on first access. If you want broken proxies that produce an exception on first access, then simply remove the @NotFound annotation. ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-15530#add-comment?atlOrigin=ey... ) Add Comment ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-15530#add-comment?atlOrigin=ey... ) Get Jira notifications on your phone! Download the Jira Cloud app for Android ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.atlassian.android.jira.... ) or iOS ( https://itunes.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1006972087?pt=696495&ct=Em... ) This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v1001.0.0-SNAPSHOT#100207- sha1:866f7d8 )