FlushMode.AUTO -> COMMIT when outside a transaction --------------------------------------------------- Key: HHH-1410 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-1410 Project: Hibernate Core Issue Type: New Feature Components: core Reporter: Steve Ebersole Assignee: Steve Ebersole Priority: Blocker Fix For: 3.2.0.alpha1 When operating outside a transaction, FlushMode.AUTO is a bad thing. Two options here: 1) no-op the autoFlush processing when outside a transaction 2) explicitly manage the Session's FlushMode setting when outside a transaction #1 seems more viable, since Session.setFlushMode() might cause problems (or at least extra complexity) with #2