Marco Belladelli ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?accountId=637b480... ) *commented* on HHH-16254 ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16254?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiOWZiOD... ) Re: Session load by pk returns proxy in association when using "batch fetch size", "cache", "fetch mode select", "single table inheritance" ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16254?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiOWZiOD... ) Hello Jones ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?accountId=557058%... ) , thanks for reporting the issue and providing a reproducer! Fetching entities when both batching and cache are enabled was changed as part of https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-15921 ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-15921 ). In you particular case, the proxy is required to correctly handle eventual associations of the parent entity in the cache. Can you explain why, in your experience, obtaining a proxy instead of the actual instance is a problem? ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16254#add-comment?atlOrigin=ey... ) Add Comment ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16254#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#100217- sha1:2199b34 )