Benjamin Maurer ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?accountId=5f1862a... ) *commented* on HHH-14125 ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-14125?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiMWIyMG... ) Re: Selecting EntityCollection fails ("not an entity") ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-14125?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiMWIyMG... ) As mentioned in the pull-request, I think something wrong is going on in org.hibernate.hql.internal.ast.tree.SelectClause#initializeExplicitSelectClause There seem to be two branches for non-subqueries and non fetches - scalar and non-scalar. Since we’re selecting a CollectionType, the non-scalar path is chosen with triggers an Exception in org.hibernate.hql.internal.ast.tree.FromElementType#renderIdentifierSelect The scalar path wouldn’t create a valid query either (something like “SELECT .* FROM…”). ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-14125#add-comment?atlOrigin=ey... ) Add Comment ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-14125#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#100140- sha1:5beb332 )