Christian Beikov ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?accountId=557058%... ) *commented* on HHH-16864 ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16864?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiYjgwMz... ) Re: JPA Criteria queries do not conform to JPA spec when distinct=false ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16864?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiYjgwMz... ) I have to say, I wasn’t a big fan of de-duplication by default when it was introduced, but your use case seems pretty artificial to me. If you want to paginate line items, why not just make LineItem the query root? ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16864#add-comment?atlOrigin=ey... ) Add Comment ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16864#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#100227- sha1:534ec1c )