Gavin King ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?accountId=557058%... ) *updated* an issue Hibernate ORM ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiZDAxZjk1MTY5... ) / New Feature ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16654?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiZDAxZj... ) HHH-16654 ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16654?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiZDAxZj... ) auto-addition of joins to queries for EAGER to-one associations ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16654?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiZDAxZj... ) Change By: Gavin King ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?accountId=557058%... ) We have never added implicit joins to HQL/criteria queries for EAGER associations, since for to-many associations that would change the semantics of the query. But, we _could_ in principle do it _only_ for to-one associations. That would in principle make your program faster with little real downside. See: [https://twitter.com/1ovthafew/status/1660238087325114368|https://twitter....] Now, we definitely wouldn’t want to make a change like that _by default_, since in rare cases it could break programs. And besides, I guess we want to experiment with it first; it’s a pretty big change. But we could add a setting to let people opt in. WDYT? ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16654#add-comment?atlOrigin=ey... ) Add Comment ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16654#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#100225- sha1:9dd72a2 )