Steve Ebersole ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?accountId=557058%... ) *commented* on HHH-1661 ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-1661?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiYTcxMzA... ) Re: merge of a deleted object results in a insert? ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-1661?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiYTcxMzA... ) Perhaps I am misunderstanding here, but after the first call above to session.getTransaction().commit(); the entity is not detached. Detached indicates there is a corresponding row in the database, which is not the case here. What am I missing? That is talking about the removed status, which is true before the flush+commit. After the commit, the entity is gone. ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-1661#add-comment?atlOrigin=eyJ... ) Add Comment ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-1661#add-comment?atlOrigin=eyJ... ) 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#100232- sha1:33a7c72 )