Hibernate 2lc should be enabled if Hibernate cache properties are enabled and shared cache mode is not set to NONE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Key: WFLY-12086 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/WFLY-12086 Project: WildFly Issue Type: Bug Components: JPA / Hibernate Affects Versions: 14.0.0.Final Reporter: Scott Marlow Assignee: Scott Marlow Priority: Blocker Fix For: 17.0.0.Beta1 In org.jboss.as.jpa.hibernate5.HibernatePersistenceProviderAdaptor.addProviderDependencies(PersistenceUnitMetadata pu), enable second level cache if persistence unit has hibernate.cache.use_query_cache or hibernate.cache.use_second_level_cache is true, then the second level cache should be enabled unless shared cache mode is set to NONE. Workaround: {code} <shared-cache-mode>ALL</shared-cache-mode> {code} Or {code} <shared-cache-mode>ENABLE_SELECTIVE</shared-cache-mode> {code}