{"record":{"id":"8414427062113dcd","repo":"hibernate/hibernate-orm","slug":"search-attribute-s-not-found-in-the-cte-s","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Search attribute '%s' not found in the CTE %s","messagePattern":"Search attribute '(.+?)' not found in the CTE (.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"SemanticException","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/hql/internal/SemanticQueryBuilder.java","lineNumber":947,"sourceCode":"\t\t\tcycleValue = Boolean.TRUE;\n\t\t\tnoCycleValue = Boolean.FALSE;\n\t\t}\n\t\tcyclePathAttributeName = ctx.USING() == null ? null : visitIdentifier( ctx.identifier( 1 ) );\n\t\tcteDefinition.cycleUsing( cycleMarkAttributeName, cyclePathAttributeName, cycleValue, noCycleValue, cycleAttributes );\n\t}\n\n\tprivate void applySearchClause(JpaCteCriteria<?> cteDefinition, HqlParser.SearchClauseContext ctx) {\n\t\tfinal String searchAttributeName = visitIdentifier( ctx.identifier() );\n\t\tfinal var searchCtx = ctx.searchSpecifications();\n\t\tfinal List<JpaSearchOrder> searchOrders = new ArrayList<>( ( searchCtx.getChildCount() + 1 ) >> 1 );\n\t\tfinal var searchSpecifications = searchCtx.searchSpecification();\n\t\tfinal var type = cteDefinition.getType();\n\t\tfor ( int i = 0; i < searchSpecifications.size(); i ++ ) {\n\t\t\tfinal var specCtx = searchSpecifications.get( i );\n\t\t\tfinal String attributeName = visitIdentifier( specCtx.identifier() );\n\t\t\tfinal var attribute = type.getAttribute( attributeName );\n\t\t\tif ( attribute == null ) {\n\t\t\t\tthrow new SemanticException(\n\t\t\t\t\t\tString.format(\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Search attribute '%s' not found in the CTE %s\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tattributeName,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tcteDefinition.getName()\n\t\t\t\t\t\t),\n\t\t\t\t\t\tquery\n\t\t\t\t);\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\tSortDirection sortOrder = SortDirection.ASCENDING;\n\t\t\tNulls nullPrecedence = Nulls.NONE;\n\t\t\tint index = 1;\n\t\t\tif ( index < specCtx.getChildCount() ) {\n\t\t\t\tif ( specCtx.getChild( index ) instanceof HqlParser.SortDirectionContext ) {\n\t\t\t\t\tfinal var sortCtx = specCtx.sortDirection();\n\t\t\t\t\tfinal var symbol = ((TerminalNode) sortCtx.getChild( 0 )).getSymbol();\n\t\t\t\t\tsortOrder = switch ( symbol.getType() ) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\tcase HqlParser.ASC -> SortDirection.ASCENDING;\n\t\t\t\t\t\tcase HqlParser.DESC -> SortDirection.DESCENDING;","sourceCodeStart":929,"sourceCodeEnd":965,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-orm/blob/fad1729dce015f908198d57a8d80274a30f905a5/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/hql/internal/SemanticQueryBuilder.java#L929-L965","documentation":"Error \"Search attribute '%s' not found in the CTE %s\" thrown in hibernate/hibernate-orm.","triggerScenarios":"A runtime precondition of the Hibernate API is violated.","commonSituations":"Occurs when application code or configuration does not satisfy the documented contract of the API being called.","solutions":["Define the search attribute in the CTE matching an exposed CTE column.","Check the attribute name against the CTE definition."],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"fad1729dce015f908198d57a8d80274a30f905a5","analyzedAt":"2026-08-22T04:13:57.527Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-22T09:17:25.309Z"}