hibernate/hibernate-orm · error · IllegalStateException

persistence context reported no row snapshot for {infoString

Error message

persistence context reported no row snapshot for {infoString}

What it means

Error "persistence context reported no row snapshot for {infoString}" thrown in hibernate/hibernate-orm.

Source

Thrown at hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/internal/StatefulPersistenceContext.java:384

				final Object[] naturalIdSnapshotSubSet = new Object[ props.length ];
				for ( int i = 0; i < props.length; i++ ) {
					naturalIdSnapshotSubSet[i] = entitySnapshot[ props[i] ];
				}
				naturalIdResolutions.cacheResolutionFromLoad( id, naturalIdSnapshotSubSet, persister );
				return naturalIdSnapshotSubSet;
			}
		}
	}

	private EntityPersister locateProperPersister(EntityPersister persister) {
		return persister.getRootEntityDescriptor().getEntityPersister();
	}

	@Override
	public Object[] getCachedDatabaseSnapshot(EntityKey key) {
		final Object snapshot = entitySnapshotsByKey == null ? null : entitySnapshotsByKey.get( key );
		if ( snapshot == NO_ROW ) {
			throw new IllegalStateException(
					"persistence context reported no row snapshot for "
							+ infoString( key.getEntityName(), key.getIdentifier() )
			);
		}
		return (Object[]) snapshot;
	}

	@Override
	public EntityHolder claimEntityHolderIfPossible(
			EntityKey key,
			Object entity,
			JdbcValuesSourceProcessingState processingState,
			EntityInitializer<?> initializer) {
		final var entityHolderMap = getOrInitializeEntitiesByKey();
		var holder = getOrInitializeNewHolder().withEntity( key, key.getPersister(), entity );
		final var oldHolder = entityHolderMap.putIfAbsent( key, newEntityHolder );
		if ( oldHolder != null ) {
			// An initializer can't claim an entity holder if it's already initialized

View on GitHub (pinned to fad1729dce)

Solutions

1. Reload the entity in the current persistence context so a row snapshot exists
2. Avoid merging/updating an entity whose snapshot was evicted; re-read it first

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/internal/StatefulPersistenceContext.java:384 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of hibernate/hibernate-orm@fad1729dce (2026-08-22). Data as JSON: /api/errors/e903fb15f3e99a0e. Report an issue: GitHub.