hibernate/hibernate-orm · error · IllegalArgumentException

Read-only is not relevant for non-select NativeQuery

Error message

Read-only is not relevant for non-select NativeQuery

What it means

Error "Read-only is not relevant for non-select NativeQuery" thrown in hibernate/hibernate-orm.

Source

Thrown at hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sql/internal/NativeQueryImpl.java:897

		if ( mapping instanceof EntityMapping<?> entityMapping ) {
			final var lockMode = LockMode.fromJpaLockMode( entityMapping.lockMode() );
			if ( lockMode.greaterThan( LockMode.READ ) ) {
				setHibernateLockMode( lockMode );
			}
		}
	}

	@Override
	@Nullable
	public PessimisticLockScope getLockScope() {
		//noinspection removal
		return queryOptions.getLockOptions().getLockScope();
	}

	@Override
	protected void applyReadOnlyHint(String hintName, Object value) {
		if ( isNotSelectForSure() ) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException( "Read-only is not relevant for non-select NativeQuery" );
		}
		super.applyReadOnlyHint( hintName, value );
	}

	@Override
	protected void applyFetchSizeHint(String hintName, Object value) {
		if ( isNotSelectForSure() ) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException( "Fetch-size is not relevant for non-select NativeQuery" );
		}
		super.applyFetchSizeHint( hintName, value );
	}

	@Override
	protected void applyResultCachingHint(String hintName, Object value) {
		if ( isNotSelectForSure() ) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException( "Result-caching is not relevant for non-select NativeQuery" );
		}
		super.applyResultCachingHint( hintName, value );

View on GitHub (pinned to fad1729dce)

Solutions

1. setReadOnly only applies to selecting queries; the query is a non-select native query.
2. Remove the setReadOnly call for mutation native queries.

When it happens

Trigger: An API operation is invoked on a query object that does not support it.

Common situations: Calling query hint, locking, pagination, conversion, or mutation APIs on a query kind (native vs HQL, select vs mutation) that does not implement them.

AI-assisted analysis of hibernate/hibernate-orm@fad1729dce (2026-08-22). Data as JSON: /api/errors/63812bdb87a86e58. Report an issue: GitHub.