Pre-steps for release : 7.0.9.Final

Author: Hibernate-CI

changelog.txt

@@ -3,6 +3,27 @@ Hibernate 7 Changelog
 
 Note: Please refer to JIRA to learn more about each issue.
 
+Changes in 7.0.9.Final (August 03, 2025)
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+
+https://hibernate.atlassian.net/projects/HHH/versions/34496
+
+** Bug
+    * [HHH-19675] - JdbcTypeRegistry#hasRegisteredDescriptor should account for constructed types
+    * [HHH-19666] - Oracle error for array_agg with element type not appearing as array in domain model
+    * [HHH-19657] - OffsetDateTime in an array is handled incorrectly with setting hibernate.type.java_time_use_direct_jdbc=true
+    * [HHH-19620] - Error resolving nested generic type variable arguments when using different identifiers
+    * [HHH-19585] - Object relationship mapping issues | java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "java.lang.Comparable.compareTo(Object)" because "one" is null
+    * [HHH-19579] - Criteria update join - Column 'code' in SET is ambiguous
+    * [HHH-19031] - Loading an Entity a second time when it contains an embedded object causes IllegalArgumentException
+    * [HHH-18981] - IndexOutOfBoundsException when using arrayToString with arrayAgg
+    * [HHH-18956] - Native query brace replacement breaks dollar quoted literals in 6.6+
+
+** Improvement
+    * [HHH-19654] - Upgrade hibernate-models to 1.0.1
+    * [HHH-19641] - Upgrade to JUnit 5.13.4
+
+
 Changes in 7.0.8.Final (July 27, 2025)
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gradle/version.properties

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-hibernateVersion=7.0.9-SNAPSHOT
+hibernateVersion=7.0.9.Final