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Java 17: implementing managing transaction boundaries using Spring Data JPA and Hibernate

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I'm stuck trying to I'm experiencing unexpected behavior when trying to manage transaction boundaries in my Spring Boot application using Spring Data JPA and Hibernate... I have a method that should save an entity and a related collection of entities within a transaction, but sometimes it seems like the transaction isn't committing. Hereโ€™s the code snippet: ```java @Service public class MyService { @Autowired private MyRepository myRepository; @Transactional public void saveEntities(MyEntity entity, List<RelatedEntity> relatedEntities) { myRepository.save(entity); relatedEntities.forEach(re -> myRepository.save(re)); } } ``` In some cases, I notice that the `relatedEntities` are not being persisted, and I receive a `javax.persistence.EntityNotFoundException` when trying to access them later. Iโ€™ve tried using `@Transactional(propagation = Propagation.REQUIRES_NEW)` on the method to see if that changes anything, but it didnโ€™t help. I also verified that the `MyEntity` and `RelatedEntity` are properly annotated with `@Entity` and that their relationships are set up correctly with `@OneToMany` and `@ManyToOne`. Iโ€™m using Spring Boot 2.5.4 and Hibernate 5.5.7.Final. Any insight into why the transaction might not be committing fully or what I might be missing in the setup would be greatly appreciated! For reference, this is a production CLI tool. How would you solve this?