[Jenkins release job] changelog.txt updated by release build 7.1.12.Final

Author: Hibernate-CI

changelog.txt

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 Hibernate 7 Changelog
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+Changes in 7.1.12.Final (December 14, 2025)
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+https://hibernate.atlassian.net/projects/HHH/versions/36674
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+** Bug
+    * HHH-19972 OptionalTableUpdateOperation can fail on PostgreSQL < 15 and CockroachDB
+    * HHH-19963 Wrong references in entity fields with circular associations
+    * HHH-19746 JPA parameters might be incorrectly handled resulting in exceptions or queries returning incorrect results
+    * HHH-18217 StatelessSession.upsert() for entity with all-null non-id fields, or no non-id field
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+** Improvement
+    * HHH-19943 Comparison of generic nested EmbeddedId's fails for JPQL and Criteria API
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 Changes in 7.1.11.Final (December 01, 2025)
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