AuditEvent.entity.what references always enforce referential integrity on delete, even when path is disabled

[gmann7]

Description:
We are using HAPI FHIR JPA Server and generating AuditEvent resources that populate AuditEvent.entity.what with references to domain resources (often versioned, e.g. ResourceType/id).

Our goal is to allow hard delete of the referenced resources while still persisting the corresponding AuditEvent.

Starting from a recent HAPI FHIR JPA version (where setEnforceReferentialIntegrityOnDeleteDisableForPaths() is available), we configured via Java the server as follows:

• enforceReferentialIntegrityOnDelete = true
• enforceReferentialIntegrityOnDeleteDisableForPaths includes:
  AuditEvent.entity.what

Despite this configuration, attempting to delete a resource referenced from
AuditEvent.entity.what still fails with an error such as:

Unable to delete DocumentReference/{id} because at least one resource has a reference to this resource. First reference found as resource AuditEvent/{id} in path AuditEvent.entity.what

Observations:

• The path is correctly present in JpaStorageSettings at runtime.
• Referential integrity on delete appears to be always enforced for AuditEvent.entity.what, regardless of the disabled paths configuration.

Expected behavior:

• When AuditEvent.entity.what is listed in enforceReferentialIntegrityOnDeleteDisableForPaths, references in that path should not block deletion of the target resource.

Questions:

• Is this behavior intentional for AuditEvent?
• Is AuditEvent.entity.what explicitly excluded from RI bypass logic?
• If so, is there a recommended way to persist AuditEvent with "what" populated while still allowing hard deletes of domain resources?

[gmann7]

Additional info:
This is how i'm setting the paths for referential integrity:

in ..\src\main\java\ca\uhn\fhir\jpa\starter\common\FhirServerConfigCommon.java


	/**
	 * Configure FHIR properties around the JPA server via this bean
	 */
	@Bean
	public JpaStorageSettings jpaStorageSettings(AppProperties appProperties) {
.........
		jpaStorageSettings.setEnforceReferentialIntegrityOnWrite(
				appProperties.getEnforce_referential_integrity_on_write());
		jpaStorageSettings.setEnforceReferentialIntegrityOnDelete(
				appProperties.getEnforce_referential_integrity_on_delete());

		Set<String> disabledPaths = new HashSet<>();
		disabledPaths.add("AuditEvent.entity.what");
		jpaStorageSettings.setEnforceReferentialIntegrityOnDeleteDisableForPaths(disabledPaths);
......

              }