[Jenkins release job] changelog.txt updated by release build 7.1.9.Final

Author: Hibernate-CI

changelog.txt

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 Hibernate 7 Changelog
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+Changes in 7.1.9.Final (November 20, 2025)
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+https://hibernate.atlassian.net/projects/HHH/versions/36079
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+** Bug
+    * HHH-19936 Parameter casts for by-id lookups don't take column definition into account
+    * HHH-19926 NullPointerException when executing JPQL IN clause with null parameter on entity association
+    * HHH-19922 org.hibernate.orm:hibernate-platform:pom:7.1.7.Final is missing
+    * HHH-19910 EntityInitializer#resolveInstance wrongly initializes existing detached instance
+    * HHH-19908 'this' implicit alias should be case-insensitive
+    * HHH-19905 Implicit join re-use with nested inner and left joins causes ParsingException
+    * HHH-19857 When one of the lazy attributes is `null` the other ones may not get initialized correctly
+    * HHH-19805 PersistentCollection may get uninitialized entity injected
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+** Task
+    * HHH-19940 Include maven plugin in the release staging directory
+
 Changes in 7.1.8.Final (November 16, 2025)
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