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Expand Up @@ -139,6 +139,14 @@ between all of the rows in your user table:
that haven't been persisted as entities yet. You'll need to create your own
validator to handle that case.

.. warning::

This constraint does not support Doctrine types such as
``simple_array``, ``json``, or ``jsonb``, nor does it handle association mappings
like ``OneToMany`` and ``ManyToMany`` relationships. It may also not work correctly
with custom Doctrine types. To perform uniqueness checks on such fields, you must
define a custom ``repositoryMethod`` that implements the desired logic.

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