From e3d53f8ebbd99a83b414eb56d3c3c414b5fcff58 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Wagner <alexander.wagner@foconis.de>
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2026 15:08:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix: disable lazyload for empty bean collections in merge

---
 .../io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanPropertyAssocMany.java    | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanPropertyAssocMany.java b/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanPropertyAssocMany.java
index 7860293ff2..bda3186116 100644
--- a/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanPropertyAssocMany.java
+++ b/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanPropertyAssocMany.java
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ public void merge(EntityBean bean, EntityBean existing, BeanMergeHelp mergeHelp)
           }
         } else {
           toBC = createEmpty(existing);
+          toBC.setDisableLazyLoad(true);
           setValueIntercept(existing, toBC);
         }