--- title: "doctrine/orm Breaking Changes on Packagist | Since.dev" description: "What each doctrine/orm release removed, renamed or changed: 2,480 breaking changes in 4 versions on Packagist, each with its source." canonical_url: https://since.dev/packages/packagist/doctrine/orm last_updated: 2024-02-03 --- # doctrine/orm breaking changes Every breaking API change we have recorded in doctrine/orm on Packagist: 2,480 breaking changes in 4 versions. Below are its newest 4 versions, removals and renames first, each with its source. Newest change February 3, 2024 ## 3.0.0 2,421 breaking changes, first published February 3, 2024. - **Removed** Drops support for Doctrine DBAL 2 in doctrine/orm 3.0.0 [github.com](https://github.com/doctrine/orm/releases/tag/3.0.0) - **Removed** Removes support for entity namespace aliases in doctrine/orm 3.0.0 [github.com](https://github.com/doctrine/orm/releases/tag/3.0.0) - **Removed** Doctrine Cache support is removed from the ORM. [github.com](https://github.com/doctrine/orm/releases/tag/3.0.0) - **Removed** Removes the TABLE and UUID id generation strategies in doctrine/orm 3.0.0 [github.com](https://github.com/doctrine/orm/releases/tag/3.0.0) - **Removed** Removes the deprecated named (native) queries in doctrine/orm 3.0.0 [github.com](https://github.com/doctrine/orm/releases/tag/3.0.0) - **Removed** Removes the ability to merge detached entities in doctrine/orm 3.0.0 [github.com](https://github.com/doctrine/orm/releases/tag/3.0.0) - **Removed** Removes the Notify change tracking policy in doctrine/orm 3.0.0 [github.com](https://github.com/doctrine/orm/releases/tag/3.0.0) - **Removed** Removes the doctrine binary in doctrine/orm 3.0.0 [github.com](https://github.com/doctrine/orm/releases/tag/3.0.0) - **Removed** `Annotation` Removes the Annotation interface in doctrine/orm 3.0.0 [github.com](https://github.com/doctrine/orm/releases/tag/3.0.0) - **Removed** `ClassMetadataInfo` Removes ClassMetadataInfo in doctrine/orm 3.0.0 [github.com](https://github.com/doctrine/orm/releases/tag/3.0.0) And 2,411 more in this version. ## 3.0.0-RC1 2 breaking changes, first published February 3, 2024. - **Behavior changed** Field type and enumType mappings are checked against the entity property type, so mismatched mappings may now be reported as errors. [github.com](https://github.com/doctrine/orm/releases/tag/3.0.0-RC1) - **Behavior changed** Mapping a non-backed enum type now raises an exception, so mappings using such enums must be changed to backed enums. [github.com](https://github.com/doctrine/orm/releases/tag/3.0.0-RC1) ## 3.0.0-beta2 1 breaking change, first published February 3, 2024. - **Behavior changed** Data serialized in old formats is no longer read; reserialize affected data with the current version. [github.com](https://github.com/doctrine/orm/releases/tag/3.0.0-beta2) ## 3.0.0-beta1 56 breaking changes, first published February 3, 2024. - **Removed** Bootstrap console tools for standalone use as documented instead. [github.com](https://github.com/doctrine/orm/releases/tag/3.0.0-beta1) - **Removed** All APIs related to named queries have been removed. [github.com](https://github.com/doctrine/orm/releases/tag/3.0.0-beta1) - **Removed** `Doctrine\ORM\AbstractQuery::setResultCacheDriver` Result and query cache driver methods were removed from AbstractQuery and Query. [packagist.org](https://packagist.org/packages/doctrine/orm#3.0.0) - **Removed** `Doctrine\ORM\Cache\MultiGetRegion` Its methods are merged into Region. [packagist.org](https://packagist.org/packages/doctrine/orm#3.0.0) - **Removed** `Doctrine\ORM\Cache\Persister\Collection\AbstractCollectionPersister::evictCollectionCache` Protected eviction helpers were removed from AbstractCollectionPersister. [packagist.org](https://packagist.org/packages/doctrine/orm#3.0.0) - **Removed** `Doctrine\ORM\Configuration::addEntityNamespace` EntityManager::getRepository no longer accepts alias notation. [packagist.org](https://packagist.org/packages/doctrine/orm#3.0.0) - **Removed** `Doctrine\ORM\Configuration::getQueryCacheImpl` Use the PSR-6 counterparts, which drop the Impl suffix. [packagist.org](https://packagist.org/packages/doctrine/orm#3.0.0) - **Removed** `Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager::merge` EntityManager::merge now throws an exception on every call. [packagist.org](https://packagist.org/packages/doctrine/orm#3.0.0) - **Removed** `Doctrine\ORM\EntityManagerInterface::getPartialReference` Calls to getPartialReference must be removed from code. [packagist.org](https://packagist.org/packages/doctrine/orm#3.0.0) - **Removed** `Doctrine\ORM\Event\LifecycleEventArgs` Use the dedicated event argument classes for each lifecycle event. [packagist.org](https://packagist.org/packages/doctrine/orm#3.0.0) And 46 more in this version. ## Check your code These are the changes. To see which of them reach your code, [scan a public repository](https://since.dev/scan.md), or have your coding agent call `check_code` with your manifest or lockfile over [MCP](https://since.dev/docs.md#mcp). 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