Hibernate is first and foremost an open source community. Code, issues and discussions are in the open and each project is released under an open source license.

To report security issues, please follow instructions found here.

Ask questions & find answers

If you have a question regarding one of our projects, the following resources will help you finding the answer:

Documentation

Best to first check the documentation. Yes it sounds boring, but knowing a tool makes the difference.

Stack Overflow

After the documentation, probably the best place to look for answers. We actively monitor the following tags:

Forum

If your question doesn’t fit the Stack Overflow format, our forum is here for you. Come join us and discuss! We have a category for each project:

Chat

If you prefer live conversations (we do), join the Hibernate User help channel, powered by Zulip:
hibernate-user

You will need to register an account in order to access the chat; registration is free and only requires an email address. You can also log in using external accounts such as your GitHub account.
Bear in mind that people who can help answer your questions may not even see that message for hours - be patient for a reply.
Issue tracker

If you need to report a bug or request a new feature, look for a similar one on JIRA. If you don’t find any, create a ticket. Here are the pages dedicated to each project:

If you’re unsure whether you found a bug or simply made a mistake, please try to get help on Stack Overflow or on our forums first (see above).