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+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
+ * Copyright Red Hat Inc. and Hibernate Authors
+ */
+package org.hibernate.orm.test.serialization;
+
+import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
+import jakarta.persistence.FetchType;
+import jakarta.persistence.Id;
+import jakarta.persistence.JoinColumn;
+import jakarta.persistence.ManyToOne;
+import jakarta.persistence.OneToMany;
+import org.hibernate.Hibernate;
+import org.hibernate.annotations.Fetch;
+import org.hibernate.annotations.FetchMode;
+import org.hibernate.engine.spi.SessionImplementor;
+import org.hibernate.internal.util.SerializationHelper;
+import org.hibernate.testing.bytecode.enhancement.EnhancementOptions;
+import org.hibernate.testing.bytecode.enhancement.extension.BytecodeEnhanced;
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.DomainModel;
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.Jira;
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.SessionFactory;
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.SessionFactoryScope;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+
+@BytecodeEnhanced
+@EnhancementOptions(lazyLoading = true, inlineDirtyChecking = true)
+@DomainModel(annotatedClasses = {
+		EnhancedEntityProxySerializationTest.SimpleEntity.class, EnhancedEntityProxySerializationTest.ChildEntity.class
+})
+@SessionFactory
+@Jira("https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-4451")
+public class EnhancedEntityProxySerializationTest {
+
+	@BeforeEach
+	public void setup(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
+		scope.inTransaction( session -> {
+			final SimpleEntity entity = new SimpleEntity();
+			entity.setId( 1L );
+			entity.setName( "TheParent" );
+
+			final ChildEntity c1 = new ChildEntity();
+			c1.setId( 1L );
+			c1.setParent( entity );
+
+			final ChildEntity c2 = new ChildEntity();
+			c2.setId( 2L );
+			c2.setParent( entity );
+
+			session.persist( entity );
+			session.persist( c1 );
+			session.persist( c2 );
+		} );
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testDeserialization(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
+		byte[] serialized = scope.fromSession( session -> {
+			// Load entity and proxy into session
+			ChildEntity child = session.find( ChildEntity.class, 1L );
+			assertFalse( Hibernate.isInitialized( child.parent ) );
+
+			//fake the in container work
+			session.getJdbcCoordinator().getLogicalConnection().manualDisconnect();
+			return SerializationHelper.serialize( session );
+		} );
+
+		final SessionImplementor deserializedSession = (SessionImplementor) SerializationHelper.deserialize( serialized );
+		scope.inTransaction( deserializedSession, session -> {
+			final ChildEntity deserializedChild = session.find( ChildEntity.class, 1L );
+			assertFalse( Hibernate.isInitialized( deserializedChild.parent ) );
+			assertEquals( "TheParent", deserializedChild.parent.getName() );
+		} );
+	}
+
+	@Entity(name = "SimpleEntity")
+	static class SimpleEntity implements Serializable {
+
+		private Long id;
+
+		private String name;
+
+		Set<ChildEntity> children = new HashSet<>();
+
+		@Id
+		public Long getId() {
+			return id;
+		}
+
+		public void setId(final Long id) {
+			this.id = id;
+		}
+
+		public String getName() {
+			return name;
+		}
+
+		public void setName(final String name) {
+			this.name = name;
+		}
+
+		@OneToMany(targetEntity = ChildEntity.class, mappedBy = "parent")
+		@Fetch(FetchMode.SELECT)
+		public Set<ChildEntity> getChildren() {
+			return children;
+		}
+
+		public void setChildren(final Set<ChildEntity> children) {
+			this.children = children;
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	@Entity(name = "ChildEntity")
+	public static class ChildEntity implements Serializable {
+		private Long id;
+
+		private SimpleEntity parent;
+
+		@Id
+		public Long getId() {
+			return id;
+		}
+
+		public void setId(final Long id) {
+			this.id = id;
+		}
+
+		@ManyToOne(fetch = FetchType.LAZY)
+		@JoinColumn
+		public SimpleEntity getParent() {
+			return parent;
+		}
+
+		public void setParent(final SimpleEntity parent) {
+			this.parent = parent;
+		}
+
+	}
+}