diff --git a/framework/hibernate-mysql/README.adoc b/framework/hibernate-mysql/README.adoc
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+Tests if Hibernate with MySQL & HikariCP is working.
diff --git a/framework/hibernate-mysql/build.gradle b/framework/hibernate-mysql/build.gradle
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+plugins {
+    id "java"
+    id "org.springframework.boot"
+    id "org.springframework.cr.smoke-test"
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    implementation(platform(org.springframework.boot.gradle.plugin.SpringBootPlugin.BOM_COORDINATES))
+    implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-jdbc")
+    implementation("org.springframework:spring-orm")
+    implementation("jakarta.persistence:jakarta.persistence-api")
+    implementation("org.hibernate.orm:hibernate-core")
+
+    implementation("org.crac:crac:$cracVersion")
+    implementation(project(":cr-listener"))
+
+    runtimeOnly("com.mysql:mysql-connector-j")
+
+    testImplementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test")
+
+    appTestImplementation(project(":cr-smoke-test-support"))
+    appTestImplementation("org.awaitility:awaitility:4.2.0")
+}
+
+crSmokeTest {
+    webApplication = false
+}
diff --git a/framework/hibernate-mysql/docker-compose.yml b/framework/hibernate-mysql/docker-compose.yml
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+version: '3.1'
+services:
+  mysql:
+    image: 'mysql/mysql-server:8.0'
+    environment:
+      - 'MYSQL_DATABASE=test'
+      - 'MYSQL_USER=mysql'
+      - 'MYSQL_PASSWORD=password'
+    ports:
+      - '3306'
diff --git a/framework/hibernate-mysql/src/appTest/java/com/example/hibernate/HibernateApplicationTests.java b/framework/hibernate-mysql/src/appTest/java/com/example/hibernate/HibernateApplicationTests.java
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+++ b/framework/hibernate-mysql/src/appTest/java/com/example/hibernate/HibernateApplicationTests.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.example.hibernate;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+
+import org.awaitility.Awaitility;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.cr.smoketest.support.assertj.AssertableOutput;
+import org.springframework.cr.smoketest.support.junit.ApplicationTest;
+
+@ApplicationTest
+public class HibernateApplicationTests {
+
+	@Test
+	void connectionTest(AssertableOutput output) {
+		Awaitility.await().atMost(Duration.ofSeconds(10)).untilAsserted(() -> {
+			assertThat(output).hasLineMatching("Starting DataReader: was (INITIALIZED|STOPPED)");
+			assertThat(output).hasLineMatching("count \\d+: Author\\{id=\\d, name='.*'}");
+		});
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/framework/hibernate-mysql/src/main/java/com/example/hibernate/Author.java b/framework/hibernate-mysql/src/main/java/com/example/hibernate/Author.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.example.hibernate;
+
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
+import jakarta.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import jakarta.persistence.Id;
+
+@Entity
+public class Author {
+
+	@Id
+	@GeneratedValue
+	private Integer id;
+
+	private String name;
+
+	protected Author() {
+	}
+
+	public Author(Integer id, String name) {
+		this.id = id;
+		this.name = name;
+	}
+
+	public Integer getId() {
+		return id;
+	}
+
+	public void setId(Integer id) {
+		this.id = id;
+	}
+
+	public String getName() {
+		return name;
+	}
+
+	public void setName(String name) {
+		this.name = name;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean equals(Object o) {
+		if (o == this) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		Author author = (Author) o;
+		return Objects.equals(id, author.id) && Objects.equals(name, author.name);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public int hashCode() {
+		return Objects.hash(id, name);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return "Author{" + "id=" + id + ", name='" + name + '\'' + '}';
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/framework/hibernate-mysql/src/main/java/com/example/hibernate/DataReader.java b/framework/hibernate-mysql/src/main/java/com/example/hibernate/DataReader.java
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+++ b/framework/hibernate-mysql/src/main/java/com/example/hibernate/DataReader.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.example.hibernate;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import jakarta.persistence.EntityManager;
+import jakarta.persistence.PersistenceContext;
+import jakarta.transaction.Transactional;
+import org.hibernate.Session;
+import org.springframework.context.SmartLifecycle;
+import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.EnableScheduling;
+import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.Scheduled;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
+
+@Component
+@Transactional
+@EnableScheduling
+class DataReader implements SmartLifecycle {
+
+	private final Object lifecycleMonitor = new Object();
+
+	private final AtomicInteger counter = new AtomicInteger(0);
+
+	private State state = State.INITIALIZED;
+
+	private List<Integer> authorIds;
+
+	@PersistenceContext
+	private EntityManager entityManager;
+
+	enum State {
+
+		INITIALIZED, STARTED, STOPPED
+
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void start() {
+
+		synchronized (lifecycleMonitor) {
+			switch (state) {
+				case INITIALIZED, STOPPED -> {
+					System.out.printf("Starting DataReader: was %s\n", state);
+					if (ObjectUtils.isEmpty(authorIds)) {
+						authorIds = insertAuthors().stream().map(Author::getId).collect(Collectors.toList());
+					}
+					state = State.STARTED;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Scheduled(fixedDelay = 1000)
+	public void scheduled() {
+
+		if (isRunning()) {
+
+			int count = counter.incrementAndGet();
+			Author author = entityManager.find(Author.class, authorIds.get(count % 3));
+			System.out.printf("count %03d: %s\n", count, author);
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void stop() {
+
+		synchronized (lifecycleMonitor) {
+			switch (state) {
+				case INITIALIZED, STARTED -> {
+					System.out.printf("Stopping DataReader: was %s\n", state);
+					state = State.STOPPED;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isRunning() {
+		return State.STARTED.equals(state);
+	}
+
+	private List<Author> insertAuthors() {
+
+		Author brandonSanderson = new Author(null, "Brandon Sanderson");
+		Author brentWeeks = new Author(null, "Brent Weeks");
+		Author peterVBrett = new Author(null, "Peter V. Brett");
+
+		entityManager.persist(brandonSanderson);
+		entityManager.persist(brentWeeks);
+		entityManager.persist(peterVBrett);
+
+		entityManager.flush();
+		entityManager.getEntityManagerFactory().getCache().evictAll();
+
+		Session session = entityManager.unwrap(Session.class);
+
+		if (session != null) {
+			session.clear(); // internal cache clear
+		}
+
+		return List.of(brandonSanderson, brentWeeks, peterVBrett);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/framework/hibernate-mysql/src/main/java/com/example/hibernate/HibernateApplication.java b/framework/hibernate-mysql/src/main/java/com/example/hibernate/HibernateApplication.java
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+++ b/framework/hibernate-mysql/src/main/java/com/example/hibernate/HibernateApplication.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.example.hibernate;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.EnableTransactionManagement;
+
+@SpringBootApplication
+@EnableTransactionManagement
+public class HibernateApplication {
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
+		SpringApplication.run(HibernateApplication.class, args);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/framework/hibernate-mysql/src/main/resources/application.properties b/framework/hibernate-mysql/src/main/resources/application.properties
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+spring.jpa.database-platform=org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect
+spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=create
+
+spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://${MYSQL_HOST:localhost}:${MYSQL_PORT_3306:3306}/test
+spring.datasource.username=mysql
+spring.datasource.password=password
+spring.datasource.hikari.allow-pool-suspension=true
diff --git a/framework/hibernate-mysql/src/test/java/com/example/hibernate/ApplicationTestes.java b/framework/hibernate-mysql/src/test/java/com/example/hibernate/ApplicationTestes.java
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+++ b/framework/hibernate-mysql/src/test/java/com/example/hibernate/ApplicationTestes.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.example.hibernate;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
+
+import jakarta.persistence.EntityManager;
+import jakarta.persistence.PersistenceContext;
+import jakarta.persistence.Query;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
+
+@Transactional
+@SpringBootTest
+class ApplicationTestes {
+
+	@PersistenceContext
+	EntityManager entityManager;
+
+	@Test
+	void canQueryAuthors() {
+
+		Query query = entityManager.createQuery("SELECT author.id, author.name FROM Author author");
+		assertThat(query.getResultList()).isNotEmpty();
+	}
+
+}