There was a change between EAP 7.1 and 7.2 in the handling of cache invalidation for JPAQL UPDATE or DELETE operations. In EAP 7.1 (using transactional caching), a post-commit invalidation of cached data occurred ensuring that subsequent data loads retrieved current state from the database. In EAP 7.2 and 7.3 (using non-transactional caching), invalidation occurs immediately and a load (from another thread) prior to database commit will leave stale data in the cache.