How to Fix “BeanCreationException: Error Creating Bean ‘entityManagerFactory'” in Spring Boot

You’re building a cool Spring Boot app—maybe a to-do list or an online store—when suddenly, your screen fills with a scary error message: “org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name ‘entityManagerFactory’ defined in class path resource [org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/orm/jpa/HibernateJpaAutoConfiguration.class]: Invocation of init method