AbstractAuditable.java

@MappedSuperclass
public abstract class AbstractAuditable<U, PK extends Serializable> extends AbstractPersistable<PK> implements
  	Auditable<U, PK> {
  // …
}

AbstractPersistable.java

@MappedSuperclass
public abstract class AbstractPersistable<PK extends Serializable> implements Persistable<PK> {
	@Id
	@GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
	private PK id;
  
  // …
}

AuditableUser.java

@Entity
public class AuditableUser extends AbstractAuditable<AuditableUser, Long> {
  // …
}

Persistable.java

interface Persistable<ID extends Serializable> extends Serializable {

	ID getId();

  boolean isNew();
}

stacktrace

Exception Description: Predeployment of PersistenceUnit [default] failed.
Internal Exception: Exception [EclipseLink-7247] (Eclipse Persistence Services - 2.5.0.v20130507-3faac2b): org.eclipse.persistence.exceptions.ValidationException
Exception Description: A circular reference was discovered processing derived IDs on the following Entity classes: [[org.springframework.data.jpa.domain.sample.AuditableUser]] 
  at org.eclipse.persistence.exceptions.EntityManagerSetupException.predeployFailed(EntityManagerSetupException.java:230) ~[org.eclipse.persistence.core-2.5.0.jar:na]
	... 51 common frames omitted
Caused by: org.eclipse.persistence.exceptions.ValidationException: 
Exception Description: A circular reference was discovered processing derived IDs on the following Entity classes: [[org.springframework.data.jpa.domain.sample.AuditableUser]] 
	at org.eclipse.persistence.exceptions.ValidationException.idRelationshipCircularReference(ValidationException.java:989) ~[org.eclipse.persistence.core-2.5.0.jar:na]
	at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.accessors.classes.ClassAccessor.processDerivedId(ClassAccessor.java:1602) ~[org.eclipse.persistence.jpa-2.5.0.jar:na]
	at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.accessors.classes.EntityAccessor.processDerivedId(EntityAccessor.java:987) ~[org.eclipse.persistence.jpa-2.5.0.jar:na]
	at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.accessors.classes.ClassAccessor.processDerivedId(ClassAccessor.java:1614) ~[org.eclipse.persistence.jpa-2.5.0.jar:na]
	at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.accessors.classes.EntityAccessor.processDerivedId(EntityAccessor.java:987) ~[org.eclipse.persistence.jpa-2.5.0.jar:na]
	at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.MetadataProject.processAccessorsWithDerivedIDs(MetadataProject.java:1522) ~[org.eclipse.persistence.jpa-2.5.0.jar:na]
	at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.MetadataProject.processStage3(MetadataProject.java:1819) ~[org.eclipse.persistence.jpa-2.5.0.jar:na]
	at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.MetadataProcessor.processORMMetadata(MetadataProcessor.java:580) ~[org.eclipse.persistence.jpa-2.5.0.jar:na]
	at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.deployment.PersistenceUnitProcessor.processORMetadata(PersistenceUnitProcessor.java:585) ~[org.eclipse.persistence.jpa-2.5.0.jar:na]
	at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.EntityManagerSetupImpl.predeploy(EntityManagerSetupImpl.java:1865) ~[org.eclipse.persistence.jpa-2.5.0.jar:na]
	... 49 common frames omitted

Can you provide the interface definitions as well?

I was able to reproduce the error. EclipseLink is not resolving the generic types correctly and it is specifically related to the interface implementation declaration. Commenting them out will get past the exception for the time being.

Can you enter a bug with this model and information?

Thanks for the feedback! I've added the declaration of Persistable and filed https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=411560.