SetAttribute does not persist attributes in JPA provider

@Test
	@InSequence(1)
	@Transactional
	public void testIdentityManagerUserCreation() throws Exception {
		/* Bad userName */
		
		String userName = "testusername";
		String userLocaleCode = "ca-es";
		
		User newUser = new User(userName);
		newUser.setEmail("test@test.com");
		
		identityManager.add(newUser);
		Password password = new Password("password");
		this.identityManager.updateCredential(newUser, password);
			
		User user = BasicModel.getUser(identityManager, userName);
		newUser.setAttribute(new Attribute<String>(Constants.ATTRIBUTE_NAME_LOCALE_CODE, "ca-es"));
		
		identityManager.update(newUser);
		
		user = BasicModel.getUser(identityManager, userName);
		Assert.assertNotNull(user);
		Attribute<String> localeCodeAttribute = user.getAttribute(Constants.ATTRIBUTE_NAME_LOCALE_CODE);
		Assert.assertNotNull(localeCodeAttribute);
		
		Assert.assertEquals(localeCodeAttribute.getValue(), userLocaleCode);
		

		
		
	}