Timers are persisted on undeployment and restored upon deployment. http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/EJBTHREE-630 View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4038729#4038729 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4038729