after creation put a saveandreload before the signalling. See jBPM unittests where this is also done. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4114203#4114203 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4114203