never mind found this: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBMESSAGING-1075 Looks like fixed in 1.4 GA View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4095731#4095731 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4095731