we'd the same issue in the past, downgrading jboss fixed it same goes for upgrading seam version View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4081557#4081557 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4081557