known issue with jbpm 3.2.3 in relation to seam. There is a jira issue for this in jBPM and seam (afaik) View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4169116#4169116 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4169116