your definition is wrong, you need a task-node around the task, assuming you are using jbpm 3 View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4233382#4233382 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4233382