[ https://issues.jboss.org/browse/ARQ-2184?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.s... ] Hank Ibell updated ARQ-2184: ---------------------------- Description: h3. Issue Overview The container does not check if an application failed to start up due to subclasses of DeploymentException which the CDI specification allows: bq. An implementation is permitted to throw a subclass of DeploymentException for any deployment problem. Additionally, the container should throw an Arquillian DeploymentException if the application fails to startup for any reason. h3. Expected Behaviour WAS container should throw a CDI DeploymentException if the application fails to startup due to a CDI DeploymentException or any subclass of it. h3. Current Behaviour WAS container only throws a CDI DeploymentException if the application fails to startup due to a CDI DeploymentException. was: h3. Issue Overview The container does not check if an application failed to start up due to subclasses of DeploymentException which the CDI specification allows: bq. An implementation is permitted to throw a subclass of DeploymentException for any deployment problem. Additionally, the container should throw an Arquillian DeploymentException if the application fails to startup for any reason. h3. Expected Behaviour 1.WAS container should throw a CDI DeploymentException if the application fails to startup due to a CDI DeploymentException or any subclass of it. h3. Current Behaviour WAS container only throws a CDI DeploymentException if the application fails to startup due to a CDI DeploymentException. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.5.0#75005)