Clarify contextual reference validity to a bean with a normal scope in Java SE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Key: CDI-634 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/CDI-634 Project: CDI Specification Issues Issue Type: Clarification Reporter: Martin Kouba In Java SE, a user might be tempted to share a contextual reference for a normal scoped bean (client proxy) between multiple "deployments" of a single application, e.g.: # start CDI container # get a reference # stop CDI container # start CDI container again and try to use the stored reference. I believe such a reference should not be valid after an application stopped (contexts are destroyed, etc.). Right now, it seems to be undefined. See also WELD-2190.