Exception while resuming a transaction is silently eaten --------------------------------------------------------- Key: HHH-1648 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-1648 Project: Hibernate Core Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: 3.2.0 cr1 Reporter: Niels Harremoës Assignee: Emmanuel Bernard Fix For: 3.2.0.cr2 Original Estimate: 0.5h Remaining Estimate: 0.5h In org.hibernate.engine.transaction.Isolater.JtaDelegate.delegateWork, we find this code: ... finally { if ( surroundingTransaction != null ) { try { transactionManager.resume( surroundingTransaction ); if ( log.isDebugEnabled() ) {log.debug( "surrounding JTA transaction resumed [" + surroundingTransaction + "]" ); } } catch( Throwable t ) { if ( !caughtException ) { new HibernateException( "unable to resume previously suspended transaction", t ); } } } } The last line should probably be throw new HibernateException( "unable to resume previously suspended transaction", t ); - currently, any exception thrown by resume() will be silently eaten.