anonymous wrote : But, Flavia says that in some tests you guys are seeing classloaders not being released even though all that's held are weak references. I see the same thing in the classloader leak test described in the last post. If that happens, and the classloader has a ref to the proxy class, then the problem will still exist. I'm hoping this is not the case with your tests, Brian. I have already teared all my hair out with those misterious memory leaks we've been seen, and it would be great if your tests don't make to the list. Anyway, the fact that your tests also fail on Windows is a strong indicator that the problem is elsewhere. So I think Kabir is probably right regarding the soft references. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4147413#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...