The fundamental problem is that a BundleContext.installBundle() does not attempt to resolve the just installed bundle. The information of whether a bundle can be resolved is therefore not available when BundleContext.installBundle() returns. Triggering the resolve process varies from framework to framework and in the simplest case will probably boil down to | | boolean startResolve() | { | try | { | bundle.start() | return true; | } | catch (BundleException ex) | { | return false; | } | The above is no good however because it unintentionally starts the bundle. I'll have a look at Felix hot deployment - they must have the same problem. View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4214153#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...