The test is illegal, since you're adding record 1 in the same tx as you're deleting it. In messaging you can't do this (send and consume in the same tx). If you delete something in a tx it must already exist in committed (not transactional) state. Actually the test is useful though, can you keep it but change it to assert that the exception is thrown as it currently is? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4146716#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...