"ALRubinger" wrote : "wolfc" wrote : If it was the sync on cacheMap I would say a deadlock would happen, not some timeout of 30 seconds. | | There's no contention issue. Other Threads will block. | | Bet you a Bacardi 'n Coke. | | S, | ALR It's not really a timeout. Its just everything waiting for the passivation to complete. Once it completes, everything starts running again. When I get the test case, I think you will see what I mean. I believe the code you already identified is the real culprit. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4184002#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...