Ok, so all we need to do is to make sure that DependencyInfo for whenRequired == DESCRIBE || PRE_INSTALL doesn't require something that only gets resolved in later state - outside current Controller scope. So this probably means that we need to limit the whenRequired attribute where we are able to specify it. I'll look if there are some issues with our current usage. anonymous wrote : | Yes, but a missing DESCRIBED dependency should not stop the context | moving to the new PRE_INSTALL state. | How do you move forward with this dependency? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4016398#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...