I am hesitant to see this as being required. ResourceExceptions are not, by nature, transient. We already cover the case of a connection attempt failing for validation or other reasons. The ResourceException itself is only thrown during catastrophic failure from which there is probably no possiblity of recovery. Could you please comment on what you believe to be a recoverable in this case. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4003330#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...