"timfox" wrote : My question is this: If commit or rollback throws an exception is it valid for the transaction manager to retry the commit or rollback (without first calling recover)? | Yes, it is valid in some cases. However, depending upon the error, it may not be worthwhile. anonymous wrote : | If I can assume the commit/rollback is never retried then I can safely remove the transaction state from the map in a finally block, whether or not the commit or rollback succeeded. | | If not, then I cannot see a safe time when the transaction state can be removed from the map. | Is this durable data? Will it survive a failure (I assume so, but need to ask). View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3972258#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...