Noticed that nowhere is the StatefulBeanContext txSynchronized property ever set to "true". Only call to the setter is in SessionSynchronizationInterceptor.SFSBSessionSynchronization.afterCompletion(), which sets it "false". Don't know enough about the use of this field to know the effect of this, but it seems like either a bug or a no-longer needed property. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4017662#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...