Suspending a process instance means that the tasks won't show up in task lists and that timers don't get executed. I don't think that suspend/resume should be offered on the task or token level, but only on the process instance. Starting is optional. In jBPM 4, the lifecycle of a task is configurable with a process. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4185009#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...