The WorkContext's must be setup in the work thread before run() is executed. So the best place for this would be WorkManagerImpl::startWork(WorkWrapper) as we need to interact this the rest of the container in regards to the TransactionContext and SecurityContext. I agree that the layout of the WorkManagerImpl class could be a bit better - limit duplicated code, more logging and so on. Feel free to reorganize the WorkManagerImpl class such that each phase is better described. HTH View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4244145#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...