This is not an answer to your question in the subject line :) "ALRubinger" wrote : | + else if(t instanceof RuntimeException) | + { | t = new EJBTransactionRolledbackException(t.getMessage(), (Exception) t); | } | But, shouldn't there be an additional check here, before wrapping it in EJBTransactionRolledbackException, to see if this exception is marked as an application exception by the bean provider, either through @ApplicationException annotation or its xml equivalent? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4170694#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...