Looking at the paging changes in TransactionImpl. I notice that messages aren't actually paged until commit(), therefore if the transaction is XA and prepare() is called, then the server crashes or is shutdown, the entire transaction is lost, since nothing is recorded until commit! Ouch. Please add a JIRA for this. It also needs tests. There should be a set of tests that test paging with XA transactions and recovery. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4195591#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...