The problem here is that the second command (SignalCommand) needs the tokenId created from executing the first command (NewProcessInstanceCommand). Another approach would be to hace the NewProcessInstanceCommand signal when there are no start tasks. It is hard to imagine any other situation where the user would want to create a processInstance and not signal it. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4003002#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...