[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] (WFLY-9845) @Singleton @Startup classes inheriting from a class containing a @PostConstruct method will not create a transaction

@Singleton @Startup classes inheriting from a class containing a @PostConstruct method will not create a transaction -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: WFLY-9845 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/WFLY-9845 Project: WildFly Issue Type: Bug Components: EJB Affects Versions: 9.0.0.Final, 11.0.0.Final Reporter: Christopher Czyba Assignee: Yeray Borges Attachments: singleton-postconstruct-transaction.zip, standalone.log During an update from wildfly 8.2.0.Final to 11.0.0.Final I have noticed the following issue: Given an abstract base class B with an @PostConstruct annotated method and a derived class D with the annotations @Singleton and @Startup. When the @PostConstruct method is called, no transaction is started. According to the [EJB 3.2 Specification|http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/jcp/ejb-3_2-fr-eval-spec...] section 4.8.3, I would expect the container to start a new transaction, as the default transaction attribute is REQUIRED. I have attached source for a war showcasing this issue. On deploying the resulting war on a new wildfly instance, the log should contain the following two lines: {{14:13:06,410 INFO [stdout] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 20) Singleton Hierarchy: transaction status: 6 14:13:06,410 INFO [stdout] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 58) Singleton2 Standalone: transaction status: 0}} A transaction status of 6 says that no transaction exists, while a transaction status of 0 implies that a transaction is ongoing. The war shows that this issue occurs only when using a class hierarchy. I expect the status 0 for both cases. Through testing I noticed that this issue exists since wildfly 9.0.0.Final. I could not find a reason for this behavior from the list of issues for the 9-series release, however.