@ApplicationException(rollback = true) | public final class AuthenticateUserServiceBean implements AuthenticateUserService The above one is incorrect. You can mark a class as ApplicationException only if it derives from an Exception. I guess what you wanted was: @ApplicationException (rollback=true) | public class SessionException extends LoginFailedException Remove the use of @ApplicationException on the AuthenticateUserServiceBean. View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4254648#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...