The test bean I'm using to setup this scenario is an EJB3 bean. Here it is for reference: package com.foo.session; | | import javax.ejb.Remote; | import javax.ejb.Stateful; | | import org.apache.log4j.Logger; | import org.jboss.annotation.ejb.Clustered; | import org.jboss.ha.framework.interfaces.FirstAvailable; | | @Stateful | @Clustered(loadBalancePolicy=FirstAvailable.class) | @Remote( value= Test2.class ) | public class Test2Bean implements Test2 { | | private final static Logger log = Logger.getLogger( Test2Bean.class ); | | private int count; | | public void setCount( int count ) { | log.info( "setCount( " + count + " )" ); | this.count = count; | } | | public void printCount() { | log.info( "count=" + count ); | } | } The load balance policy is only ever instantiated once. I copied the code from the FirstAvailable LBP to add some traces a few days ago to get a better idea of what's going on, and the constructor only ever got called once, during the app's initialization. 11:17:58,312 INFO [JmxKernelAbstraction] installing MBean: jboss.j2ee:ear=testEAR.ear,jar=testEJB.jar,name=Test2Bean,service=EJB3 with dependencies: | 11:17:58,375 INFO [EJBContainer] STARTED EJB: com.foo.session.Test2Bean ejbName: Test2Bean | 11:17:58,406 INFO [MyLBPolicy] LOAD BALANCE POLICY CONSTRUCTOR CALLED I had already removed the IsLocal interceptor after having pulled most of my hair out ;) Thanks for mentioning it though. View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4269620#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...