You want to be using conversation scope, not session scope. This is pretty much exactly what conversations are for. The CreateGroup action should have @Begin on the createNewGroup method, and the Group component should be conversation-scoped. The editing actions should all be conversation-scoped also, so they are editing only that group that was created int he conversation. Then any action method that returns you to the CreateGroup page should have @End, so it clears the conversation-scoped Group. Hope that helps :-) Make sure you reread the Seam documentation about conversations; this is exactly what they are for! View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3967596#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...