There is a config option : <init-param> | <name>javax.portlet.faces.preserveActionParams</name> | <value>true</value> | </init-param> | Look at web search, and jboss wiki and jira and forum about this "preserveActionParams". This may be related to your problem... There is a jira that was just resolved (yesterday), about moving this param in the portlet.xml file, instead of the web.xml file. So you may have a look also to the richfaces snapshot version... hope this helps... View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4141174#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...