Yes, exactly. However, I think it's not just a file inside my app that is being parsed. I didn't include the whole stacktrace initially, but I actually get that exception 3 times: | ... | | 14:09:32,465 ERROR [JBossContextConfig] XML error parsing: context.xml | | ... | | 14:09:32,465 ERROR [JBossContextConfig] XML error parsing: jboss.web/localhost/context.xml.default | | ... | | 14:09:32,902 ERROR [JBossContextConfig] XML error parsing: WEB-INF/context.xml | | ... | I think the 3rd exception there is from when it is trying to parse the context.xml file in my war. However, the 1st (and the 2nd?) entry I think are from when it is trying to parse the context.xml sitting under server/default/deploy/jbossweb.sar/. In either case, yes it is the "server" (more specifically the war deployer) that is doing the parsing. View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4245655#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...