Hi wquraishi, Thanks a lot for your reply. However, I am using exactly the same configuration as yours. My question is how to differ session timeout from a newly created session. If I bookmark a page requiring login, it is desired that the application redirects me to the login page and the message "Please log in first" is fine. However, if I have been inactive for a while thus my session times out, it is preferred to display a message like "Your session times out. Please login again". Is this possible with Seam? Thanks, Sheng View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4093681#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...