Can you check if the info that exceptions describe hold: | 10:53:14,016 WARN [ClassLoaderManager] Unexpected error during load of:org.springframework.aop.framework.ProxyCreatorSupport | java.lang.VerifyError: org/springframework/aop/framework/ProxyCreatorSupport: attempting to override final method org/springframework/aop/framework/AdvisedSupport.adviceChanged()V | attempting to override final method | 10:53:14,156 WARN [ClassLoaderManager] Unexpected error during load of:org.springframework.aop.support.MethodMatchers$ClassFilterAwareUnionMethodMatcher | java.lang.IllegalAccessError: org/springframework/aop/support/MethodMatchers$ClassFilterAwareUnionMethodMatcher : org/springframework/aop/support/MethodMatchers$UnionMethodMatcher | IllegalAccessError It could be that beta3 didn't output this at warn level, perhaps only at trace or debug. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4131702#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...