Regarding Session, you should look into the code of SeamListener.java and Lifecycle.java I had similar issues with knowing when a session context actually became active in my components. I found the @Create annotation that you can use inside of you SFSB components that have Session Scope. You put this above a method and that method will be called when Seam fully creates your sessioned component. For example: | /** | * This method is called after this component has been successfully | * instantiated by the Seam framework | */ | @Create | public void create() | { | log.info("WebDocumentTreeModelBean create method called"); | | if (Contexts.isSessionContextActive()) | { | // do what ever you need to do once your session is active | } | else | { | log.info("SessionContext is still not active after component creation event"); | } | } You would also need to define the public void create() method in your local interface but I found this useful. I never knew exactly when Contexts.isSessionContextActive() was valid until I found this annotation. Hope this helps. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4036120#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...