Hello! I have just tried to use @Asynchronous for scheduled jobs, and it seems to work just as it should. Really easy to get things going :) But I have some problems running my tests since the dispatcher fails to initialize when running in embedded server. I boot the embedded server myself, but I think I do it just like Seam does. Everything else works. But as soon as I have a class with a method that is annotated with @Asynchronous, my embedded boot fails with: Failed to invoke @Configuration method org.jboss.seam.mock.SeamTest.init:java.lang.NullPointerException | FAILED: init | javax.ejb.EJBException: java.lang.NullPointerException | at org.jboss.ejb3.tx.Ejb3TxPolicy.handleExceptionInOurTx(Ejb3TxPolicy.java:69) | at org.jboss.aspects.tx.TxPolicy.invokeInOurTx(TxPolicy.java:83) | at org.jboss.aspects.tx.TxInterceptor$Required.invoke(TxInterceptor.java:197) | at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:101) | at org.jboss.aspects.tx.TxPropagationInterceptor.invoke(TxPropagationInterceptor.java:76) | at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:101) | at org.jboss.ejb3.stateless.StatelessInstanceInterceptor.invoke(StatelessInstanceInterceptor.java:62) | at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:101) | at org.jboss.aspects.security.AuthenticationInterceptor.invoke(AuthenticationInterceptor.java:78) | at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:101) | at org.jboss.ejb3.ENCPropagationInterceptor.invoke(ENCPropagationInterceptor.java:47) | at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:101) | at org.jboss.ejb3.asynchronous.AsynchronousInterceptor.invoke(AsynchronousInterceptor.java:106) | at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:101) | at org.jboss.ejb3.stateless.StatelessContainer.localInvoke(StatelessContainer.java:181) | at org.jboss.ejb3.stateless.StatelessLocalProxy.invoke(StatelessLocalProxy.java:79) | at $Proxy32.scheduleInvocation(Unknown Source) | at org.jboss.seam.util.Reflections.invoke(Reflections.java:20) | at org.jboss.seam.intercept.RootInvocationContext.proceed(RootInvocationContext.java:31) | at org.jboss.seam.intercept.ClientSideInterceptor$1.proceed(ClientSideInterceptor.java:72) | at org.jboss.seam.intercept.SeamInvocationContext.proceed(SeamInvocationContext.java:57) | at org.jboss.seam.intercept.RootInterceptor.invoke(RootInterceptor.java:103) | at org.jboss.seam.intercept.ClientSideInterceptor.invoke(ClientSideInterceptor.java:50) | at org.javassist.tmp.java.lang.Object_$$_javassist_2.scheduleInvocation(Object_$$_javassist_2.java) | at org.jboss.seam.interceptors.AsynchronousInterceptor.aroundInvoke(AsynchronousInterceptor.java:31) | at org.jboss.seam.intercept.SeamInvocationContext.proceed(SeamInvocationContext.java:69) | at org.jboss.seam.interceptors.SynchronizationInterceptor.aroundInvoke(SynchronizationInterceptor.java:31) | at org.jboss.seam.intercept.SeamInvocationContext.proceed(SeamInvocationContext.java:69) | at org.jboss.seam.intercept.RootInterceptor.invoke(RootInterceptor.java:103) | at org.jboss.seam.intercept.JavaBeanInterceptor.interceptInvocation(JavaBeanInterceptor.java:151) | at org.jboss.seam.intercept.JavaBeanInterceptor.invoke(JavaBeanInterceptor.java:87) | at no.schibstedsok.wpadmin.selfservice.scheduling.TVAksjonenService_$$_javassist_1.importPersonsRecurring(TVAksjonenService_$$_javassist_1.java) | at no.schibstedsok.wpadmin.selfservice.scheduling.TVAksjonenImport.startService(TVAksjonenImport.java:54) | at org.jboss.seam.util.Reflections.invoke(Reflections.java:20) | at org.jboss.seam.intercept.RootInvocationContext.proceed(RootInvocationContext.java:31) | at org.jboss.seam.intercept.SeamInvocationContext.proceed(SeamInvocationContext.java:57) | at org.jboss.seam.interceptors.RollbackInterceptor.aroundInvoke(RollbackInterceptor.java:34) | at org.jboss.seam.intercept.SeamInvocationContext.proceed(SeamInvocationContext.java:69) | at org.jboss.seam.interceptors.BijectionInterceptor.aroundInvoke(BijectionInterceptor.java:47) | at org.jboss.seam.intercept.SeamInvocationContext.proceed(SeamInvocationContext.java:69) | at org.jboss.seam.interceptors.MethodContextInterceptor.aroundInvoke(MethodContextInterceptor.java:27) | at org.jboss.seam.intercept.SeamInvocationContext.proceed(SeamInvocationContext.java:69) | at org.jboss.seam.interceptors.SynchronizationInterceptor.aroundInvoke(SynchronizationInterceptor.java:31) | at org.jboss.seam.intercept.SeamInvocationContext.proceed(SeamInvocationContext.java:69) | at org.jboss.seam.intercept.RootInterceptor.invoke(RootInterceptor.java:103) | at org.jboss.seam.intercept.JavaBeanInterceptor.interceptInvocation(JavaBeanInterceptor.java:151) | at org.jboss.seam.intercept.JavaBeanInterceptor.invoke(JavaBeanInterceptor.java:87) | at no.schibstedsok.wpadmin.selfservice.scheduling.TVAksjonenImport_$$_javassist_0.startService(TVAksjonenImport_$$_javassist_0.java) | at org.jboss.seam.util.Reflections.invoke(Reflections.java:20) | at org.jboss.seam.util.Reflections.invokeAndWrap(Reflections.java:123) | at org.jboss.seam.Component.callComponentMethod(Component.java:1834) | at org.jboss.seam.Component.callCreateMethod(Component.java:1757) | at org.jboss.seam.Component.newInstance(Component.java:1746) | at org.jboss.seam.contexts.Lifecycle.startup(Lifecycle.java:175) | at org.jboss.seam.contexts.Lifecycle.endInitialization(Lifecycle.java:145) | at org.jboss.seam.init.Initialization.init(Initialization.java:504) | at org.jboss.seam.mock.SeamTest.init(SeamTest.java:701) | Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException | at org.jboss.seam.core.Dispatcher.schedule(Dispatcher.java:215) | at org.jboss.seam.core.Dispatcher.scheduleInvocation(Dispatcher.java:205) | at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:112) | at org.jboss.ejb3.interceptor.InvocationContextImpl.proceed(InvocationContextImpl.java:166) | at org.jboss.seam.intercept.EJBInvocationContext.proceed(EJBInvocationContext.java:37) | at org.jboss.seam.intercept.SeamInvocationContext.proceed(SeamInvocationContext.java:57) | at org.jboss.seam.interceptors.MethodContextInterceptor.aroundInvoke(MethodContextInterceptor.java:27) | at org.jboss.seam.intercept.SeamInvocationContext.proceed(SeamInvocationContext.java:69) | at org.jboss.seam.intercept.RootInterceptor.invoke(RootInterceptor.java:103) | at org.jboss.seam.intercept.SessionBeanInterceptor.aroundInvoke(SessionBeanInterceptor.java:53) | at org.jboss.ejb3.interceptor.InvocationContextImpl.proceed(InvocationContextImpl.java:118) | at org.jboss.ejb3.interceptor.EJB3InterceptorsInterceptor.invoke(EJB3InterceptorsInterceptor.java:63) | at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:101) | at org.jboss.ejb3.entity.TransactionScopedEntityManagerInterceptor.invoke(TransactionScopedEntityManagerInterceptor.java:54) | at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:101) | at org.jboss.ejb3.AllowedOperationsInterceptor.invoke(AllowedOperationsInterceptor.java:47) | at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:101) | at org.jboss.aspects.tx.TxPolicy.invokeInOurTx(TxPolicy.java:79) | ... 89 more | ... Removed 42 stack frames I'm using Seam 1.2.1 with JBoss 4.0.4. Does anyone has an advice what could be wrong? And does the dispatcher work in embedded server? And another thought: Scheduled jobs should maybe not be run embedded since testing of this class could be tested just as a pojo, and the job should not run when testing other classes. In that case, is there a way of disabling the scheduling in tests? Thanks!! Endre View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4043874#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...