That message isn't added until after the action is invoked. Right now there is no way to get rid of it, but you can customize it with the message key "org.jboss.seam.TransactionFailed". Actually, looking at the code, you could subclass the Seam phase listener and override addTransactionFailedMessage() if it is absolutely critical. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4010622#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...