anonymous wrote : Regarding the ending of the task without the variables being set, that is probably not an issue since all should take place in a transaction, but I'm not sure... I'll get back with more info in an hour. | Thanks Ronald, this works for me: if I call jbpmContext.setRollbackOnly(), the task instance is not saved. So all I need to do is call that in my catch block and my task instance won't end. Fixing my problem. So with your small patch, everything should work nicely for me. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4084460#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...