Ok, this is weird. I had Address declared like this | //sfsb A | | @In(required=false) | @Out(required=false) | private Address address | | and Address kept nulling or falling out of scope more likley when I changed it to this | //sfsb A | | @In(required=false) | @Out(scope=ScopeType.CONVERSATION, required=false) | private Address address | | it all works. I thought that components shared the same state as the sfsb which was Conversation by default. I am using Seam 1.3 Alpha View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4067146#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...