running jboss 4.2.2.GA with Seam2.0.0.GA. 1) started JBoss and deployed my Seam app. 2) navigated to JBoss web-console via following URL: http://localhost:8080/web-console/ and navigated to monitoring --> web status --> full status 3) checked active sessions and session count for my app were both zero. 4) launched IE browser and navigated to following URL: http://localhost:8080/securityAudit/ 5) launched IE browser again and navigated to same URL as step 4. 6) refreshed web-console 7) results: localhost/securityAudit Start time: Tue Dec 04 08:50:07 PST 2007 Startup time: 31 ms TLD scan time: 0 ms Active sessions: 2 Session count: 2 Max active sessions: 2 Rejected session creations: 0 Expired sessions: 0 Longest session alive time: 0 s Average session alive time: 0 s Processing time: 0 ms JSPs loaded: 0 JSPs reloaded: 0 8) closed both IE browsers and refreshed the full status in web-console. 9) results (the same as step 7): localhost/securityAudit Start time: Tue Dec 04 08:50:07 PST 2007 Startup time: 31 ms TLD scan time: 0 ms Active sessions: 2 Session count: 2 Max active sessions: 2 Rejected session creations: 0 Expired sessions: 0 Longest session alive time: 0 s Average session alive time: 0 s Processing time: 0 ms JSPs loaded: 0 JSPs reloaded: 0 So it seems the sessions are still active obviously... The other reason I know is that the prePassivate output in the log does not occur when I close the browser(s). HTTP is a stateless protocol and this experiment proves it... When I restart the JBoss server, the session count goes to zero again... View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4110258#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...