You can add this entry to your META-INF/jboss.xml config file. The max-bean-age is in seconds (example sets it to 10 minutes): <container-cache-conf> | <cache-policy>org.jboss.ejb.plugins.LRUStatefulContextCachePolicy</cache-policy> | <cache-policy-conf> | <max-bean-age>600</max-bean-age> | . . . | </cache-policy-conf> | </container-cache-conf> View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4253446#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...