Ok, now I'm really confused! So, now i've tried the following: In the authenticator class public boolean authenticate() | { | ... | Identity.instance().addRole( new String( "account_admin" ) ); | ... | System.out.println( "### account_admin: " + Identity.instance().hasRole( new String( "account_admin" ) ) ); | ... | } and in another class: @In( required = false ) | Identity identity; | ... | | public Collection getValues() | { | System.out.println( "### again account_admin: " + identity.hasRole( new String( "account_admin" ) ) ); | } The method is called to populate a select box on the interface. So, in the first class, the answer is false, and in the second the answer is true. How can this be possible? I need to be able to load some objects based on the roles of the user, I suppose the best way to do this is from the authentication method, but apparently I can't, because of the result I get. Anyone knows if I'm missing something, or if this is a known bug? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4045442#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...