Not 100% sure on this but I've had similar problems - I think that on async a job is put in the database for execution to start at the given node. The job executor servlet then picks it up and wants to run it. But since there is already a token lock from the instance running from the console thread, it is unable to perform the needed activities on the token. anyone else come across this? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4089142#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...