I could replicate the issue here. Thanks for bringing it up. https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/HORNETQ-105 I always do this kind of test.. but this scenario slipped me through. (when using just a few messages) There is a counter on the journal, and I believe the counter got messed up on restart when you had just a few messages. It should be fixed by tomorrow. Thanks for this. View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4250753#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...