I haven't yet actually tried the <s:*> tags YET. I have <h:message for=""> with my input elements and <h:messages> in the page body... When I do a back-button/resubmit, I see no messages against any input element and only "No conversation" from the <h:messages> tag. I guess that the "you are not in a conversation" situation does not occur due to a validation error and so is not 'for' any input element... As an aside, in the JBoss log, I see: [ConversationInterceptor] no long-running conversation for @Conversational bean: disasterManager This is good. The issue is how to make this situation more 'beautiful' for the user...can I hook into things somewhere so that I can present a more user-oriented message like "please don't do back/submit...you dolt" ;-) Cheers, Alph View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3977409#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...