recognizing 'dead' processes by the engine is very difficult. How can it differentiate from a process that 'normally' is in a specific state... Normally, if it fails, the 'signalling' application/service/user/... gets an exception and will have to retry. That is the only place where it is really known how to respond. View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4255259#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...