Why would I need to declare ejb dependencies for a timer in web.xml? My understanding is that timers run in the ejb container, not the web container. I've performed a search on all files underneath the jboss-seam-1.2.1.GA\examples directories and the two samples which use @Asynchronous (mail and seampay) do not declare any ejb dependencies. Is the "jee5 example" you mention found someplace else? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4115970#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...