I commented on this again since I consider this really important because at the moment it makes you change your process model for escalations which is probably not wanted. If this was possible in 3.x this would also lead to problems when migrating from 3.x to 4.x, right? Regarding the behaviour in 3.x Joram stated in the comments answering your question: anonymous wrote : | The most logical is not necessarily what was in 3 ;-) | | But you are right: in 3, the task is kept open, but it can't be completed anymore. The only option is than to delete the task. Imo, this makes sense. | View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4258038#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...