I think this should be a bug, but want to get your thoughts before submiting any ticket. This is JBoss AS 4.0.5GA, and I am using EJB3. When I start the JBoss, if there is leftover timers, JBoss will invoke the corresponding timeout() method on the EJB before the EAR is fully deployed. The direct error I got is that it could not find my custom LoginModule class as it is not loaded yet. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4047993#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...