Yes, It's very strange in the fact that hibernate is executing queries and showing me fresh data after this stack trace occurs... but a form submit throws it??? Is there anything I can do with context management for custom servlets (and or filters)? Although this is a servlet filter, I am wondering if I can carry the state of the app/(whatever would be needed to NOT kill the em) through my custom filter. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4072807#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...