For all readers, the issue is http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBCACHE-1352. I fear the workaround you propose will not work for us, as deploying as an MBean is not an option. What are the plans regarding the next SP for 1.4.1? Do you expect the workaround of adding the channel members to the cache's members manually to have any side effects? View view = channel.getView(); | if (cache.getMembers()==null || cache.getMembers().size()==0) { | cache.getMembers().addAll(view.getMembers()); | } I've also patched TreeCache so if an existing channel is used, the _createService() method does not return but continues through the rest of the method. This is much cleaner and seems to work. I can attach the patch to the issue if this helps. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4155221#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...