Regarding JBCACHE-622, I should have been more explicit on the JIRA: the issue of preferring what is retrieved from the cache loader (a null) over what is in memory is correct behaviour since the cache loader may be shared, etc. The real bug is probably JBCACHE-131, to persist state when doing an initial state transfer (provided your cache loader is not shared/a singleton and you are not using passivation). Will look into potentially reviving JBCACHE-131. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4114225#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...