When starting JBoss all container, I get an error when it tries to deploy one of my MDB: ERROR [org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.AbstractKernelController] Error installing to Start: name=jboss.j2ee:ear=obp-stats.ear,jar=obp-stats-ejb.jar,name=StatisticListener,service=EJB3 state=Create org.jboss.deployment.DeploymentException: Unable to create activation spec ra=jboss.jca:service=RARDeployment,name='jms-ra.rar' messaging-type=javax.jms.MessageListener properties={destination=ActivationConfigProperty(destination=queue/StatisticQueue), acknowledgeMode=ActivationConfigProperty(acknowledgeMode=Auto-acknowledge), destinationType=ActivationConfigProperty(destinationType=javax.jms.Queue)} Caused by: javax.management.InstanceNotFoundException: jboss.jca:service=RARDeployment,name='jms-ra.rar' is not registered. It seems JBoss wants to deploy the MDB before the proper JMS service is properly registered. If I hot deploy the EAR, it works of course cause by then the service is loaded in the proper order. I tried adding a @Depends({"jboss.jca:service=RARDeployment,name=jms-ra.rar"}), but I get another error: -> {Described:** UNRESOLVED AbstractDemandMetaData$DemandDependencyItem@9403b0{name=jboss.j2ee:ear=obp-stats.ear,jar=obp-stats-ejb.jar,name=StatisticListener,service=EJB3 dependsOn=null whenRequired=Described resolved=false demand=jboss.jca:service=RARDeployment,name=jms-ra.rar} **} So, my question is, how do I make sure the MDBs are loaded after the JMS service is activated ? How can I make the @Depends annotation work? Thanks View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4070878#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...