So, you can skip the lookupInStatefullContexts if you use Component.getInstance("foo", SESSION); You can use this in your app using @In(scope=SESSION) Foo foo; However you still have to do a lookupInStatefulContexts when injecting objects into JSF. You should raise JIRA issues if you spot Seam internally not explicitly scoping getInstance() inside instance methods. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4099258#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...