Of course, if you created it yourself via some other mechanism, *you* will have to associate it will the conversation using BusinessProcess.instance().setProcessId( processInstance.getId() ). Seam isn't magic. Seam only knows about processes it creates or retrieves. If you get it yourself, by going to jBPM APIs directly, then it is up to you to do the job of associating it with the conversation. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4030045#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...