"wolfc" wrote : I didn't not expect such a bug to surface in CR2, so I'm just as disappointed with the situation as you guys. Not using JBoss AS 5 as a workaround, that is something I find rubbish. ;-) I sense a rubbish fad coming on! ;-) "wolfc" wrote : Yup, so far I found 2 cases where JavaEEComponentHelper throws a NPE. | I want cover all bases, so we can get going without any workarounds. | How come my workaround is a bigger impact? It should just be a repacking. The .ear that couldn't be deployed has 25 modules in it. The same .ear has two @EJB annotations in it. Removing two @EJB annotations takes less time than updating the packaging for 25 modules. Jeff Brooks View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4178918#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...