Yes, the SFSB (and conversation) has started - I just reload the necessary (already entered) and start a new conversation. No, I didn't use hibernate validators for the pageflow validation - as I was using it for standard validation. I did some coding to get around this - but I think there was a discussion about making it possible to use Seam/Hibernate validation for this. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4003221#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...