Kevin Moodley [http://community.jboss.org/people/kevinmoodley] replied to the discussion "jBPM 4.4 How do I force a process instance to end" To view the discussion, visit: http://community.jboss.org/message/554871#554871 -------------------------------------------------------------- By the way  I tried using processEngine.getExecutionService().endProcessInstance(instanceId, ProcessInstance.STATE_ENDED); but this threw a null-pointer exception: DefaultCommandService - exception while executing command org.jbpm.pvm.internal.cmd.EndProcessInstance@6649 java.lang.NullPointerException     at org.jbpm.pvm.internal.util.ReflectUtil.installDeploymentClassLoader(ReflectUtil.java:385)     at org.jbpm.pvm.internal.util.ReflectUtil.instantiateUserCode(ReflectUtil.java:412)     at org.jbpm.pvm.internal.wire.usercode.UserCodeReference.getObject(UserCodeReference.java:63)     at org.jbpm.pvm.internal.wire.usercode.UserCodeReference.getObject(UserCodeReference.java:47)     at org.jbpm.pvm.internal.wire.usercode.UserCodeEventListener.notify(UserCodeEventListener.java:38)     at org.jbpm.pvm.internal.model.op.ExecuteEventListener.perform(ExecuteEventListener.java:81)     at org.jbpm.pvm.internal.model.ExecutionImpl.performAtomicOperationSync(ExecutionImpl.java:672)     at org.jbpm.pvm.internal.model.ExecutionImpl.performAtomicOperation(ExecutionImpl.java:632)     at org.jbpm.pvm.internal.model.ExecutionImpl.fire(ExecutionImpl.java:579)     at org.jbpm.pvm.internal.model.ExecutionImpl.fire(ExecutionImpl.java:568)     at org.jbpm.pvm.internal.model.ExecutionImpl.end(ExecutionImpl.java:386)     at org.jbpm.pvm.internal.cmd.EndProcessInstance.execute(EndProcessInstance.java:48)     at org.jbpm.pvm.internal.svc.DefaultCommandService.execute(DefaultCommandService.java:42)     at org.jbpm.pvm.internal.svc.SkipInterceptor.execute(SkipInterceptor.java:40)     at org.jbpm.pvm.internal.svc.ExecutionServiceImpl.endProcessInstance(ExecutionServiceImpl.java:117) -------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message by going to Community [http://community.jboss.org/message/554871#554871] Start a new discussion in jBPM at Community [http://community.jboss.org/choose-container!input.jspa?contentType=1&...]