Sorry, I meant, ScopeType.SESSION instead of STATEFUL @Name | @Scope(SESSION) | @Stateful | public class FooImpl implenents Foo { Also, I understand that the SMPC is conversation scoped, but then what should I use in a Session scoped Session bean where there is no natural conversation Begin and End point? (and why has this behavior changed since 1.2 =-) ?) View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4127430#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...