If I put | <exception> | <end-conversation/> | <redirect view-id="/pages/error/error404.xhtml"> | <message>Unexpected Failure. </message> | </redirect> | </exception> | in pages.xml, it does not work either. The exception just falls through and an ugly error message will be shown (if i'm not adding an errorpage for 500 in web.xml). I have <core:init debug="false" .. in my components.xml. I have searched the internet, read in this forum, read the seam manual 1.2.1 and I've spent several nights testing everything i can come up with but I can't get this to work. Please help! View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4045989#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...