Hi. Encountered this problem, looking at the 3.3.0.GA source: Subprocess instance is created in ProcessState: ProcessInstance subProcessInstance = superProcessToken.createSubProcessInstance(usedSubProcessDefinition); At this point of time, the process-start event is fired in the subprocess instance. And only later, variables are populated from parent process, and token signaled. ... populate variables ... subProcessInstance.signal(); Not sure, if you consider this as a flaw, but I personally think, that any event, action or other activity, that happens in process instance, should be worth-full. In this case, only process-start event in the _subprocess_ instance is exceptional - can't see parent version variables. cvl View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4209526#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...