I have experienced the same problem, currently with jboss-4.2.3.GA. And for me, the problem is even worse because the timers expire at a time the server is not yet completely started and not all required services are started. This results in failures and eventually I have to restart the server.... and then the problem can start all over. View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4252975#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...