I've confirmed this behavior. MyFaces does not rebuild the ViewRoot when you click refresh (unless you navigate to a different view id, and then use the backbutton). This is a bug in MyFaces, since a non-faces request is supposed to build a new view, not restore an old one. You should report it to the MyFaces team. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4009216#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...