Leaving the long-running conversation programatically in the action method turns out to be no solution: Seam's ConversationInterceptor throws an IllegalStateException before the method is executed, because the @Begin annotation doesn't specify "join=true". I could try to work around this by registering another action listener to the command button, which fires before the main action method, and which leaves the conversation. That makes the construction even more artificial. Anyone who knows an elegant solution? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4127586#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...