In the released beta there should be a preference page (window -> preferences -> jboss ide -> jboss servers) in which you can select your server and set both its timeout duration and its action upon timeout. JBoss IDE polls the jboss server using twiddle, a JMX-based executable that comes with jboss installations. If the twiddle results come back as the server being down for an extended length of time (the timeout), or if twiddle simply cannot be found, in the preferences you have two choices: abort the startup and set it as failed, or ignore the failure and set the server as started. In the JBoss Servers View, you can also look at the event log (as well as open the properties view) to see what exactly is going on with the server startup / shutdown process. An example of this is here: http://oxbeef.net/image/code/jbsv_w_properties_7_18_06.JPG View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3971014#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...