Note that Seam 1.1.6 is not completely backward-compatible with 1.1.5. Obviously I regret making breaking changes in a point release, but in this case it was the right thing to do. Migration guide: ========== (1) exceptions.xml and events.xml have been deprecated - exception mappings should go in pages.xml, and event listeners should go in components.xml (2) Exception handlers @Render and are no longer supported (3) Exception handler messages should be defined in a tag (4) The signature of the Seam/Security authenticate method changed, please see the documentation View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4012941#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...