The command executor thread is taking care of asynchronous command execution. In the starter kit this one (and the scheduler thread) are created by the JbpmThreadsServlet in the web-app. This means in order to have asynchronous command execution (or scheduler) you need to deploy the web-app. Another option is to put the code which starts those two threads somewhere else (in case you really don't use the web-app). Are you sure the command execution thread is running? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3962865#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...