Hi All, I turned on debugging on some of the hibernate transaction and I could capture this information, jist in case is util to resolve this issue: 2006-09-25 14:43:33,820 DEBUG [org.springframework.web.jsf.DelegatingVariableResolver] Attempting to resolve variable 'userBean' in via original VariableResolver 2006-09-25 14:43:33,820 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.el.VariableResolverImpl] resolveVariable: Resolved variable:com.shsolutions.segment.view.bean.UserBean@dc4414 2006-09-25 14:43:33,820 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.el.ValueBindingImpl] getValue Result:com.shsolutions.segment.view.bean.UserBean@dc4414 2006-09-25 14:43:33,836 DEBUG [org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor] Getting transaction for com.shsolutions.segment.facades.UserImpl.getUser 2006-09-25 14:43:33,836 DEBUG [org.springframework.transaction.jta.JtaTransactionManager] Using transaction object [org.springframework.transaction.jta.JtaTransactionObject@1026e40] 2006-09-25 14:43:33,851 DEBUG [org.springframework.transaction.support.TransactionSynchronizationManager] Initializing transaction synchronization 2006-09-25 14:43:33,883 DEBUG [org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.SessionFactoryUtils] Opening Hibernate Session 2006-09-25 14:43:33,976 DEBUG [org.hibernate.jdbc.JDBCContext] TransactionFactory reported no active transaction; Synchronization not registered 2006-09-25 14:43:33,976 DEBUG [org.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl] opened session at timestamp: 11592098138 2006-09-25 14:43:33,976 DEBUG [org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.SessionFactoryUtils] Closing Hibernate Session 2006-09-25 14:43:33,976 DEBUG [org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.RuleBasedTransactionAttribute] Applying rules to determine whether transaction should rollback on java.lang.IllegalStateException: No Hibernate Session bound to thread, and configuration does not allow creation of non-transactional one here 2006-09-25 14:43:33,976 DEBUG [org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.RuleBasedTransactionAttribute] Winning rollback rule is: null 2006-09-25 14:43:33,976 DEBUG [org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.RuleBasedTransactionAttribute] No relevant rollback rule found: applying superclass default 2006-09-25 14:43:33,976 DEBUG [org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor] Invoking rollback for transaction on com.shsolutions.segment.facades.UserImpl.getUser due to throwable [java.lang.IllegalStateException: No Hibernate Session bound to thread, and configuration does not allow creation of non-transactional one here] 2006-09-25 14:43:33,976 DEBUG [org.springframework.transaction.jta.JtaTransactionManager] Triggering beforeCompletion synchronization 2006-09-25 14:43:33,992 WARN [org.springframework.transaction.jta.JtaTransactionManager] Should roll back transaction but cannot - no transaction available 2006-09-25 14:43:33,992 DEBUG [org.springframework.transaction.jta.JtaTransactionManager] Triggering afterCompletion synchronization 2006-09-25 14:43:33,992 DEBUG [org.springframework.transaction.support.TransactionSynchronizationManager] Clearing transaction synchronization 2006-09-25 14:43:33,992 ERROR [com.shsolutions.segment.view.bean.UserBean] Could not log in user. Internal Error. java.lang.IllegalStateException: No Hibernate Session bound to thread, and configuration does not allow creation of non-transactional one here at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.SessionFactoryUtils.doGetSession(SessionFactoryUtils.java:358) at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.SessionFactoryUtils.getSession(SessionFactoryUtils.java:190) best regards Salvador View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3973986#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...