I'm having the same problem (only I'm working with the latest version of Seam)... What's interesting is that when I debug my SLSB and hold on for a few seconds on the 'return' statement, I get the result every time... I guess the callback method is called to quickly. If you managed to get any further, please post. Thanks. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4041772#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...