Found the problem, not sure what to do about it.... For many xml files we edit, eclipse( or JBoss Tools?) creates an equivalent *.jsfdia or *.spdia file. These were picked up by maven and deployed, and somehow they appear to handcuff JBoss during initialization, but somehow only when the war is exploded. Any suggestions to elegantly correct this issue? ..aside from manually deleting them all the time. (We are new to JBoss and maven). Thanks for your help View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4233730#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...