"gavin.king(a)jboss.com" wrote : (1) Why not use the jbpmContext component, instead of creating your own context? | (2) Since you create the processInstance, you must associate it with the Seam contexts, by doing BusinessProcess.instance().setProcessId(...). | | I think if you do both of those, things will work nicely.... I will try this and let you know how this works out - I really appreciate this discussion we're having - thanks! View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4030062#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...