Hi - I am getting an interesting TransientObjectException for the following condition.. I create a User object in the authenticator and User has a 1-1 relation with a Person object. user instance is outjected as follows.. @Out(required=false, scope=ScopeType.SESSION) private User authenticatedUser; My aim is to persist an object with a property of type "User". If I use the user object I get from db, create a new X object, set its user property in the same authentication method, it persists x fine. However, if I use an "injected" (as follows) authenticatedUser, I get TransientObjectException. @In(required=false) private User authenticatedUser; The interesting part is that, I have a Y object that has a property of type Person. If I create a new Y object and set its person property to injected authenticatedUser.getPerson(), it persists fine. So if I assign the injected entity's object property it works, but if I assign the injected entity itself I get the error. Any idea is appreciated. Thanks. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4016129#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...