I tried the method suggested and this didn't help. If I leave the close out of the code the program functions correctly, but I don't see an end date in the jbpm_taskinstance table so I assume that the persistence occurs on the close. If I obtain the current context into the code before my close I can see that there are 2 contexts above mine in the stack. I tried to close them both and this then allows the code to function but on leaving the program I then get all sorts of session closed errors. I forgot to add that this running within an EJB session bean, so I don't know if that has any bearing on the matter. Hope you can assist View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4164949#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...