UserTransaction.commit() may throw a RollbackException(), in that case don't try to perform a UserTransaction.rollback() ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Key: JBSEAM-2309 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBSEAM-2309 Project: JBoss Seam Issue Type: Bug Components: Core Affects Versions: 2.0.0.GA, 1.2.1.GA Reporter: Denis Forveille In the org.jboss.seam.util.Work class, the call to userTransaction.commit() is surrounded by a try/catch(Exception). In the catch block, if an exception occurs during the commit, a UserTransaction.rollback() is attempted. This may fail as the UserTransaction.commit() may throw a RollbackException, and in that case the UserTransaction ihas already been rollbacked. So an attempt to perform a rollback on the UserTransaction result in an illegalstate exception. This happens to us when something goes wrong in the beforeCommit() methods and hibernate throws a StaleObjectStateException() We use seam 1.2.1 + POJO + WebSphere v61.0..13 The code could be something like this (Class Work.java): try { T result = work(); if (begin) { log.debug("committing transaction"); userTransaction.commit(); } return result; } catch (Exception e) { if (begin) { log.debug("rolling back transaction"); if (userTransaction.getStatus() != STATUS_NO_TRANSACTION) { userTransaction.rollback(); } } throw e; } Or the code could explicitely catch the RollbackException This could be applied at any place in the code when a UserTransaction.commit() is called. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira