Check: (1) Your setting for org.jboss.seam.core.init.myFacesLifecycleBug (2) That you don't have two phase listeners enabled View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3962241#3962241 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3962241