The page context is serialised to the UIViewRoot, so is stored using whatever state saving (client or server) mechanism JSF uses. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4037248#4037248 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4037248