Looks like EJB3 is having problems persisting the timer. Ask this question in the EJB3 forum, as Seam just wraps up EJB3 timers. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4040550#4040550 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4040550