The deadlock you ran into was fixed on 9/11/06 in 2.4.1 SP1, so, yes, SP4 will of course contain the fix as well. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4070092#4070092 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4070092