I think this was a bug in Seam 1.2.1.GA that is fixed in Seam2. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4075946#4075946 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4075946