Transient re-injection is currently broken. http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/EJBTHREE-883[/url] View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4020570#4020570 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4020570