no, you need a timerservice running. Look at the testcases or the jbpm webconsole View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4042509#4042509 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4042509