Creating a jbpmContext is a lightweight operation, basically it is a wrapper for a Hibernate transaction. Regards, Martin View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4047532#4047532 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4047532