Yes, you have to do a redirect, or send an error. This is due to the poor exception handling hooks in JSF. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4116829#4116829 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4116829