What JTA environment are you running in? You shouldn't be relying on the DummyTransactionManager. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4206473#4206473 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4206473