In such cases I usually prefer to use User transaction. This way you can control transaction timeout from within your code. Doychin View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4205044#4205044 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4205044