I too face the same issue it reads one message off the queue and then has to be restarted to pick up 1 more. View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4218797#4218797 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4218797