When I deploy my application (into GlassFish v2 b19) I get this output in server.log: [#|2006-11-16T19:02:23.147+0100|SEVERE|sun-appserver-pe9.1|javax.enterprise.system.container.web|_ThreadID=12;_ThreadName=Timer-3;_RequestID=9b44cc24-bde3-4624-9f8f-c6575f75b8e9;|WebModule[/Planning]PWC1275: Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class org.apache.myfaces.webapp.StartupServletContextListener java.lang.StackOverflowError at java.lang.ThreadLocal.get(ThreadLocal.java:128) at com.sun.faces.config.ConfigureListener.getExternalContextDuringInitialize(ConfigureListener.java:318) at com.sun.faces.application.ApplicationAssociate.(ApplicationAssociate.java:142) at com.sun.faces.application.ApplicationImpl.(ApplicationImpl.java:136) at com.sun.faces.application.ApplicationFactoryImpl.getApplication(ApplicationFactoryImpl.java:96) at com.sun.faces.util.MessageFactory.getApplication(MessageFactory.java:214) at com.sun.faces.util.MessageFactory.getMessage(MessageFactory.java:101) at com.sun.faces.util.MessageFactory.getMessage(MessageFactory.java:80) at com.sun.faces.util.MessageUtils.getExceptionMessageString(MessageUtils.java:274) at com.sun.faces.application.ApplicationAssociate.(ApplicationAssociate.java:144) at com.sun.faces.application.ApplicationImpl.(ApplicationImpl.java:136) at com.sun.faces.application.ApplicationFactoryImpl.getApplication(ApplicationFactoryImpl.java:96) (......) at com.sun.faces.util.MessageFactory.getApplication(MessageFactory.java:214) at com.sun.faces.util.MessageFactory.getMessage(MessageFactory.java:101) at com.sun.faces.util.MessageFactory.getMessage(MessageFactory.java:80) at com.sun.faces.util.MessageUtils.getExceptionMessageString(MessageUtils.java:274) ...