How to modify the default transaction timeout in JBoss EAP 4.x/5.x

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Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
    • 4.x
    • 5.x
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform (SOA-P)
    • 4.x
    • 5.x
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform (EPP)
    • 4.x
    • 5.x

Issue

  • How do I modify the default transaction timeout?
  • Getting java.io.EOFException after server runs for more than 8 hours

Resolution

The default transaction timeout is set to 300 seconds (5 minutes) by default. You can change it with following:

Note: The default transaction timeout cannot be changed via the JMX Console while the server is running.

EAP 4.x/SOA-P 4.x/EPP 4.x:

It is contolled by the "TransactionTimeout" attribute of the "jboss:service=TransactionManager" MBean in $JBOSS_HOME/server/$PROFILE/conf/jboss-service.xml:

<!-- JBoss Transactions JTA -->
<mbean code="com.arjuna.ats.jbossatx.jta.TransactionManagerService"
   name="jboss:service=TransactionManager">
   <attribute name="TransactionTimeout">300</attribute>
   <attribute name="ObjectStoreDir">${jboss.server.data.dir}/tx-object-store</attribute>
</mbean>

EAP 5.x/SOA-P 5.x/EPP 5.x:

It is contolled by the "transactionTimeout" attribute of the "TransactionManager" bean in $JBOSS_HOME/server/$PROFILE/deploy/transaction-jboss-beans.xml:

<bean name="TransactionManager" class="com.arjuna.ats.jbossatx.jta.TransactionManagerService">
    ...(snip)...
    <property name="transactionTimeout">300</property>
    <property name="objectStoreDir">${jboss.server.data.dir}/tx-object-store</property>
    ...(snip)...
EJB3

Note that the @TransactionTimeout annotation can also specify a timeout honored by the TransactionReaper. Please also refer to How to specify transaction timeout for CMT EJB in JBoss 4.x/5.x for details about usage of @TransactionTimeout annotation.

EAP 6.x

Please refer to How to change default JTA transaction timeout in JBoss EAP 6.x?.

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