See attached test case: $ mvn clean package 17:26:16,882 INFO [route1] Service - message received: <test:request xmlns:test="http://www.example.org/test/">TEST-MESSAGE</test:request> 17:26:16,888 INFO [route1] ========== LOG Output One ========== 17:26:16,989 WARN [org.apache.cxf.phase.PhaseInterceptorChain] Application {http://www.example.org/test/}service#{http://www.example.org/test/}operation has thrown exception, unwinding now Despite the doFinally clause containing three log processors: <doFinally> <log message="========== LOG Output One =========="/> <log message="========== LOG Output Two =========="/> <log message="========== LOG Output Three =========="/> </doFinally>