Currently the number of threads used by the ExecutorService for Async invocations on EJBs is configured within a jar JBOSS_HOME/server/<servername>/deployers/jboss-ejb3-async-deployer.jar/META-INF/ejb3-async-deployer-jboss-beans.xml making it difficult for users to configure (see the referenced forum thread for details). It would be better to move it outside the jar so that it can easily be configured by users.