Simple Bean implementation @Stateless public class AnnotatedTxBean implements AnnotatedTx { private static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger(AnnotatedTxBean.class); @Resource SessionContext context; @TransactionAttribute(TransactionAttributeType.REQUIRED) // this is also the default public void checkRollbackForDefaultRequired() { log.info("Now checking rollback"); log.info("RollbackOnly is '" + context.getRollbackOnly() + "'"); } } Interface: public interface AnnotatedTx { @TransactionAttribute(TransactionAttributeType.NEVER) void checkRollbackForDefaultRequired(); } The invocation will fail with: WFLYEJB0034: EJB Invocation failed on component AnnotatedTxBean for method public abstract void org.jboss.wfink.ejb31.timer.AnnotatedTx.checkRollbackForDefaultRequired(): javax.ejb.EJBException: WFLYEJB0063: Transaction present on server in Never call (EJB3 13.6.2.6) and work if the annotation on interface level is removed