The @TransactionRetry annotation must have an equivalent configuration option in descriptors.

@TransactionRetry(numRetries=4, waitTime=1, waitTimeUnit=TimeUnit.SECONDS)

<assembly-descriptor>
<transaction-retry>
<!-- bindings as per spec -->
<method>
<ejb-name>*</ejb-name>
<method-name>...</method-name>
</method>
...
<num-retries>4</num-retries>
<wait-time>1</wait-time>
<wait-time-unit>SECONDS</wait-time-unit>
</transaction-retry>
</assembly-descriptor>