"You are trying to use a connection factory that has been shut down" exception in JBoss EAP

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Issue

  • The following exception is raised when attempting to obtain a connection from a JBoss managed DataSource in EAP 6 or later

    ... javax.resource.ResourceException: IJ000470: You are trying to use a connection factory that has been shut down: <my_jndi_datasource>

  • The following exception is raised when attempting to obtain a connection from a JBoss managed DataSource in EAP 5 or earlier

    ... ERROR util.database.DBConnectionManager;:(?:getConnection():?) - Couldn't get DB connection
    org.jboss.util.NestedSQLException: You are trying to use a connection factory that has been shut down: ManagedConnectionFactory is null.; - nested throwable:
    (javax.resource.ResourceException: You are trying to use a connection factory that has been shut down: ManagedConnectionFactory is null.)
  • JBoss has to be restarted before the application can successfully obtain a datasource connection

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
    • 4
    • 5
    • 6
    • 7

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