A very basic problem has just come up (Jackrabbit 2.2.5). It seems that session.itemExists() returns true for a newly created Node only after node.getPath() has been called.?! Here is the code: Session session = prompt.getSession(); String path = "/test"; if (session.itemExists(path)) { System.out.println("removing item at " + path); session.removeItem(path); } Node node = session.getRootNode().addNode("test"); System.out.println(session.itemExists(path)); node.getPath(); System.out.println(session.itemExists(path)); And the output is removing item at /test false true Does that make any sense at all? I know that I can get it to work by calling session.save() after the addNode() line, but since its all the same session, it seems like a bug. Yet a bug too fundamental to really be one... :O The code runs with Spring Testing Framework, in-VM Repository, Session created via Springmodules Bean Thanks Tom Behalten Sie die Zukunft von Marketing und IT im Blick. Abonnieren Sie unseren Newsletter unter http://newsletter.byteconsult.de