hello, add the mixin type mix:lifecycle to a node and save the change. after this I try to use the method Node.getAllowedLifecycleTransistions() and get the following exception: javax.jcr.ItemNotFoundException: 5fd7d7f1-ceff-4b71-9df9-527702933b65/{http://www.jcp.org/jcr/1.0}lifecyclePolicy at org.apache.jackrabbit.core.ItemManager.getItemData(ItemManager.java:384) at org.apache.jackrabbit.core.ItemManager.getItem(ItemManager.java:328) at org.apache.jackrabbit.core.ItemManager.getItem(ItemManager.java:622) at org.apache.jackrabbit.core.NodeImpl$3.perform(NodeImpl.java:1175) at org.apache.jackrabbit.core.NodeImpl$3.perform(NodeImpl.java:1171) at org.apache.jackrabbit.core.session.SessionState.perform(SessionState.java:216) at org.apache.jackrabbit.core.ItemImpl.perform(ItemImpl.java:91) at org.apache.jackrabbit.core.NodeImpl.getProperty(NodeImpl.java:1171) at org.apache.jackrabbit.core.NodeImpl.getAllowedLifecycleTransistions(NodeImpl.java:3431) does anyone have an idea what goes wrong? is there anywhere more documentation about JCR liefcycle management available? best regards. ferry malzer