Hi , I also verified the exactly same error happens in struts 2.5.5 with tiles 3.0.7. if we try to use action tag as below with tiles result it's goes in infinite loop and throws it throws java.lang.StackOverflowError, <s:action name="myTestAction" namespace="/tiles" executeResult="true"/>
--------Layout.jsp <body> <tiles:insertAttribute name="header"/> <tiles:insertAttribute name="body"/> <p>Notice that this is a layout made in JSP</p> <!-- issue with the action --> <s:action name="myTestAction" namespace="/tiles" executeResult="true"/></body></html> ------------- struts.xml <action name="myTestAction"> <result type="tiles">showcase.index.actionResult</result> <result name="success" type="tiles">showcase.index.actionResult</result> </action> ------------------tiles.xml <definition name="showcase.index" template="/WEB-INF/tiles/layout.jsp"> <put-attribute name="title" value="Tiles Showcase"/> <put-attribute name="header" value="/WEB-INF/tiles/header.jsp"/> <put-attribute name="body" value="/WEB-INF/tiles/body.jsp"/> </definition> <definition name="showcase.index.actionResult" template="/WEB-INF/tiles/actionResult.jsp"> <put-attribute name="title" value="Action Result"/></definition> Let me know if somebody faced same issue. Regards,Vishal On Saturday, 19 November 2016, 10:28, Vishal Jhagadiawala <vish_...@yahoo.com.INVALID> wrote: Hi , I have upgraded my struts application to version 2.3.30 and apache-tiles 2.2.2 and I am facing issue with s:action tag and tiles result. it goes in recursive loop and throws StackOverflowError as below. also I am able to reproduce this issue in showcase application, I have outlined the tiles.xml , struts-tile.xml and layout.jsp as below. it throws java.lang.StackOverflowError: null at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationHttpRequest.getAttribute(ApplicationHttpRequest.java:230) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationHttpRequest.getAttribute(ApplicationHttpRequest.java:230) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationHttpRequest.getAttribute(ApplicationHttpRequest.java:230) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationHttpRequest.getAttribute(ApplicationHttpRequest.java:230) .................. (truncated) ................. at com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:245) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.AliasInterceptor.intercept(AliasInterceptor.java:193) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:245) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.ExceptionMappingInterceptor.intercept(ExceptionMappingInterceptor.java:189) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:245) at org.apache.struts2.impl.StrutsActionProxy.execute(StrutsActionProxy.java:54) at org.apache.struts2.components.ActionComponent.executeAction(ActionComponent.java:288) at org.apache.struts2.components.ActionComponent.end(ActionComponent.java:172) at org.apache.struts2.views.jsp.ComponentTagSupport.doEndTag(ComponentTagSupport.java:42) at org.apache.jsp.WEB_002dINF.tiles.layout_jsp._jspx_meth_s_005faction_005f0(layout_jsp.java:210) at org.apache.jsp.WEB_002dINF.tiles.layout_jsp._jspService(layout_jsp.java:109) Here is my usage, Layout.jsp <html> <head><title>Struts2 Showcase - <tiles:getAsString name="title"/></title></head><body> <tiles:insertAttribute name="header"/> <tiles:insertAttribute name="body"/> <p>Notice that this is a layout made in JSP</p> <!-- Vishal- action tag which is causing issue with tiles result --> <s:action name="myTestAction" namespace="/tiles" executeResult="true" /></body></html> tiles.xml <definition name="showcase.index" template="/WEB-INF/tiles/layout.jsp"> <put-attribute name="title" value="Tiles Showcase"/> <put-attribute name="header" value="/WEB-INF/tiles/header.jsp"/> <put-attribute name="body" value="/WEB-INF/tiles/body.jsp"/> </definition> <!-- Vishal-- my definition --> <definition name="showcase.index.actionResult" template="/WEB-INF/tiles/actionTileResult.jsp"> <put-attribute name="title" value="Tiles Result from action"/> </definition> struts-tiles.xml <action name="index"> <result type="tiles">showcase.index</result> <result name="success" type="tiles">showcase.index</result> </action> <!-- my test action to replicate the issue --> <action name="myTestAction"> <result type="tiles">showcase.index.actionResult</result> <result name="success" type="tiles">showcase.index.actionResult</result> </action> actionTileResult.jsp <tiles:importAttribute name="title" scope="request"/><html> <head><title>Action tile result <tiles:getAsString name="title"/></title></head><body> <p>Notice that this is a jsp</p></body></html> Please let me know anybody faced similar issue and any solution to it. Regards,Vishal