There is an issue in Tomcat 5.0.x and 5.5.x and presumably in any future release unless examined and fixed. Please read over this and make some comments and don't simply comment on comments, but please look at java.util.HashMap and it's source code. There is more than one issue with this bug, and it affects a lot of places. The other issue is the response to the bug itself. This seems to need more Apache and Jakarta developer attention and to definitely look at the issue and not rely on hear say, but to examine the issue in depth. Currently it seems a best guess is the reason for not addressing this issue or even looking into it further. Certainly the issue with a session variable being set and it not being able to be found in a later call is an issue in itself not including the error with a possible long ... hour running possibly infinite loop. Please read and examine as it affects more than one Jakarta project.
http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=36541 Thanks, Wade
