my 2 cents same ComponentRequestFilter same annotation moved into the test web app of andreas fork of got5 http://github.com/andyhot/tapestry5-jquery.git (5.2) provide the following output
class: class org.got5.tapestry5.jquery.test.pages.Index annotation present: true heureka! class: class org.got5.tapestry5.jquery.test.pages.Index annotation present: true this is how it should be! oh, and by the way: false and neither is: false HTH