By default, the Bridge Request Scope will no longer be retained on completion of a Render Request. This change will bring us more into line with how we feel JSF 2 portlets are developed and intended to be used, such as focusing on Ajax requests and interactions over full page refreshes.

It is possible to return to the behavior of previous Portlet Bridge versions by setting the following initialization parameter in portlet.xml for a specific portlet:

<init-param>
  <name>org.jboss.portletbridge.BRIDGE_SCOPE_PRESERVED_POST_RENDER</name>
  <value>true</value>
</init-param>

Or by setting it for all portlets present within an archive by setting the following context parameter in web.xml:

<context-param>
  <param-name>org.jboss.portletbridge.BRIDGE_SCOPE_PRESERVED_POST_RENDER</param-name>
  <param-value>true</param-value>
</context-param>