 <pre><code>request.update("growl"); </code></pre> <p>This is the wrong part.</p> <p>Put an id to your form, then reference it like</p> <p>i.e</p> <pre><code>request.update("your_for_mid:growl"); </code></pre> <p>Alternatively you could activate the auto-update feature of the growl with the attribute <code>autoUpdate="true"</code> of the growl component, and remove the <code>request.update()</code> method call in your backing bean.</p>