Here is my web.xml : richfaces Faces Servlet REQUEST FORWARD INCLUDE MyFacesExtensionsFilter Faces Servlet MyFacesExtensionsFilter /faces/myFacesExtensionResource/* Pretty Filter /* FORWARD REQUEST ERROR ASYNC RichFaces Filter richfaces org.ajax4jsf.Filter true MyFacesExtensionsFilter org.apache.myfaces.webapp.filter.ExtensionsFilter true uploadMaxFileSize 20m Set the size limit for uploaded files. Format: 10 - 10 bytes 10k - 10 KB 10m - 10 MB 1g - 1 GB Pretty Filter com.ocpsoft.pretty.PrettyFilter true Here is my simple pretty-config.xml: