Eu configurei o JSF 2.1 em meu aplicativo do Google App Engine seguindo as indicações em:

https://sites.google.com/a/wildstartech.com/adventures-in-java/Java-Platform-Enterprise-Edition/JavaServer-Faces/javaserver-faces-21/configuring-javaserver-faces-21-to- run-on-the-google-app-engine-using-eclipse

O aplicativo funciona perfeitamente quando executado localmente, mas a sessão é perdida quando implantada no Google App Engine, por exemplo: os valores do componente são perdidos ao atualizar qualquer outro componente na página e os campos do bean de apoio do SessionScope também são perdidos.

Meu arquivo web.xml é:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>
<web-app
    xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
    xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    version="2.5"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd">
    <display-name>JavaServerFaces</display-name>    

    <context-param>
        <param-name>javax.faces.STATE_SAVING_METHOD</param-name>
        <param-value>client</param-value>
    </context-param>
    <context-param>
        <param-name>javax.faces.DEFAULT_SUFFIX</param-name>
        <param-value>.xhtml</param-value>
    </context-param>
    <context-param>  
        <param-name>com.sun.faces.expressionFactory</param-name>  
        <param-value>org.jboss.el.ExpressionFactoryImpl</param-value>
    </context-param>
    <context-param>
        <param-name>com.sun.faces.enableThreading</param-name>
        <param-value>false</param-value>
    </context-param>    
    <context-param>
        <param-name>javax.faces.PROJECT_STAGE</param-name>
        <param-value>Production</param-value>
    </context-param>
    <context-param>
        <param-name>javax.faces.FACELETS_SKIP_COMMENTS</param-name>
        <param-value>true</param-value>
    </context-param>
    <context-param>
        <param-name>primefaces.UPLOADER</param-name>
        <param-value>commons</param-value>
    </context-param>
    <context-param>  
        <param-name>primefaces.THEME</param-name>  
        <param-value>home</param-value>  
    </context-param>

    <!-- ***** Specify session timeout of thirty (30) minutes. ***** -->
   <session-config>
      <session-timeout>30</session-timeout>
   </session-config>

    <!-- Welcome page -->
    <welcome-file-list>
        <welcome-file>faces/home.xhtml</welcome-file>
    </welcome-file-list>

    <!-- JSF mapping -->
    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class>
        <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
    </servlet>
    <servlet-mapping>
      <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
      <url-pattern>/faces/*</url-pattern>
      <url-pattern>*.jsf</url-pattern>
      <url-pattern>*.xhtml</url-pattern>
   </servlet-mapping>

    <!-- Primefaces -->
    <filter>
        <filter-name>PrimeFaces FileUpload Filter</filter-name>
        <filter-class>org.primefaces.webapp.filter.FileUploadFilter</filter-class>
        <init-param>
            <param-name>thresholdSize</param-name>
            <param-value>2147483647</param-value>
        </init-param>       
    </filter>
    <filter-mapping>
        <filter-name>PrimeFaces FileUpload Filter</filter-name>
        <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
    </filter-mapping> 

    <error-page>
        <exception-type>javax.faces.application.ViewExpiredException</exception-type>
        <location>/faces/home.xhtml</location>
    </error-page>

    <!-- System -->
    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>SystemServiceServlet</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>com.google.api.server.spi.SystemServiceServlet</servlet-class>
        <init-param>
            <param-name>services</param-name>
            <param-value/>
        </init-param>
    </servlet>  
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>SystemServiceServlet</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/_ah/spi/*</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>
</web-app>

E o arquivo appengine-web.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE project>
<appengine-web-app xmlns="http://appengine.google.com/ns/1.0">
    <application>id</application>
    <version>1</version>

    <!-- Allows App Engine to send multiple requests to one instance in parallel: -->
    <threadsafe>true</threadsafe>

    <!-- Configure java.util.logging -->
    <system-properties>
        <property name="java.util.logging.config.file" value="WEB-INF/logging.properties" />
    </system-properties>

    <sessions-enabled>true</sessions-enabled>
    <async-session-persistence enabled="false" />
</appengine-web-app>

A sessão do JSF realmente funciona no Google App Engine? Eu tenho saudades de configurar algo?

Agradeço antecipadamente