diff --git a/config/alfresco/action-services-context.xml b/config/alfresco/action-services-context.xml
index 86b822260a..8807738d60 100644
--- a/config/alfresco/action-services-context.xml
+++ b/config/alfresco/action-services-context.xml
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@
         <property name="transactionService">
             <ref bean="TransactionService" />
         </property>         
+        <property name="nodeService">
+            <ref bean="NodeService" />
+        </property>         
         <property name="runtimeActionService">
             <ref bean="actionService" />
         </property>         
@@ -330,6 +333,12 @@
         <property name="nodeService">
             <ref bean="NodeService" />
         </property>
+        <property name="transactionService">
+            <ref bean="TransactionService" />
+        </property>         
+        <property name="ignoreLock">
+            <value>false</value>
+        </property>
     </bean>
     
     <bean id="remove-features" class="org.alfresco.repo.action.executer.RemoveFeaturesActionExecuter" parent="action-executer">
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/action/ActionTrackingServiceImpl.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/action/ActionTrackingServiceImpl.java
index 9e10f96733..4b619126d5 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/action/ActionTrackingServiceImpl.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/action/ActionTrackingServiceImpl.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import org.alfresco.service.cmr.action.CancellableAction;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.action.ExecutionDetails;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.action.ExecutionSummary;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeRef;
+import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeService;
 import org.alfresco.service.transaction.TransactionService;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ public class ActionTrackingServiceImpl implements ActionTrackingService
     private static Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(ActionTrackingServiceImpl.class);
 
     private SimpleCache<String, ExecutionDetails> executingActionsCache;
+    private NodeService nodeService;
     private TransactionService transactionService;
     private RuntimeActionService runtimeActionService;
 
@@ -78,6 +80,16 @@ public class ActionTrackingServiceImpl implements ActionTrackingService
         this.transactionService = transactionService;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set the node service
+     * 
+     * @param nodeService the node service
+     */
+    public void setNodeService(NodeService nodeService)
+    {
+        this.nodeService = nodeService;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Set the runtime action service
      * 
@@ -139,7 +151,7 @@ public class ActionTrackingServiceImpl implements ActionTrackingService
         action.setExecutionFailureMessage(null);
         
         // Do we need to update the persisted details?
-        if (action.getNodeRef() != null)
+        if (action.getNodeRef() != null && nodeService.exists(action.getNodeRef()))
         {
            // Make sure we re-fetch the latest action details and save
            //  this version back into the repository
@@ -164,8 +176,15 @@ public class ActionTrackingServiceImpl implements ActionTrackingService
                              {
                                 public Action doWork() throws Exception
                                 {
-                                   // Grab the latest version of the
-                                   // action
+                                   // Ensure the action persisted node still exists, and wasn't deleted
+                                   //  between when it loaded running and now
+                                   if( !nodeService.exists(actionNode) )
+                                   {
+                                       // Persisted node has gone, nothing to update
+                                       return null;
+                                   }
+                                    
+                                   // Grab the latest version of the action
                                    ActionImpl action = (ActionImpl) runtimeActionService
                                    .createAction(actionNode);
 
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/action/executer/AddFeaturesActionExecuter.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/action/executer/AddFeaturesActionExecuter.java
index 066054b426..352332bbae 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/action/executer/AddFeaturesActionExecuter.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/action/executer/AddFeaturesActionExecuter.java
@@ -24,12 +24,14 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.alfresco.repo.action.ParameterDefinitionImpl;
+import org.alfresco.repo.transaction.RetryingTransactionHelper.RetryingTransactionCallback;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.action.Action;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.action.ParameterDefinition;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.dictionary.DataTypeDefinition;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeRef;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeService;
 import org.alfresco.service.namespace.QName;
+import org.alfresco.service.transaction.TransactionService;
 
 /**
  * Add features action executor implementation.
@@ -49,16 +51,29 @@ public class AddFeaturesActionExecuter extends ActionExecuterAbstractBase
 	 */
 	private NodeService nodeService;
 	
+    /** Transaction Service, used for retrying operations */
+    private TransactionService transactionService;
+    
     /**
      * Set the node service
      * 
-     * @param nodeService  the node service
+     * @param nodeService  the node service 
      */
 	public void setNodeService(NodeService nodeService) 
 	{
 		this.nodeService = nodeService;
 	}
 	
+    /**
+     * Set the transaction service
+     * 
+     * @param transactionService    the transaction service
+     */
+    public void setTransactionService(TransactionService transactionService)
+    {
+        this.transactionService = transactionService;
+    }
+    
 	/**
 	 * Adhoc properties are allowed for this executor
 	 */
@@ -71,32 +86,46 @@ public class AddFeaturesActionExecuter extends ActionExecuterAbstractBase
     /**
      * @see org.alfresco.repo.action.executer.ActionExecuter#execute(org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeRef, NodeRef)
      */
-    public void executeImpl(Action ruleAction, NodeRef actionedUponNodeRef)
+    public void executeImpl(final Action ruleAction, final NodeRef actionedUponNodeRef)
     {
-		if (this.nodeService.exists(actionedUponNodeRef) == true)
-		{
-			Map<QName, Serializable> properties = new HashMap<QName, Serializable>();
-			QName aspectQName = null;
-			
-	        Map<String, Serializable> paramValues = ruleAction.getParameterValues();
-	        for (Map.Entry<String, Serializable> entry : paramValues.entrySet())
-			{
-				if (entry.getKey().equals(PARAM_ASPECT_NAME) == true)
-				{
-					aspectQName = (QName)entry.getValue();
-				}
-				else
-				{
-					// Must be an adhoc property
-					QName propertyQName = QName.createQName(entry.getKey());
-					Serializable propertyValue = entry.getValue();
-					properties.put(propertyQName, propertyValue);
-				}
-			}
-			
-	        // Add the aspect
-	        this.nodeService.addAspect(actionedUponNodeRef, aspectQName, properties);
-		}
+        if (this.nodeService.exists(actionedUponNodeRef))
+        {
+           transactionService.getRetryingTransactionHelper().doInTransaction(
+              new RetryingTransactionCallback<Void>() {
+                 public Void execute() throws Throwable {
+                     Map<QName, Serializable> properties = new HashMap<QName, Serializable>();
+                     QName aspectQName = null;
+
+                     if(! nodeService.exists(actionedUponNodeRef))
+                     {
+                         // Node has gone away, skip
+                         return null;
+                     }
+
+                     // Build the aspect details
+                     Map<String, Serializable> paramValues = ruleAction.getParameterValues();
+                     for (Map.Entry<String, Serializable> entry : paramValues.entrySet())
+                     {
+                         if (entry.getKey().equals(PARAM_ASPECT_NAME) == true)
+                         {
+                             aspectQName = (QName)entry.getValue();
+                         }
+                         else
+                         {
+                             // Must be an adhoc property
+                             QName propertyQName = QName.createQName(entry.getKey());
+                             Serializable propertyValue = entry.getValue();
+                             properties.put(propertyQName, propertyValue);
+                         }
+                     }
+
+                     // Add the aspect
+                     nodeService.addAspect(actionedUponNodeRef, aspectQName, properties);
+                     return null;
+                 }
+              }
+           );
+        }
     }
 
     /**