diff --git a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rm-service-context.xml b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rm-service-context.xml
index de5519decd..15bc2da71f 100644
--- a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rm-service-context.xml
+++ b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rm-service-context.xml
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@
         <property name="recordFolderService" ref="RecordFolderService"/>
         <property name="recordService" ref="RecordService"/>
         <property name="freezeService" ref="FreezeService"/>
+        <property name="transactionService" ref="transactionService" />
     </bean>
 
     <bean id="DispositionService" class="org.springframework.aop.framework.ProxyFactoryBean">
diff --git a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/action/impl/RetainAction.java b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/action/impl/RetainAction.java
index 8116c18715..1820a83421 100644
--- a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/action/impl/RetainAction.java
+++ b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/action/impl/RetainAction.java
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeRef;
  */
 public class RetainAction extends RMDispositionActionExecuterAbstractBase
 {
+    /**
+     * Action name
+     */
+    public static final String NAME = "retain";
+
     @Override
     protected void executeRecordFolderLevelDisposition(Action action, NodeRef recordFolder)
     {
diff --git a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/disposition/DispositionServiceImpl.java b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/disposition/DispositionServiceImpl.java
index e06c808fb5..b7145500ee 100644
--- a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/disposition/DispositionServiceImpl.java
+++ b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/disposition/DispositionServiceImpl.java
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ import org.alfresco.repo.policy.annotation.BehaviourBean;
 import org.alfresco.repo.policy.annotation.BehaviourKind;
 import org.alfresco.repo.security.authentication.AuthenticationUtil;
 import org.alfresco.repo.security.authentication.AuthenticationUtil.RunAsWork;
+import org.alfresco.repo.transaction.AlfrescoTransactionSupport;
+import org.alfresco.repo.transaction.AlfrescoTransactionSupport.TxnReadState;
+import org.alfresco.repo.transaction.RetryingTransactionHelper.RetryingTransactionCallback;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.dictionary.DictionaryService;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.ChildAssociationRef;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeRef;
@@ -65,6 +68,7 @@ import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.Period;
 import org.alfresco.service.namespace.NamespaceService;
 import org.alfresco.service.namespace.QName;
 import org.alfresco.service.namespace.RegexQNamePattern;
+import org.alfresco.service.transaction.TransactionService;
 import org.alfresco.util.ParameterCheck;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -115,6 +119,9 @@ public class DispositionServiceImpl extends    ServiceBaseImpl
     /** Freeze Service */
     private FreezeService freezeService;
 
+    /** Transaction service */
+    private TransactionService transactionService;
+
     /** Disposition properties */
     private Map<QName, DispositionProperty> dispositionProperties = new HashMap<QName, DispositionProperty>(4);
 
@@ -192,6 +199,14 @@ public class DispositionServiceImpl extends    ServiceBaseImpl
         this.freezeService = freezeService;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param transactionService transaction service
+     */
+    public void setTransactionService(TransactionService transactionService)
+    {
+        this.transactionService = transactionService;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Behavior to initialize the disposition schedule of a newly filed record.
      *
@@ -408,7 +423,7 @@ public class DispositionServiceImpl extends    ServiceBaseImpl
             NodeRef dsNodeRef = getAssociatedDispositionScheduleImpl(nodeRef);
             if (dsNodeRef != null)
             {
-                // Cerate disposition schedule object
+                // Create disposition schedule object
                 ds = new DispositionScheduleImpl(serviceRegistry, nodeService, dsNodeRef);
             }
         }
@@ -700,7 +715,7 @@ public class DispositionServiceImpl extends    ServiceBaseImpl
      *  @param dispositionActionDefinition disposition action definition
      *  @param allowContextFromAsOf true if the context date is allowed to be obtained from the disposition "as of" property.
      */
-    private DispositionAction initialiseDispositionAction(NodeRef nodeRef, DispositionActionDefinition dispositionActionDefinition, boolean allowContextFromAsOf)
+    private DispositionAction initialiseDispositionAction(final NodeRef nodeRef, DispositionActionDefinition dispositionActionDefinition, boolean allowContextFromAsOf)
     {
         List<ChildAssociationRef> childAssocs = nodeService.getChildAssocs(nodeRef, ASSOC_NEXT_DISPOSITION_ACTION, ASSOC_NEXT_DISPOSITION_ACTION, 1, true);
         if (childAssocs != null && childAssocs.size() > 0)
@@ -709,7 +724,7 @@ public class DispositionServiceImpl extends    ServiceBaseImpl
         }
 
         // Create the properties
-        Map<QName, Serializable> props = new HashMap<QName, Serializable>(10);
+        final Map<QName, Serializable> props = new HashMap<QName, Serializable>(10);
 
         Date asOfDate = calculateAsOfDate(nodeRef, dispositionActionDefinition, allowContextFromAsOf);
 
@@ -721,14 +736,23 @@ public class DispositionServiceImpl extends    ServiceBaseImpl
             props.put(PROP_DISPOSITION_AS_OF, asOfDate);
         }
 
-        // Create a new disposition action object
-        NodeRef dispositionActionNodeRef = this.nodeService.createNode(
-                nodeRef,
-                ASSOC_NEXT_DISPOSITION_ACTION,
-                ASSOC_NEXT_DISPOSITION_ACTION,
-                TYPE_DISPOSITION_ACTION,
-                props).getChildRef();
-        DispositionAction da = new DispositionActionImpl(serviceRegistry, dispositionActionNodeRef);
+        DispositionAction da;
+        // check if current transaction is a READ ONLY one and if true create the node in a READ WRITE transaction
+        if (AlfrescoTransactionSupport.getTransactionReadState().equals(TxnReadState.TXN_READ_ONLY))
+        {
+            da =
+                    transactionService.getRetryingTransactionHelper().doInTransaction(new RetryingTransactionCallback<DispositionAction>()
+                    {
+                        public DispositionAction execute() throws Throwable
+                        {
+                            return createDispositionAction(nodeRef, props);
+                        }
+                    }, false, true);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            da = createDispositionAction(nodeRef, props);
+        }
 
         // Create the events
         List<RecordsManagementEvent> events = dispositionActionDefinition.getEvents();
@@ -740,6 +764,24 @@ public class DispositionServiceImpl extends    ServiceBaseImpl
         return da;
     }
 
+    /** Creates a new disposition action object
+     *
+     * @param nodeRef node reference
+     * @param props properties of the disposition action to be created
+     * @return the disposition action object
+     */
+    private DispositionAction createDispositionAction(final NodeRef nodeRef, Map<QName, Serializable> props)
+    {
+        NodeRef dispositionActionNodeRef = nodeService.createNode(
+                nodeRef,
+                ASSOC_NEXT_DISPOSITION_ACTION,
+                ASSOC_NEXT_DISPOSITION_ACTION,
+                TYPE_DISPOSITION_ACTION,
+                props).getChildRef();
+
+        return new DispositionActionImpl(serviceRegistry, dispositionActionNodeRef);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Compute the "disposition as of" date (if necessary) for a disposition action and a node.
      *