RichFaces 4.x Drag and Drop (DnD) Issue with MyFaces and WebSphere 8.5

I have been fighting with MyFaces for a couple of weeks now to get it to run on multiple containers that have Weld as the CDI implementation, and also to run on WebSphere with OpenWebbeans (CDI) implementation. Just when we thought we had the problem solved... RichFaces is killing us with a Drag and Drop (DnD) issue on MyFaces.

The issue is detailed in RF-12675 Drag and drop doesn't work with MyFaces. It is an ugly bug that prevents the application from dropping the draggable on the drop target. It is supposed to be fixed according to JIRA in version 5 which as far as I know has an undetermined launch date at this time.

I think that the issue probably warrants investigation by the RichFaces team, but I am posting this just in case folks have encountered the same issue.

I have a test application that is from on the RichFaces Showcase application that demonstrates the Drag and Drop functionality. I tested it on GlassFish, JBoss 7, and Weblogic 12c. It works perfectly on those platforms but the drag freezes in "mid-air" on WebSphere 8.5 with MyFaces.

Here is a link to the application, or you can get it from the JIRA issue above: dragdrop-test.zip.

I hope the RichFaces team reconsiders the bug since it affects 4.2.3 and 4.3.2 final releases.

UPDATE: One of the Senior Engineer's on my team, Amit Tikoo, confirmed the issue is focused on the <rich:dragIndictor />. The work around is to remove the indicator and the application will function. The JIRA issue was updated with the observations.