Mixed comments in workflow attachments...

Hello all,
One of our customers has a strange problem when trying to display an attachment (SOFM-DISPLAY) in workflow.
After importing a support pack last weekend the workflow always shows the last comment added by someone in the system. So let's say for example that John added a comment in a workflow. And 5 seconds later Marie wants to read the comment of a whole different workflow, she sees John's comments!
I have looked in the Forum and OSS notes, but couldnt find any lead at all. I dont know which support packs were uploaded axactly (sorry for the limited info) but Im just posting this question to see if someone has encountered a similar problem like this before. Maybe somekind of memory problem?
Thanks & regards,
Erik

Hi,
Its a bit strange to hear this !!. However are you really sure these two are totally different workflows.
Can you please check the AttachObjects container element in workflow log and find out the SOFM key in runtime in both workflows that you are talking. Is it the same?
Regards
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