most likely reason is that when there is no action, the default behaviour of a node is to take the default transition. If you specify an action as the node behaviour (so not on an event) you are the one to make sure a transition is taken

I tried specifying a transition but still doesn't work: Here are my snippets.

....
....
	<node name="MyNode">
		<action expression="#{mysessionBean.testAction}"></action>
		<transition to="ApproveQuote1" name="quote1"></transition>
	</node>

	<task-node name="ApproveQuote1"  end-tasks="true">
		<task name="ApproveQuote1" description="Approve Quote1">
			<assignment actor-id="bugs"/>
			<controller></controller>
		</task>
		<transition to="Update StatusD" name="deny"></transition>
		<transition to="UpdateStatusA" name="approve"></transition>
	</task-node>
....
....

	@Transition("quote1")
	public String  testAction(){
		log.info("Doing Something on the DB");
		
		return "quote1";
		
		
	}
// Tried this also but doesnt work
/*
	@Transition("quote1")
	public void  testAction(){
		log.info("Doing Something on the DB");
	}
*/