It seems that JSF variables within the <h:head> element are not interpreted (and therefore not updated) using ICEfaces 3.0.1 with Mojarra 2.1.7.

In my page I have

<h:head>
  <title>#{title}</title>
</h:head>

where the "title" variable is always dynamically set and its value always correctly displayed (and thus updated) within the <h:body> element.

When using ICEfaces 3.0.0 with Mojarra 2.1.7 I did use the following "hack" workaround that actually worked:

<h:head>
  <script>document.title = "#{title}"</script>
</h:head>

But even this workaround does not work anymore using ICEfaces 3.0.1 with Mojarra 2.1.7. So it seems that the variable "title" is now not updated anymore within the <h:head> element.

For the sake of completeness, I further tried
 
<h:head>
  <title><h:outputText value="#{title}"/></title>
</h:head>

which resulted in "<span id="_t60">INITIAL VALUE</span>" and then

<h:head>
  <title><ice:outputText value="#{title}"/></title>
</h:head>

which resulted in "<span class="iceOutTxt" id="_t60">INITIAL VALUE</span>"