Bug ID 1305361: Flows that are terminated by an ILX streaming plugin may not expire immediately

Last Modified: Jul 24, 2024

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP LTM(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
16.1.0, 16.1.1, 16.1.2, 16.1.2.1, 16.1.2.2, 16.1.3, 16.1.3.1, 16.1.3.2, 16.1.3.3, 16.1.3.4, 16.1.3.5, 16.1.4, 16.1.4.1, 16.1.4.2, 16.1.4.3, 17.0.0, 17.0.0.1, 17.0.0.2, 17.1.0, 17.1.0.1, 17.1.0.2, 17.1.0.3

Fixed In:
17.1.1, 16.1.5

Opened: Jun 07, 2023

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

Flows that are terminated from a plugin may not shutdown/expire properly until expiry timeout which leads to bloating of the flow table

Impact

Flows will stay in the table till expiry and may bloat up the flow table

Conditions

-- ILX streaming plugin configured -- Connection close initiated from the plugin (flow.client.end)

Workaround

None

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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