Bug ID 1617041: Latest installed update missing on secondary device in HA-Pair

Last Modified: Jun 28, 2025

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

Known Affected Versions:
16.1.4, 16.1.4.1, 16.1.4.2, 16.1.4.3, 16.1.5, 16.1.5.1, 16.1.5.2, 16.1.6

Opened: Jul 18, 2024

Severity: 4-Minor

Symptoms

The live update misses currently installed updates on secondary after installing latest updates on primary BIG-IP in HA pair.

Impact

User has to verify updates on secondary using curl command or navigating through GUI/CLI to check latest signature status on secondary device.

Conditions

-- BIG-IP configured for high availability (HA) -- Install latest live update on primary BIG-IP device using Software Management-> live update -> asm attack signature -- Click on check for updates -- New files shown as available for updates (e.g. ASM-AttackSignatures_20240711_120647.im) and install update. Note: The issue may not occur consistently with the steps outlined above, as it is intermittent in nature.

Workaround

The live updates can be manually checked and installed on the secondary device via GUI/CLI

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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