Bug ID 2046749: Timeout occurs during TMM shutdown

Last Modified: Apr 24, 2026

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

Fixed In:
21.0.0

Opened: Sep 01, 2025

Severity: 1-Blocking

Symptoms

During TMM shutdown, a timeout occurs, causing TMM to produce a core. The timeout is due to TMM taking an extremely long time (more than 10 seconds) to close all the taps due to there being a lot of VLANs and tripping the watchdog.

Impact

TMM takes longer to shutdown and restart

Conditions

-- BIG-IP VE -- A lot (100s or 1000s) of VLANs are in use

Workaround

Reduce the number of VLANs

Fix Information

Added handling and throttling for when there are a lot of VLANs.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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