Bug ID 2046917: Non-essential services (hwpd, ipsd, updated) show as "normally up" on BIG-IQ

Last Modified: Jul 28, 2026

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IQ Platform(all modules)

Fixed In:
8.4.2

Opened: Sep 02, 2025

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

On BIG-IQ systems, the services hwpd, ipsd, and updated appear as 'down, normally up' in the service status output, even though they are not necessary for BIG-IQ operation.

Impact

This may cause confusion for administrators, as these services are reported as 'down, normally up,' suggesting a problem, even though they are not required for BIG-IQ and their status does not impact system operation.

Conditions

Running BIG-IQ (e.g., version 8.4.0). Viewing service status via CLI (e.g., bigstart status | grep -i "ipsd\|updated\|hwpd"). The hwpd, ipsd, and updated services are not provisioned or utilized by BIG-IQ.

Workaround

NA

Fix Information

The status output for hwpd, ipsd, and updated will be modified to display 'Not provisioned' on BIG-IQ systems where these services are not needed.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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