Bug ID 2064209: FQDN node created from pool member via tmsh does not inherit "autopopulate" value

Last Modified: Oct 15, 2025

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

Known Affected Versions:
15.1.0, 15.1.0.1, 15.1.0.2, 15.1.0.3, 15.1.0.4, 15.1.0.5, 15.1.1, 15.1.2, 15.1.2.1, 15.1.3, 15.1.3.1, 15.1.4, 15.1.4.1, 15.1.5, 15.1.5.1, 15.1.6, 15.1.6.1, 15.1.7, 15.1.8, 15.1.8.1, 15.1.8.2, 15.1.9, 15.1.9.1, 15.1.10, 15.1.10.2, 15.1.10.3, 15.1.10.4, 15.1.10.5, 15.1.10.6, 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, 16.1.5, 16.1.5.1, 16.1.5.2, 16.1.6, 17.1.0, 17.1.0.1, 17.1.0.2, 17.1.0.3, 17.1.1, 17.1.1.1, 17.1.1.2, 17.1.1.3, 17.1.1.4, 17.1.2, 17.1.2.1, 17.1.2.2, 17.1.3, 17.5.0, 17.5.1, 17.5.1.2, 17.5.1.3

Opened: Sep 20, 2025

Severity: 4-Minor

Symptoms

When using the tmsh command-line interface (CLI) to create an FQDN pool member, an FQDN node is created implicitly using values specified for the FQDN pool member. However, if the "autopopulate" value is specified as "enabled" (instead of the default "disabled"), the FQDN node is created with the "autopopulate" value set to "disabled" (default).

Impact

The FQDN node will be created with an "autopopulate" value of "disabled", which means that only a single ephemeral node will be created based on DNS resolution of the FQDN name. Since only a single ephemeral node is created, only a single ephemeral pool member will be created, and the "autopopulate" option will not exhibit the "enabled" behavior.

Conditions

This occurs when: -- Creating an FQDN node implicitly by explicitly creating an FQDN pool member -- Using the tmsh interface to perform this action. -- Specifying a non-default value of "enabled" for the "autopopulate" option

Workaround

To work around this issue using tmsh command-line interface (CLI): -- First create the FQDN node with the desired configuration values. -- Then create the FQDN pool member, referencing the previously-created FQDN node. To correct the configuration of the FQDN node, the FQDN node and pool member must be deleted and re-created: 1. Delete FQDN pool member 2. Delete FQDN node 3. Create FQDN node with desired configuration 4. Create FQDN pool member with desired configuration

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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