Bug ID 2162801: MCP hung during shutdown when any exception/ abnormal restart while booting up

Last Modified: May 04, 2026

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

Known Affected Versions:
21.0.0

Fixed In:
21.0.0.1

Opened: Nov 27, 2025

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

The MCP would hang during shutdown if any exceptions or abnormal restarts occurred while booting up.

Impact

MCPD will not be up and running

Conditions

Rarely getting this, so there is no specific scenario

Workaround

MCPD restart

Fix Information

Make sure it kills the proper PID while rebooting.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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