Last Modified: Sep 18, 2026
Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP All
Fixed In:
21.1.0
Opened: Dec 18, 2025 Severity: 3-Major
After using the 'npm install' command on the workspace. The below message will be logged in ltm logs after plugin reload: err sdmd[21349]: 018e0018:3: pid[17783] plugin[<plugin-name>.<extension-name>] Error: Cannot find module 'f5-nodejs' err sdmd[21349]: 018e0010:3: Extension <plugin-name>.<extension-name> exceeded the maximum number of restarts (5) over the last 60 seconds and has been disabled
Traffic processing on virtual server with plugin attached will fail with the following logs: Could not find ILX extension <extension-name> in path <workspace-name>
1. The ILX plugin is in use with node version 6. 2. ILX workspace has been modified with npm install command. 3. Plugin has been reloaded after 'npm install'
To prevent the issue: 1. Use NPM install command with '--no-package-lock' flag. - npm install --no-package-lock <package-name> If already Encountered the issue: 1. Restore package.json from /usr/share/packages - tar -xzf /usr/share/packages/nodejs/f5-nodejs-6.tgz -C /var/ilx/workspaces/Common/<workspace-name>/extensions/<extension-name>/node_modules 2. Update package.json at path /var/ilx/workspaces/Common/<workspace-name>/extensions/<extension-name>/ - Set the "f5-nodejs" version to "1.0.0" instead of "0.0.3". 3. Reload the plugin.
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