Bug ID 2199337: Invalid or unresponsive rsyslog remote servers for log forwarding can exhaust system memory.

Last Modified: Jul 18, 2026

Affected Product(s):
F5OS Velos(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
F5OS-A 1.8.3, F5OS-A 1.8.4

Fixed In:
F5OS v2.0.0

Opened: Jan 06, 2026

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

System memory usage will increase over time without boundaries.

Impact

The rsyslog daemon will retry, and memory will continue to increase. This could potentially exhaust system memory.

Conditions

Remote-syslog servers configured with TCP protocol that cannot establish a connection (or has a unreliable connectivity).

Workaround

Fix the connection, remove the invalid or flaky servers from config, OR use the UDP protocol.

Fix Information

The new syntax used for rsyslogd remote-servers forwarding configuration requires specifying for each forwarding action a linked list queue type. This will implicitly use the default queue size of 1000 messages (or lower for earlier versions of rsyslogd).

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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