Bug ID 2220397: Modifying iRule proc while iRule in use may cause connection to reset

Last Modified: Feb 24, 2026

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

Known Affected Versions:
16.0.0, 16.0.0.1, 16.0.1, 16.0.1.1, 16.0.1.2, 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, 16.1.6.1, 17.5.0, 17.5.1, 17.5.1.2, 17.5.1.3, 17.5.1.4, 21.0.0, 21.0.0.1

Opened: Feb 06, 2026

Severity: 2-Critical

Symptoms

Connection gets aborted with logs similar to the following on ltm logs : TCL error: /Common/[irule-name] <EVENT_NAME> - proc [Proc name] not found

Impact

Incoming client connections may get aborted.

Conditions

1. iRule is using proc command 2. iRule proc is renamed or deleted while the iRule is in use.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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