Bug ID 2288617: The SNAT pool is not applied to the virtual server when source address translation is not configured as SNAT.

Last Modified: Jul 28, 2026

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

Known Affected Versions:
17.1.3, 17.1.3.1, 17.1.3.2, 17.1.3.4, 17.5.1.5, 17.5.1.6, 17.5.1.8, 21.0.0, 21.0.0.1, 21.0.0.2, 21.0.0.3

Opened: Apr 24, 2026

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

When creating an LTM virtual server with source-address-translation and attempting to assign a pool to this property, the pool will not be applied unless the type is explicitly set to snat. Although it may appear successful, reviewing the LTM logs will reveal the correct log message indicating the issue.

Impact

The LTM virtual object will be created, but the source-address-translation will not include a pool.

Conditions

Attempting to create an LTM virtual object with the source-address-translation pool property without configuring the type property.

Workaround

To work around this issue, users should configure source-address-translation and pool properties as usual, but ensure the type property is set to snat."

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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