Bug ID 2291301: Data-Group Lookup with 128-Character Key Length Will Not Match

Last Modified: May 05, 2026

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

Known Affected Versions:
17.1.1, 17.1.1.1, 17.1.1.2, 17.1.1.3, 17.1.1.4, 17.1.2, 17.1.2.1, 17.1.2.2, 17.1.3, 17.1.3.1, 17.1.3.2, 17.5.1, 17.5.1.2, 17.5.1.3, 17.5.1.4, 17.5.1.5, 17.5.1.6

Opened: Apr 30, 2026

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

Some entries in a data-group of type string are never matched in an irule with class lookup or class match equals.

Impact

Missing match when it should be matched.

Conditions

Keys in the data group of type string with a length of precisely 128 characters are not found. Keys with a length different than 128 have no issues.

Workaround

If somehow possible, avoid using a key of length 128 characters, or use class match begins_with or ends_with

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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