Bug ID 2503749: GTM virtual not marked down after prober disconnect with monitor require 1 from 2

Last Modified: Oct 08, 2026

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

Known Affected Versions:
17.1.3, 17.1.3.1, 17.1.3.2, 17.1.3.4, 17.1.3.5

Opened: Sep 08, 2026

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

After an iQuery peer left the sync group, monitor logs showed probe failures (e.g., "Monitor instance ... UP --> DOWN" and "The number of successful probes to <v> changed from 2 to 1") while tmsh show gtm virtual still reported Availability: available

Impact

Incorrect monitor status of monitored objects

Conditions

This issue occurs when a GTM virtual (OR) a GTM pool (OR) a GTM pool member uses require 1 from 2, one iQuery prober disconnects (iqmgmt leaves the sync group), and the remaining prober subsequently fails; stale "UP" responses from the departed prober are counted

Workaround

The problem goes away after restarting gtmd or removing "monitor require 1 from 2"

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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