Bug ID 715207: coapi errors while modifying per-request policy in VPE

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
12.1.3, 12.1.3.1, 12.1.3.2, 12.1.3.3, 12.1.3.4, 12.1.3.5, 13.0.0, 13.0.0 HF1, 13.0.0 HF2, 13.0.0 HF3, 13.0.1, 13.1.0, 13.1.0.1, 13.1.0.2, 13.1.0.3, 13.1.0.4, 13.1.0.5, 13.1.0.6, 13.1.0.7

Fixed In:
14.1.0, 14.0.0, 13.1.0.8, 12.1.3.6

Opened: Apr 16, 2018

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

System reports errors about coapi in /var/log/ltm when modifying a per-request policy in the Visual Policy Editor (VPE). err coapi: PHP: requested conversion of uninitialized member.

Impact

The impact can vary by version. -- In some versions it represents a stray error log. -- In other versions the 'Accepted Languages' in the Logon Page agent does not have the full list. -- In other versions, there are server 500 errors when modifying agents.

Conditions

-- The per-request policy being modified is attached to the virtual server. -- Using VPE.

Workaround

To work around this issue, perform the following procedure: 1. Remove the per-request policy from the virtual server. 2. Modify the policy. 3. Add the policy back to the virtual server.

Fix Information

Now per-request access policies can be simultaneously used and edited without causing spurious 'coapi' log errors.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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