Bug ID 777241: smtps partial_conncount issues and unexpected resets

Last Modified: May 29, 2024

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

Known Affected Versions:
14.1.0, 14.1.0.1, 14.1.0.2, 14.1.0.3, 14.1.0.5, 14.1.0.6, 14.1.2, 14.1.2.1, 14.1.2.2, 15.0.0, 15.0.1, 15.0.1.1, 15.0.1.2, 15.0.1.3, 15.0.1.4

Fixed In:
15.1.0, 14.1.2.3

Opened: Apr 26, 2019

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

In certain scenarios, SMTPS related counter may underflow and this may cause some of the SMTPS connection to be reset by BIG-IP.

Impact

Some of the SMTPS connection could get terminated with a reset. This can be observed by looking at the tmstat table smtps_parse_stat

Conditions

The specific conditions under which this occurs are unknown.

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

Intermittent SMTPS connection failures no longer occur under these conditions.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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