Bug ID 915489: LTM Virtual Server Health is not affected by iRule Requests dropped

Last Modified: May 29, 2024

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

Known Affected Versions:
14.1.2, 14.1.2.1, 14.1.2.2, 14.1.2.3, 14.1.2.4, 14.1.2.5, 14.1.2.6, 14.1.2.7, 14.1.2.8, 14.1.3, 14.1.3.1, 15.0.0, 15.0.1, 15.0.1.1, 15.0.1.2, 15.0.1.3, 15.0.1.4, 15.1.0, 15.1.0.1, 15.1.0.2, 15.1.0.3, 15.1.0.4, 15.1.0.5, 15.1.1, 15.1.2, 16.0.0, 16.0.0.1, 16.0.1

Fixed In:
16.1.0, 16.0.1.1, 15.1.2.1, 14.1.4

Opened: Jun 09, 2020

Severity: 4-Minor

Symptoms

Virtual Server Health should not take into account deliberate drop requests.

Impact

Server Health reflects it is overloading status more precisely.

Conditions

-- DoS profile is attached to Virtual Server. -- iRule that drops requests on some condition is also attached to the virtual server.

Workaround

Do not use iRules to drop requests when Behavioral DoS is configured.

Fix Information

Virtual Server Health is no longer affected while dropping requests using iRules.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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