Bug ID 1060369: HTTP MRF Router will not change serverside load balancing method

Last Modified: Aug 23, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
16.1.0, 16.1.1, 16.1.2, 16.1.2.1, 16.1.2.2, 16.1.3, 16.1.3.1, 16.1.3.2, 16.1.3.3, 16.1.3.4, 16.1.3.5, 16.1.4, 17.0.0, 17.0.0.1, 17.0.0.2

Opened: Nov 09, 2021

Severity: 2-Critical

Symptoms

Selecting a different load balancing mechanism (i.e. an iRule or Local Traffic Policy selecting a different pool/node, the "virtual" command, etc) does not work for subsequent HTTP/1.x requests on a keep-alive connection.

Impact

Traffic is load-balanced to incorrect destination.

Conditions

-- "HTTP MRF Router" virtual server (virtual server has an "httprouter" profile attached) -- Virtual server is handling HTTP/1.x traffic

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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