Symptoms

A JSON policy that was created via REST/AS3 and then overwritten via tmsh will result in an error: Unexpected Error: Import policy failed. Messages: [fatal] Failed action: Imported and replaced policies have different encodings.

Impact

A JSON policy cannot be imported and overwrite an existing policy using tmsh.

Conditions

-- A JSON policy was first created via REST/AS3 -- Overwriting an existing via 'tmsh load asm policy'

Workaround

N/A

Fix Information

None

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips