Bug ID 1273041: Observing config error on R2x00/R4x00 low/high devices while doing tmsh load sys config via performance scripts

Last Modified: Apr 28, 2025

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

Known Affected Versions:
15.1.6, 15.1.6.1, 15.1.7, 15.1.8, 15.1.8.1, 15.1.8.2, 15.1.9, 15.1.9.1, 15.1.10, 15.1.10.2, 15.1.10.3, 15.1.10.4, 15.1.10.5, 15.1.10.6, 17.1.0

Fixed In:
17.5.0, 17.1.0.1

Opened: Mar 17, 2023

Severity: 1-Blocking

Symptoms

The following error occurs which is not expected while doing tmsh load sys config default: "Invalid attempt to register an n-stage validator, the stage must be greater than the current stage, and within the range 1 to 101 inclusive,  current stage: 7 registered: 5 Unexpected Error: Loading configuration process failed. , retrying 5 more times"

Impact

Getting Config error and unable to proceed with ptt tests.

Conditions

In the Performance test environment, executing a script to load configs fails.

Workaround

Reboot the device.

Fix Information

Executing tmsh load sys config fails as vlan tags are not ready by the time in R2x00/R4x00 as tenant restart solves the same.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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