Bug ID 1302257: [Win][EC] IPv6+IPv4 tunnel always "reconnect" once at the very beginning

Last Modified: Oct 19, 2025

Affected Product(s):
APM-Clients APM(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
7.2.1.3, 7.2.1.4, 7.2.1.5, 7.2.2, 7.2.2.1, 7.2.2.2, 7.2.3, 7.2.3.1, 7.2.4, 7.2.4.1, 7.2.4.2, 7.2.4.3, 7.2.4.4, 7.2.4.5, 7.2.4.6, 7.2.4.7, 7.2.4.8, 7.2.5, 7.2.5.1, 7.2.5.2, 7.2.5.3, 7.2.6, 7.2.6.1

Opened: May 25, 2023

Severity: 2-Critical

Symptoms

The VPN tunnel reconnects initially and the following is logged: notice tmm[19029]: 01490505:5: xxxx:Common:xxxxx: PPP tunnel 0x400001995900 (ID: xxxxx) started. tmm[19029]: 01490505:5: xxxx:Common:xxxx: PPP tunnel 0x400001995900 (ID: xxxxx) closed. tmm[19029]: 01490549:5: /Common/xxxx:Common:xxx: Assigned PPP Dynamic IPv4: xxxx ID: xxxx Tunnel Type: VPN_TUNNELTYPE_DTLS Network Access Resource: /Common/<name> Client IP:<ip> - Reconnect

Impact

Tunnel reconnects.

Conditions

Network Access resource with IPv4+IPv6

Workaround

Use the below iRule to mitigate this issue. ========= when CLIENT_ACCEPTED { ACCESS::restrict_irule_events disable } when HTTP_REQUEST { if { [HTTP::method] eq "HEAD" && [HTTP::uri] starts_with "/myvpn" } { HTTP::respond 200 } } ========

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips