Bug ID 1302781: The mrfdb tool intermittently fails to retrieve or update records in Redis.

Last Modified: Apr 10, 2025

Affected Product(s):
BIG_IP_NEXT(SPK) SPK(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
1.7.2, 1.7.3, 1.7.4, 1.7.5, 1.7.6, 1.7.7, 1.7.8, 1.7.9, 1.7.10

Opened: May 29, 2023

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

When you use the mrfdb tool continuously to retrieve or update records in Redis, requests may time out due to DNS resolution issues. Attempts to ping the Redis server fails with the error saying “Connection failure: dial tcp: i/o timeout”.

Impact

Occasionally, some requests made using the mrfdb tool may fail, potentially impacting the data retrieval and updates in Redis.

Conditions

This problem occurs when you use the mrfdb tool to make continuous requests.

Workaround

You can either utilize the mrfdb tool or redis-cli to try again any unsuccessful requests.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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