Bug ID 1566441: Configuration flag added to ignore the local PAC settings

Last Modified: Apr 28, 2025

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

Fixed In:
7.2.4.7

Opened: Mar 18, 2024

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

During the course of Edge Client in the connecting state, if there is a failure to download the local pac file then a timeout occurs after 20 seconds. For every retry there is a delay of 1 second and after 5 consecutive retries there is sometimes a delay or a failure in connection establishment.

Impact

Edge Client fails to connect.

Conditions

Download of the PAC file fails.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

Fixed the issue where the MacOS Edge Client failed to establish the VPN connection due to reachability errors during local proxy PAC file download. IGNORE_LOCAL_PAC flag is introduced to ignore the local PAC file download errors and establish the VPN connection. To enable this flag, add the <IGNORE_LOCAL_PAC>YES</IGNORE_LOCAL_PAC> in the config.f5c file and reinstall the MacOS Edge Client.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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