Bug ID 1596801: Route Health Injection default for BIG-IP Next is "ANY"

Last Modified: Mar 26, 2025

Affected Product(s):
BIG_IP_NEXT(VE/HW) Install/Upgrade, MA-All(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
20.2.0, 20.2.1

Opened: Jun 17, 2024

Severity: 2-Critical

Symptoms

The default for route health injection in BIG-IP Next is ANY. This is an intentional change in behavior from previous versions of BIG-IP (17.x and lower) where it is "Disabled".

Impact

BIG-IP Next will always advertise virtual IP addresses by default. Previous versions of BIG-IP (17.x and lower) disable route health injection by default.

Conditions

Dynamic routing enabled (BGP, OSPF) For more information on the available route health injection settings, see https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K15923612

Workaround

Set the appropriate default for RHI.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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