Bug ID 1678453: A high number of application creations and deletions can cause frequent Out of Memory (OOM) errors for WebSSO

Last Modified: Oct 19, 2025

Affected Product(s):
BIG_IP_NEXT(VE/HW) TMOS(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
20.3.0

Opened: Sep 25, 2024

Severity: 2-Critical

Symptoms

When hundreds or thousands of applications are created, deployed, and deleted rapidly, the WebSSO container can run out of memory, leading to a loop where the OOM-killer is triggered, causing repeated WebSSO restarts.

Impact

The BIG-IP Next instance can become unresponsive.

Conditions

Rapid creation, deployment, and deletion of hundreds, or thousands of applications.

Workaround

-- Create an application and deploy it, ensuring that you check for 200 OK responses. -- Before creating the next application, poll the link provided in the response waiting for the deployment task status to change from "pending". Once the application has been successfully deployed, the cycle restarts.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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