Bug ID 1929185: "Failed to write to cdb" and "Unable to set STP VLAN state" error logs are seen with MSTP configuration deletion via CLI

Last Modified: Jul 12, 2025

Affected Product(s):
F5OS Velos(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
F5OS-A 1.5.3, F5OS-A 1.8.0, F5OS-C 1.6.2, F5OS-C 1.8.0, F5OS-C 1.8.1

Opened: Apr 22, 2025

Severity: 4-Minor

Symptoms

Stpd and FPGA error logs are observed while doing MSTP configuration. In platform.log: stpd[1]: priority="Err" version=1.0 msgid=0x6102000000000018 msg="Failed to write to cdb" FIELD="MST Instance mst-id" ERRNO=8 ERRNOSTR="badly formatted or nonexistent path". stpd[1]: priority="Err" version=1.0 msgid=0x6102000000000018 msg="Failed to write to cdb" FIELD="MST Instance designated-root-address" ERRNO=8 ERRNOSTR="badly formatted or nonexistent path". stpd[1]: priority="Err" version=1.0 msgid=0x6102000000000018 msg="Failed to write to cdb" FIELD="WriteTenantOperMSTInstance failed" ERRNO=0 ERRNOSTR="Unknown error".

Impact

There is no impact on MSTP behavior and convergence.

Conditions

1. Create VLANs. 2. Attach VLANs to the interfaces. 3. Enable MSTP using webUI. Select Network Settings > STP configuration and select MSTP. 4. Create an instance(1) and attach a VLAN to it (created VLANs). 5. Add the interfaces to instance 1. 6. Delete mstp instance. 7. You will observe errors under platform.log.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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