Bug ID 1974869: Unable to load config after upgrading to v17.5.0 with the Syntax Error: "state" may not be specified more than once.

Last Modified: Jul 03, 2025

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP AFM, Install/Upgrade(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
17.5.0, 17.5.1

Opened: Jun 30, 2025

Severity: 2-Critical

Symptoms

After upgrading a BIG-IP AFM device from version 16.1.5.1 to 17.5.0, the device fails to come online. effected vectors: bad-tcp-flags-malformed tcp-ack-ts tcp-flags-uncommon

Impact

The BIG-IP device fails to load its configuration and does not come online after the upgrade.

Conditions

Set the all network device-config vectors into detect-only state and then initiate upgrade from v16.1.5.1 to v17.5.0

Workaround

-manually remove the duplicate state entry in bigip.conf. -perform "tmsh load sys config verify" or reboot

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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