Bug ID 2012381: F5OS-A r4600 upgrade failure – system stuck due to DBUS message queue full and persistent image-agent failures

Last Modified: Aug 14, 2025

Affected Product(s):
F5OS F5OS-A, Install/Upgrade(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
F5OS-A 1.5.2, F5OS-A 1.5.3

Opened: Aug 07, 2025

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

Upgrade gets stuck "in progress," system cannot complete upgrade or reboot, and logs show DBUS queue full and image-agent failures.

Impact

-- The system becomes unresponsive to upgrade. -- Further system operations are blocked due to resource exhaustion (full DBUS message queue). -- Administrative actions such as importing new images or performing upgrades are not possible until the system is rebooted.

Conditions

-- Triggered when a failed image-agent transaction leads to repeated version update failures. -- May be exacerbated by subsequent license installations or attempted upgrades, causing repeated reboot attempts. -- The DBUS message queue becomes full due to persistent service failures and repeated system operations, leading to resource exhaustion.

Workaround

Reboot the appliance

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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