Bug ID 2015869: F5OS qkview fails to collect log files due to journal logs

Last Modified: May 12, 2026

Affected Product(s):
F5OS F5OS-A, F5OS-C(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
F5OS-A 1.5.0, F5OS-A 1.5.1, F5OS-A 1.5.2, F5OS-A 1.5.3, F5OS-A 1.5.4, F5OS-A 1.8.0, F5OS-A 1.8.1, F5OS-A 1.8.2, F5OS-A 1.8.3, F5OS-C 1.6.0, F5OS-C 1.6.1, F5OS-C 1.6.2, F5OS-C 1.6.4, F5OS-C 1.8.0, F5OS-C 1.8.1, F5OS-C 1.8.2

Opened: Aug 08, 2025

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

When generating a host qkview on F5OS, some of the journal log files are not handled properly, resulting in the output qkview missing expected log files, and the following example error log is observed in the platform.log file: panic: runtime error: index out of range [327713] with length 128

Impact

-- Resulting qkview archive is incomplete and missing log files. -- Diagnostic and support efforts may be hindered due to missing data.

Conditions

The issue occurs when qkview is generated using the standard qkview-collect on F5OS with the software version 1.8.x and lower, and the system contains binary systemd journal files in /var/log/journal folder.

Workaround

Edit the qkview-collect.config.yml to not collect /var/log/journal files before running qkview using the below steps and commands to collect the qkview -- Edit the file /etc/qkview-collect/qkview-collect.config.yml and add the line "- /var/log/journal" under the “excludes:" section, ensuring it follows the existing YAML syntax and indentation. -- Generate a qkview: f5sh 'system diagnostics qkview capture' -- Check the qkview status using the below command and wait for the qkview collection to complete: f5sh 'system diagnostics qkview status'

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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