Bug ID 2046941: Distributed Cloud-facing BIG-IP instance with bot-defense profile might block XC health monitor

Last Modified: Dec 18, 2025

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP ASM(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
17.1.0, 17.1.0.1, 17.1.0.2, 17.1.0.3, 17.1.1, 17.1.1.1, 17.1.1.2, 17.1.1.3, 17.1.1.4, 17.1.2, 17.1.2.1, 17.1.2.2, 17.1.3

Opened: Sep 02, 2025

Severity: 4-Minor

Symptoms

Bot-defense profile detects a Distributed Cloud health monitor as a bot, and might block it (depends on configuration).

Impact

Distributed Cloud health monitors are blocked, false-positive bots are detected and logs.

Conditions

-- Bot-defense profile is attached to a virtual server. -- BIG-IP is configured in front of Distributed Cloud.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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